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Kai Gesing

Kai
Gesing

Partner

CONTACT INFO

kgesing@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+49 89 189 33-180

FAX:+49 89 189 33-385

Munich

Hofgarten Palais, Marstallstrasse 11, 80539 Munich, Germany

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PRACTICE

Antitrust and Competition Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Intellectual Property Law Firm Defense Litigation Media, Entertainment and Technology Mergers and Acquisitions Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Technology Transactions Transnational Litigation White Collar Defense and Investigations

BIOGRAPHY

Kai Gesing is a partner in the Munich office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition, Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Technology Transactions, Privacy and Cybersecurity and White Collar Defense and Investigations practice groups.

Mr. Gesing has a wealth of experience in advising clients particularly from technology-driven industries, such as automotive, information technology, security, semiconductor, telecommunications and pharmaceutical companies on complex M&A, licensing and technology transactions and in disputes involving technology, antitrust, intellectual property, data privacy and the legal framework for modern technologies.

Mr. Gesing particularly focuses on antitrust and competition law and advises clients in all aspects of European and German antitrust issues, including defense in cartel and other regulatory investigations and court proceedings, antitrust compliance, and merger control proceedings before the German Federal Cartel Office, the European Commission and other international competition authorities.

As in previous years, Handelsblatt / The Best Lawyers™ in Germany have recognized Mr. Gesing as one of the best lawyers 2020/2021 for Litigation. The Legal 500 Deutschland 2021 recommends him for Antitrust  and refers to his focus “in German and European antitrust law as well as technology transactions, data protection and cybersecurity.” Mr. Gesing has successfully represented and defended clients in various important national and international litigation and arbitration cases related to antitrust, intellectual property, technology, and other complex commercial law disputes.

In addition, Mr. Gesing’s practice has a focus on white collar defense and advice on antitrust compliance , technological compliance, and data privacy compliance (including under the GDPR). He represented and advised clients in a number of high-profile white collar crime investigations in Germany and other European and Asian countries concerning the prevention and detection of, and reaction to, various types of banned business practices such as cartels, fraud, corruption (including the U.S. FCPA and related monitorships), and money laundering .

Mr. Gesing is a member of the German association of antitrust professionals (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht), the German intellectual property association (GRUR) and the German association for data protection and data security (GDD).

He speaks German and English.

EDUCATION

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - 2003 Law Degree

FernUniversität Hagen - 2001 Diplom-Kaufmann

University of Amsterdam - 2000 Master of Laws (LL.M.)

ADMISSIONS

Germany - Rechtsanwalt

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - April 9, 2021 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – April 2021
Client Alert - March 10, 2021 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – March 2021
Client Alert - February 12, 2021 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – February 2021
Client Alert - January 28, 2021 | “Digitalization Act”: Significant Changes to German Antitrust Rules
Client Alert - January 15, 2021 | 2020 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 11, 2021 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – January 2021
Client Alert - January 5, 2021 | EU Consults on New EU Competition Policy for Distribution Agreements
Client Alert - December 16, 2020 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – December 2020
Client Alert - November 25, 2020 | European Data Protection Board Issues Important New Guidance on Transfers of Personal Data Out of the European Economic Area
Press Releases - November 16, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Promotes 20 Lawyers to Partnership
Client Alert - November 5, 2020 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – November 2020
Client Alert - October 6, 2020 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – October 2020
Client Alert - September 8, 2020 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – September 2020
Webcasts - August 10, 2020 | Webcast: Schrems II: What are the implications and viable options for international data transfers?
Client Alert - August 5, 2020 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – August 2020
Client Alert - July 17, 2020 | The Court of Justice of the European Union Strikes Down the Privacy Shield but Upholds the Standard Contractual Clauses under Conditions
Client Alert - July 9, 2020 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – July 2020
Firm News - June 26, 2020 | Best Lawyers in Germany 2021 Recognizes 19 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - April 15, 2020 | Corporate/M&A in Times of the Corona Crisis – Current Legal Developments for German Business
Client Alert - March 26, 2020 | European and German Programs Counteracting Liquidity Shortfalls and Relaxations in German Insolvency Law
Client Alert - March 21, 2020 | Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues Related to COVID-19
Client Alert - January 10, 2020 | 2019 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - October 30, 2019 | GDPR: Fining Guidelines Will Increase Exposure in Germany
Firm News - July 1, 2019 | Best Lawyers in Germany 2020 Recognizes 14 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - January 11, 2019 | 2018 Year-End German Law Update
Firm News - June 25, 2018 | Best Lawyers 2019 Recognizes 12 German Partners
Client Alert - January 7, 2018 | 2017 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 31, 2017 | International Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review: 2017
Client Alert - January 13, 2017 | 2016 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 10, 2017 | 2016 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - July 11, 2016 | 2016 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Article - June 9, 2016 | The EU-US Privacy Shield
Client Alert - January 28, 2016 | Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review: 2016
Client Alert - January 8, 2016 | 2015 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - July 13, 2015 | 2015 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - February 17, 2015 | Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review: 2015
Client Alert - January 9, 2015 | 2014 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 8, 2015 | 2014 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - October 9, 2014 | New Guidance on Domestic Effects of Foreign-to-Foreign Mergers in German Merger Control
Client Alert - July 10, 2014 | 2014 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - April 30, 2014 | Revised EU Antitrust Rules on Technology Licensing
Client Alert - January 15, 2014 | 2013 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 9, 2014 | 2013 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - July 11, 2013 | 2013 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - June 20, 2013 | Through the Looking Glass: The Disclosure of Ultimate Ownership and the G8 Action Plan
Client Alert - June 14, 2013 | 8th Amendment of the Act Against Restraints of Competition in Germany
Client Alert - April 16, 2013 | Cyber-security and Data Privacy Outlook and Review: 2013
Client Alert - April 1, 2013 | European Commission Proposes Stricter EU Antitrust Rules on Technology Transfer
Client Alert - February 7, 2012 | 2011 Year-End Data Privacy and Security Update
Client Alert - January 31, 2012 | Proposed EU Privacy Rules Add to the Burden on International Businesses
Client Alert - January 14, 2011 | 2010 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 20, 2010 | 2009 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - March 25, 2009 | Germany Exempts Acquisitions with Little Effect on German Markets from Its Merger Control Regime
Client Alert - November 3, 2006 | German Federal Cartel Office Vetoes Coherent’s U.S. Acquisition of Excel – GE/Honeywell Revisited?
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