v. Boetticher Hasse Lohmann, Law Firm in Berlin
Oranienstrasse 164, Berlin, 10969
49-3061-SHOW,
v. Boetticher Hasse Lohmann has offices in Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt. Dietrich von Boetticher established the firm in Munich in 1972. It expanded by opening the Berlin office in 1997 and the Frankfurt office in 2006. The firm currently has twenty-four lawyers, fifteen of whom are partners.We distinguish ourselves by combining legal excellence, initiative, independence and a sense of responsibility with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our firm’s culture is open and participatory rather than hierarchical.We advise business entities and entrepreneurs. Our client list includes global corporations, closely held companies and start-ups from various areas of business, including real estate, banking, insurance, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical products and information technology.v. Boetticher Hasse Lohmann is an international law firm. We advise a number of global players, many of them Anglo-Saxon in origin, and we regularly work together with international law firms. Most of our lawyers attended law school abroad or practiced abroad after completing their German legal education.Our clients expect legal advice of the highest quality, combined with an understanding of their business, pragmatism and strategic thinking. We work with our clients to help accomplish their objectives. The solutions we propose make both legal and economic sense.For us, legal advice is a mission to solve problems. We strive to avoid making matters unduly complicated. We seek alternatives to litigation for our clients whenever possible. While we represent our clients energetically, we never lose sight of the possible reactions of the opposing party. We propose creative business solutions and we know how to implement them.We place a high value on personal integrity, character and independence. For this reason, each of us has made a conscious decision to practice in a firm that allows us a wide range of professional and personal freedom.Our clients benefit from the structure of our firm. Because the firm is of manageable size and each partner is directly accessible to his or her clients, we can respond with exceptional speed and flexibility. Also, we understand that assembling an army of lawyers may not be what the client expects or requires.We have personal relationships based on trust with our clients. The partner selected by the client remains responsible and accessible for the duration of a given project. In more complex matters, we build teams that may include, where required, outside lawyers. As a result, we are well positioned to manage very large, complex transactions while keeping our firm flexible and responsive.Our services are normally billed based on time, taking into account the significance of the matter for the client. Since we work efficiently, our fees are reasonable.CORPORATE LAW, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONSFrom its beginnings, our firm has focused on corporate law. We advise listed companies on corporate structuring and finance, governance, management liability, stock options and other incentive programs, on extraordinary and on routine corporate issues. We also advise closely held companies. We are particularly strong in mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions, such as share deals, asset deals (including asset purchases from bankrupt estates), take-over offers and reorganizations. Many transactions in which we are involved are cross-border transactions, often with the participation of investors of Anglo-Saxon origin. In our M&A practice, we draw also on our experience in other areas of law relevant in the context of a transaction (including labor law). According to a recent survey (JUVE Handbuch für Wirtschaftskanzleien 2005/2006) our firm is a leader among medium-sized law firms (up to fifty lawyers) in Germany in the field of mergers and acquisitions. Another focus of our firm is private equity and venture capital. We are also being retained in critical situations during the life of a company, including complex disputes among shareholders, crisis management and succession planning.REAL-ESTATE DEVELOPMENTWe advise on real estate transactions, property-based financing and the structuring of both open-ended and closed real-estate investment funds. We have extensive experience in the structuring and implementation of real estate purchases and sales. In that respect we advise large institutional investors that purchase commercial real estate for their investment portfolios. We usually provide our services throughout the course of the entire project, i.e. the establishment of the investment company, the structuring of the participations and the preparation of prospectus documents targeted at prospective investors. Advising on project developments is another focus of our services. We make sure that the legal framework is appropriate by establishing and structuring the partnership or other entity required for purchasing the property and by drafting, negotiating and implementing the purchase transaction and the related agreements with project partners and general contractors. We also advise on the development and implementation of suitable distribution and marketing concepts, including the drafting and negotiation of lease agreements. Often, the real-estate transactions we are involved in are international in nature. We have particular experience with advising German real estate funds investing in commercial real estate in the United States of America. In this area we closely co-operate with U.S. law firms.IT LAW, NEW MEDIA, INTERNETDue to our technical knowledge and understanding of the business issues raised by new technologies we are able to provide specific advice to our clients in relation to innovative technical and business concepts. For several decades technology-based enterprises in the area of information and computer technologies (hard- and software), internet and new media have not only trusted our legal competence, but also our special knowledge of the industries. Print and internet media companies make regular use of our comprehensive experience in finding solutions for technology-related legal issues, in particular matters of e-commerce, media and telecommunication law and data protection. One focus of our legal services lies in the negotiation, conclusion and implementation of domestic and cross-border purchase, license, distribution and services agreements pertaining to IT products and IT services. As a result of our long-term knowledge of the business we are regularly requested to provide legal and organizational advice on comprehensive restructurings, outsourcing solutions, the acquisition of participations and financing for technology-based enterprises. Our experience in the IT area complements our services relating to public procurement law: The technical understanding of the offers on which a procurement is based is indispensable for the effective representation of IT companies in procurement proceedings. Due to our qualified knowledge of the technical matters and the industries we are able to quickly take up the matter, render specific advice and effectively represent our clients in procurement proceedings of the IT business.COMPETITION LAW AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYOur involvement typically begins at the earliest stage, when our clients start thinking of commercially exploiting an idea. We advise businesses and research institutions from various industries on the introduction and exploitation of new products and ensure that both the idea and the invention are legally protected. In particular, we advise on purchase, license, co-operation, distribution and service agreements in relation to domestic and international technology transfers. Our expertise in this area also benefits clients investing in and financing technology-based business entities. We assist in finding the best commercial and legal way to develop, implement and enforce international trademark strategies. We handle various large trademark portfolios for our clients, including the monitoring of trademarks and representation in trademark disputes. As a result of our comprehensive and long-term contacts we are able to have trademarks protected and defended world-wide at any time. We vigorously represent our clients in patent, trademark, copyright and competition law disputes and in antitrust and procurement proceedings. We advise procurement departments inviting bids for public contracts and bidders for such contracts, also in proceedings before the public procurement panels and review board.BANKING, FINANCE AND CAPITAL MARKETSWe provide comprehensive advice on banking and insurance law to international and domestic corporate clients, banks, financial services providers and insurance companies, each in the context of both national and cross-border business. We advise on regulatory matters and on all issues of contract law, such as those arising in connection with the bank/client business relationship, account management and the securing of credit. In connection with finance transactions we advise international and domestic banks as well as borrowers on all legal aspects of lending and borrowing. We have broad experience in structuring, drafting and reviewing the legal documentation of syndicated loans, stand-alone loans, acquisition and leveraged finance, export and trade finance, project finance and real estate finance as well as the related security package. In the context of restructurings we also advise on domestic and international insolvency law matters. We further assist trading companies, banks and rating agencies with securitization transactions. In the area of capital markets and securities regulation we advise investment banks acting as underwriters as well as international and domestic issuers on all types of securities offerings, admissions to listing and continuous compliance. Our advice encompasses the whole process from the due diligence and documentation (including the drafting of offering and list
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Banking LawCommunications and MediaCorporate LawFinanceHealth CareInformation TechnologyIntellectual PropertyReal Estate
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