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.

Germany: Improved Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
Daniel R. Marschollek, Constantin Rehaag, August 29, 2008
On 1 September 2008, the Enforcement Act ("Act") will enter into force in Germany.

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