Haver & Mailänder Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB

The firm: HAVER & MAILÄNDER is a law firm dedicated to excellent cross-border legal service in all core areas of German business law. The firm represents clients from all over the world in Germany and advises German clients in their foreign operations. The firm is big enough to accomplish complex transactions yet small enough to ensure a cost-effective and personal client relationship. HAVER & MAILÄNDER is an independent law firm which co-operates with leading law firms globally.

Areas of practice: 

Corporate: HAVER & MAILÄNDER advises on corporate law, with clients including listed stock corporations and medium-sized enterprises, as well as family-run partnerships. Accordingly, this advice ranges from answering questions regarding the choice of legal form and company formation to complex issues of the law relating to corporate groups and all measures of corporate structure, through to the transition to the younger generation in family businesses.

M&A: HAVER & MAILÄNDER advises on all legal aspects of the sale and purchase of enterprises and shareholdings. The firm provides support on deal structuring, due diligence and contract negotiations. Its skilled and experienced team guarantees speedy and efficient implementation. Thanks to the close contacts in The Law Firm Network, the firm also involves its foreign colleagues in international transactions, and supports the management team on all questions arising in the transaction phase and thereafter.

Banking and capital markets: HAVER & MAILÄNDER advises banks and financial services providers and institutional investors on all questions of private banking law, banking supervisory law and the law of capital markets. A particular strength of the team is to defend financial institutions against their clients asserting claims for damages incurred in capital investments. The firm has extensive experience in acting as counsel for banks on bulk proceedings.

Antitrust, public procurement, state aid: HAVER & MAILÄNDER supports clients on all issues of German and European antitrust law, public procurement and state aid law. The firm’s advice includes the implementation of public procurement compliance programmes. The team has particular experience in representing clients’ legal interests at European and national competition authorities and courts on all types of procedures and at all court levels.

Arbitration: one of the firm’s particular areas of expertise is to act as counsel and as arbitrator at national and international arbitration proceedings. In this area the firm has a particularly outstanding reputation extending far beyond the German borders.

Intellectual property: HAVER & MAILÄNDER advises its clients on the law of patents, trade marks, utility and design patents. Services range from the strategic creation of industrial property rights to monitoring and defence against violations.

Distribution and commercial/insurance: HAVER & MAILÄNDER provides the full range of services in matters of German and international commercial and distribution law, including the law of general terms and conditions, applicable administrative law and the law of foreign trade.

Restructuring and Insolvency law: We apply our extensive knowledge in all areas of commercial law to identify economic crises for our clients as early as possible and then to take the appropriate measures. In this context, we support our clients both in pre-insolvency restructuring, e.g. under the StaRUG, but also in the process of preparing and conducting insolvency proceedings. At each step of the restructuring process, we consult our internal experts as well as renowned partners in the field of insolvency administration to ensure the best possible advice in difficult situations like these.