German companies and multinational corporations, particularly from the automotive and technology sectors, instruct K&L Gates LLP to advise on corporate restructurings, M&A transactions and joint ventures, as well as on contractual matters and management and supervisory board issues, including general meetings. Thomas Lappe heads the practice and focuses on transactions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Martina Ortner and her team are extremely client-oriented. They always find a feasible and pragmatic solution. They understand the business and act like in-house lawyers.'

  • 'Practical, easily implementable and sustainable solutions are provided. The team is great and made up of people from different backgrounds.'

  • 'The collaboration is excellent because they are always available and make the impossible possible.'

Key clients

  • Exasol AG
  • Francotyp-Postalia Holding
  • Industrie Saleri ItaloS.p.A.
  • Exact Sciences Corporation
  • Hyundai Mobis
  • Koenig & Bauer AG
  • Lotto24 AG
  • MotorK Italia S.r.l.
  • Veganz Group AG
  • VTG

Work highlights

  • Corporate advice to Argo AI, including in connection with German Argo AI GmbH.
  • Corporate and capital market advice to Exasol Group, including its foreign subsidiaries.
  • Ongoing corporate and capital market advice to Koenig & Bauer AG.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Thomas Lappe

Other key lawyers

Martina Ortner, Gabriella Piras, Richard Resch