Munich

In May 2002, we opened our Munich office to better serve our client base both in Germany and Western Europe.

Our Munich lawyers speak German and have studied and lived in Germany. Our Munich office handles a broad range of matters governed by U.S. and international law including business transactions, international commercial arbitration, U.S. litigation and corporate and securities, intellectual property, energy, project finance, tax, real estate and other matters. In Munich, we provide American legal services to German and European-based entities conducting business and related activities in the United States.

Foreign investment and trade into the U.S.

• Represent German and Western European companies and investors in the purchase and sale of U.S. companies and assets, often in the oil and gas and other energy-related sectors
• Represent agencies and departments of the German government and other governments with respect to U.S. legal matters
• Advise on the tax planning and structuring of various specific types of investment in the United States, including real property acquisitions, often spanning multiple legal areas, including corporate, banking, securities and tax law
  
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Corporate, commercial and securities transactions (including public offerings)

• Represent German and Western European companies in all aspects of U.S. corporate law, federal and state securities laws and related regulatory and compliance matters
• Represent clients in matters relating to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Advise on contract and other legal relationships governed by U.S. law
  
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Intellectual property and technology

• Represent clients regarding patents, patent litigation, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and computer law for a wide range of industries, including medical devices, genetically engineered crops, semiconductor devices, oil and gas drilling equipment, recreational sports, office products, consumer health care products and food processing equipment
• Advise on trademark and copyright prosecution, enforcement and counseling and appellate trademark proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
  
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International arbitration

• Our lawyers serve as arbitrators and counsel for parties in international commercial arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration, the American Arbitration Association, UNCITRAL, the World Bank International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes and in ad hoc arbitral proceedings
  
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Energy

• Representation of all parties in virtually all U.S. or international transactions involving electric power, oil and gas, refining, petrochemical and pipeline industries, as well as related regulatory, litigation and alternative dispute resolution representation and counseling
  
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Project finance

• Represent clients in the development, finance, construction, acquisition and operation of virtually any type of facility or project, in the U.S. or internationally
  
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Litigation

• Our trial lawyers are renowned internationally for extensive trial skills and we are rated consistently as one of the top litigation firms
• Represented clients successfully in thousands of jury trials, non-jury trials and arbitrations
• Many of our trial lawyers have been selected for fellowships in such prestigious professional organizations as the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates
  
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Real estate

• Represent owners, developers, managers, purchasers, sellers, borrowers, lenders, landlords, tenants, contractors and architects in connection with the drafting, negotiation, administration and enforcement of contracts and agreements involving all types of real property
• Representation of individuals, corporations, partnerships and other business entities with respect to the day-to-day administration of real property and related facilities and the leasing or disposition of excess property
• Advise on transactions with governmental entities, including land swaps, street abandonment and government leases and land use matters including zoning, platting and permitting
  
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Tax

• Advise on the domestic and international rules of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and regulations
• Advise U.S. clients on the U.S. tax requirements applicable to foreign operations, as well as non-U.S. clients regarding the tax consequences of their U.S. operations
• Maintain a working familiarity with the general rules of other jurisdictions
  
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Awards

• We received the first-ever Client Choice Award from the International Law Office, the official online media partner of the International Bar Association (IBA) and an international media partner to the Association of Corporate Counsel. Based on survey responses received from more than 1,000 corporate counsel, the firm was named as the top law firm for client service in the United States.