In Munich, our multilingual team of 20 German and dual-qualified lawyers, working closely with Gibson Dunn's other European and U.S. offices, provides its clients with high-quality legal representation in Europe's largest economy.
The Munich office's clients include German and international blue chip corporations as well as mid-sized companies, investment banks, private equity, real estate, and venture capital funds. Clients also include significant high-tech and emerging technology companies.
Our Munich team is staffed with partners and associates with broad capabilities in German and European Union law. They have an impressive record of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and real estate transactions, as well as capital market work, including IPOs and delistings. The lawyers in our Munich office are capable of handling all corporate law, securities and regulatory issues, in addition to related issues in the fields of labor, tax and administrative law.
Our Munich office is highly focused on German and European antitrust and state-aid practices including merger control work as well as advice in cartel investigations involving the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office. Furthermore, the office has extensive experience in advising clients regarding antitrust aspects of distribution and franchising networks, various forms of cooperation within industries, such as R&D and other IP-driven joint ventures, and complex technology transfer transactions including technology pools. Our Munich office also covers high-level antitrust litigation, including arbitration matters.
Lawyers in the Munich office also have noteworthy experience in the information technology and intellectual property arenas. Areas of practice include license agreements and software development projects, drafting and negotiating R&D and technology transfer agreements, as well as complex project-related work in hi-tech environments including telecommunication networks, plant construction and outsourcing.
The tax practice in Munich boasts German and international tax law capabilities and encompasses all areas of corporate and international tax law, with a particular emphasis on corporate reorganizations, restructurings, tax-optimized financing structures, financial products, and fund and investment structures, as well as taxation of trusts and tax planning for high-net-worth individuals. Our combination of local and international capabilities means that we are distinctively positioned to advise our clients on the tax aspects of complex cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions.
A significant aspect of our real estate practice involves the representation of foreign-based and domestic real estate funds, investors, developers, lenders, and retailers in establishing themselves and conducting business in Germany. We have extensive experience in all aspects of acquiring, financing, and disposing of real estate on behalf of our clients. We also have experience in structuring transactions to minimize withholding taxes. Furthermore, our expertise includes in-depth knowledge in the particular issues facing foreign investors, including the formation of special vehicles to accommodate their needs.
The Munich office has significant labor law capabilities and experience in representing mid-to-large-sized companies before German labor courts, as well as in all kinds of restructurings, including negotiations with work councils and unions.
The Munich office network includes close links to Austria and Switzerland. In addition, the Munich team has long-standing experience with advising clients in Russia and other Central and Eastern European countries.
For more information, please contact Michael Walther, the Partner-in-Charge of our Munich office, at +49 (0)89 189 33-180 or mwalther@gibsondunn.com.
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