GvW Graf von Westphalen
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GvW Graf von Westphalen
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About
Managing Partners: Dr Robert Theissen, Christof Kleinmann
Number of partners: 80
Number of lawyers: 230 (including partners)
Languages: Danish, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu
Firm Overview:
GvW is a partnership of 230 lawyers. With national offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart and international offices/representations in Brussels, Ho Chi Minh City, Istanbul and Shanghai, the firm is one of the largest independent law firms in Germany.
Main Areas of Practice:
■ Administrative
■ Antitrust
■ Banking & Banking Supervisory
■ China
■ Commercial
■ Corporate
■ Distribution
■ Employment
■ Energy
■ ESG
■ Food
■ Foreign Trade & Customs
■ Healthcare
■ Hospitality – Hotels & Resorts
■ Infrastructure & Public Sector
■ Insolvency & Restructuring
■ Insurance
■ IP, IT & Media
■ Litigation & Arbitration
■ M&A
■ Public Procurement
■ Real Estate & Construction
■ State Aid & Subsidies
■ Telecommunications
■ Transport and Logistics
Litigation:
16 partners, 20 fee earners
■ Long-standing representation of Volkswagen AG in the defense of direct diesel lawsuits
■ Long-standing representation of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the timber dispute with Klausner Sägewerke
■ Assumption of legal representation of SCHUFA Holding in mass litigation complex for consumer claims
■ Representation of freenet DLS GmbH in all legal disputes relating to contract or general terms and conditions law
Contact: Wolf Müller
Tel: +49 40 35922-262
Email: [email protected]
Corp/M&A:
14 partners, 21 fee earners
■ Advising Enagás, S.A. on the acquisition of a stake in Hanseatic Energy Hub GmbH (HEH)
■ Advising the Fielmann Group on transactions in North America
■ Advising Hexad on the sale of the Mobility Services Platform business unit to CARIAD SE
■ Advising Metall Zug AG on a joint venture with Miele
■ Advising Sartorius AG on the Chinese legal aspects of the acquisition of Polyplus
Contact: Dr Markus Sachslehner
Tel: +49 69 707970 130
Email: [email protected]
Real Estate:
9 partners, 9 fee earners
■ Advising DIC on several acquisitions of logistics properties
■ Advising Württembergische Lebensversicherung on the purchase of a hotel development
■ Credit Suisse Asset Management: Comprehensive ongoing advice on commercial tenancy law
■ Ongoing advice to Nuveen on real estate transactions in the logistics sector
■ Acquisition of the industrial site Stahlwerk Rasselstein from Thyssen Krupp and project development of the approx. 80 hectare site
Contact: Bettina Schmitt-Rady
Tel: +49 69 707970-116
Email: [email protected]
Construction:
8 partners, 10 fee earners
■ University Hospital Dusseldorf: Strategic expansion of the advisory services to all construction law related areas of the hospital
■ Union Investment: Construction and planning law advice regarding various projects all over Germany
■ Construction advice regarding major projects for euromicron
Contact: Dr Thomas Senff
Tel: +49 211 56615-0
Email: [email protected]
Information Technology & IP, Data Protection:
12 partners, 20 fee earners
■ SapientNitro: Providing ongoing full scope legal services
■ VDMA: Preparation of the guide ‘Data Protection in Industry 4.0’
■ Blue Mesa Health in development and distribution of apps for the prevention of diabetes
■ Asseco Solutions in the review of the standard software contracts and in all IT and data protection issues
Contact: Stephan Menzemer
Tel: +49 69 707970 186
Email: [email protected]
Foreign Trade & Customs:
6 partners, 10 fee earners
■ GEA Group: Comprehensive export control advice
■ Celanese: Advice on foreign trade law and customs
■ Cube Bikes: Advice on customs law issues and anti-dumping
■ Shell Deutschland: Ongoing customs law and energy tax law advice
■ Representation GE Healthcare in a customs law model proceeding
■ JT International: Representation before the Federal Ministry of Finance in model proceedings on the tax classification of tobacco products
Contact: Dr Gerd Schwendinger
Tel: +49 40 35922 0
Email: [email protected]
Employment:
8 partners, 12 fee earners
■ T-Systems: Employment law advice after business transfer
■ VAC: Restructuring and downsizing of approx. 350 employees
■ Advising Alnatura on legal disputes with the works’ council
■ Cockpit: Ongoing advice in proceedings and on collective bargaining law
■ DekaBank: Ongoing employment law advice and representation, inter alia in matters of works constitution and personnel representation law
■ Advising VION on factory closings, arbitration proceedings etc
Contact: Dr Philipp Wiesenecker
Tel: +49 69 707970-167
Email: [email protected]
Ranked Offices
Provided by GvW Graf von Westphalen
- HamburgPoststraße 9, Alte Post, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 20354
- Tel: +49 40 3 59 22 0
- Fax: +49 40 3 59 22 123
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- DüsseldorfKönigsallee 61, Köblick, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 40215View ranked office