Kai Gesing is an of counsel 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.

Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers®  have recognized Mr. Gesing as one of Germany’s best lawyers 2018/2019 for litigation. 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.

Representative Transactions (including experience prior to joining Gibson Dunn):

• Applied Materials:  International antitrust advice and representation in merger control proceedings in Germany, the U.S. and multiple other European and Asian jurisdictions (including phase 2 proceedings) in connection with the acquisition of the competitor Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates.
• U.S.-based optical group Bausch & Lomb:  Advice regarding Antitrust/IP aspects of the dissolution of a German joint venture in the field of vision correction.
• Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, a major German high-tech company:
  • Advice regarding formation of cross-border joint venture for the development of highly secure flash media with Phison Electronics, Taiwan, together with related servicing, licensing and supply agreements.
  • formation of a joint venture with Wincor Nixdorf, a manufacturer of solutions for cash handling processes in the banking and retail industry as well as antitrust advice and coordination of international merger control proceedings, including merger filings with the European Commission and several other international merger control authorities in Europe and Asia.
• Energizer Holdings, Inc.:  Antitrust advice in connection with the acquisition of the competitor American Safety Razor Company LLC, and representation in merger control proceedings.
• Sagemcom:  Acquisition of the broadband and WiMAX business of Gigaset Communications GmbH.
• St. Jude Medical Inc.:  Antitrust advice and representation in merger control proceedings regarding the acquisition of AGA Medical.
• The Gores Group:  Joint venture with Siemens AG, in which Siemens contributed the global business of Siemens Enterprise Communications (also known as SEN) for a 49% stake, and Gores contributed two portfolio companies, Enterasys and SER Solutions, for a 51% stake.