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Information on our main practice areas in Germany

In January 2007, we opened our Berlin office, our first in Continental Europe, in the heart of Berlin's political and business district, with a team of pre-eminent attorneys from a leading European firm in Germany.

Over the past 20 years, Berlin has not only regained its position as the political center of Germany but also has become one of the principal and the fastest growing markets for the media and entertainment industry as well as the bio-tech, lifescience, IT and advertising industries.

With more than 40 resident attorneys and notaries, the Berlin office is K&L Gates’s largest German location and is considered one of the leading and most reputable offices in the capital city Our main practice areas in the Berlin office are corporate/M&A, real estate, telecoms, media & entertainment, General IP and IT as well as employment, dispute resolution and public procurement, antitrust and trade 

The corporate group encompasses private and public mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and finance & projects work including PPP schemes as well as high-end company law matters.  The group focuses on transactional work in a variety of industries, including infrastructure, travel, health care and media, and the group also has extensive experience in corporate litigation.  Clients include German and international blue chips, major international utility service providers, investment banks and private equity funds as well as a variety of national and international businesses.  The group has regular experience in cross-border deals.

The real estate practice focuses on international and national transactions, project development, joint ventures and corporate restructurings and funds work.  The group also covers construction and real estate litigation.  In addition to transactional work, one partner also provides notary services. 

Berlin is one of the leading cities in Europe in the media and entertainment industries. 

Our intellectual property, media and entertainment practice focuses on broadcasting, both television and radio, film including film financing, collecting societies, music rights and licensing, unfair competition, press law, IT contracts and trademarks.  The group also has substantial experience in dealing with intellectual property and IT aspects of corporate transactions.  The telecoms group has an emphasis on regulatory and industry related transactions.

The employment group provides integrated services on all legal issues concerning directors and staff including advice on employment law, compensation and benefits, social security, wage tax, the law on sales agents and business immigration. Our clients range from mid-size companies to large corporations with a focus on the technology industry.

Our employment team has profound experience in the structuring of employment contracts with board members and advising on questions of liability of executives, in the structuring of benefit and incentive schemes, in the establishment and restructuring of pension schemes, the restructuring of businesses and outsourcing, in the termination of employment relationships including mass dismissal, and in trans-border secondments. In addition we offer general advice on day-to-day employment matters and the representation of employers before employment courts and general civil law courts.

Our public procurement team advises upon all aspects of privatizations, Public Private Partnerships (PPP), Private Financial Initiatives (PFI), plant construction (including shipbuilding), large building and infrastructure projects and their related financing. Our team has many years of experience in national and international tenders and has had a decisive involvement in the largest PPP infrastructure projects in Germany of the recent decades, including airports, highways and ports. Our practice includes advising contracting authorities and bidders, particularly on complex Public Private Partnerships (PPP), such as in the areas of IT, eGovernment and Real Estate. We have specific experience in the area of public utilities and municipal development projects and represent our clients before the procurement review bodies set up in Germany, the competition authorities and national and European courts.

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