Mayer Brown LLP

About this office:

The firm was formed as a result of the merger between the Frankfurt office of GAEDERTZ Rechtsanwälte and the U.S. law firm Mayer, Brown & Platt in April 2001 followed by the merger with the U.K. law firm Rowe & Maw in February 2002.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw has more than 1300 legal professionals in 13 offices located in Brussels, Charlotte, Chicago, Cologne, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, Washington D.C.

The German offices, known under the firm of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw Gaedertz, are located in Frankfurt am Main and Cologne. Admitted to practice in Germany, they handle Commercial and Corporate law with emphasis on Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking and Securities, Contracts, Corporate Taxation, Real Estate, Unfair Competition and Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Telecommunication and New Media, Product Liability, Labor, Food and Drug, EC law, Litigation and Arbitration.

Our lawyers have been advising locally-based and international clients in Germany for almost half a century. Our Frankfurt office combines in-depth knowledge of the German corporate and environment with the resources and expertise of a major international law firm.

Antitrust, Appellate, Asia, Bankruptcy, Biotech, Pharma & Life Science, Chemicals, Collateralized Debt Obligation, Company Secretarial, Construction & Engineering, Corporate & Securities, Corporate Governance, Derivatives, E-commerce, Emerging Companies, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Employee Share Incentives, Employment & Labour, Energy, Environment, Finance, Financial Services, Global Trade, Government, Government Contracts, Health Care, Information Technology, Insurance & Reinsurance, Intellectual Property, International Arbitration, Investment Management, Latin America, Legislative, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Natural Resources, Outsourcing, Pensions, PPP/PFI & Infrastructure, Private Equity, Private Investment Fund, Pro Bono, Professional Practices, Project Finance, Property Rights, Public Law, Rail, Real Estate, Regulated Industries, Restructuring & Insolvency, Securitisation, Tax Controversy & Transfer Pricing, Tax Transactions & Consulting, Telecommunications & Media, Venture & Technology, Wealth Management.

The Legal Form of a European Stock Corporation is an Interesting Alternative for Mid-Sized Partnerships and also for Large Corporations
Friedrich Merz, Ulrike Binder, Hendrik Otto, October 1, 2009
A European Stock Corporation ("Societas Europaea", abbreviated "SE") is a type of corporation which can be established in any European Union member state pursuant to European Law. In early 2009 there were approximately 350 SEs throughout the EU, a significant number of which...

New German Arbitration Rules Meant to Expedite Proceedings
Mark C. Hilgard, Jan Kraayvanger, August 25, 2009
One of the most important advantages of arbitration, when compared to litigation, is supposed to be speed. However, there is growing criticism that in recent years commercial arbitration has become too lengthy and, as a result, too expensive.

Commission Guidelines on Restructuring Aid to Banks
Jens Peter Schmidt, Ulrike Binder, August 13, 2009
Following the Commission Communication of October 13, 2008 on the application of State aid rules to measures by Member States in relation to financial institutions in the context of the current global financial crisis - the "Banking Communication" - (Mayer Brown Legal Update, October 16,...

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