McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP

The firm: McDermott Will & Emery partners with leaders around the world to fuel missions, knock down barriers and shape markets. Our team works seamlessly across practices, industries and more than 20 locations to deliver highly effective—and often unexpected—solutions that propel success. More than 1,400+ lawyers strong, we bring our personal passion and legal prowess to bear in every matter for our clients and the people they serve.

Areas of practice: The firm’s Munich office exemplifies the firm’s commitment to serve clients in Germany, Europe and beyond. Through an integrated practice, the lawyers in Munich provide legal counselling to multinational enterprises and foreign clients with interests in Germany and in Europe, as well as to Germany’s public and private enterprises, including its Mittelstand. The team collaborates with McDermott’s other offices and works alongside closely associated international law firms to offer pragmatic and creative solutions to all clients’ legal issues.

The Munich lawyers have extensive experience handling complex and sophisticated international transactions and matters, and advise on the many issues that arise in connection with the clients’ day-to-day operations. McDermott’s team in Munich advises clients across a broad array of legal issues. The lawyers consult on corporate law and compliance matters, complex national and international transactions, public takeovers of listed companies, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, management buyouts (MBOs and LBOs), venture capital, M&A, initial public offerings, refinancing, recapitalisation and restructuring. The Munich team provides comprehensive advice in the healthcare, medical, hospital and pharmaceutical sectors, advising on corporate, regulatory and competition law, and has managed numerous investment projects in the outpatient and inpatient healthcare sector. The lawyers advise on telecommunication, media and technology (TMT) and intellectual property matters in European, and German trade mark law, unfair competition, copyright law, patent, utility and design models, and represent clients on a regular basis in disputes regarding trade marks and domains. The firm’s tax advisors work across disciplines and can ensure legal tax advice independent of auditing services, which is mandatory not only in the US (Sarbanes-Oxley Act), but also for listed companies in Germany (Accounting Control Act – Bilanzrechtskontrollgesetz) and other European countries.

The team and individual lawyers are recognised for the quality, consistency and creativity of their legal counsel. As part of a global, full-service law firm, the lawyers of the Munich office are prepared to help clients wherever their business interests take them.