Munich Office

Key Facts

• In 2011, Orrick established a presence in Munich when the partners of Holme Roberts & Owen Germany LLP joined the Orrick offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt.
• Our team has extensive experience as an emerging companies-focused corporate, investment funds, capital markets and M&A practice.
• We represent companies, venture capital funds and family offices as well as research institutions primarily in Germany and the United States.
• Munich has one of the most significant emerging company markets in Europe, and our exceptional emerging company practice positions Orrick as a leading U.S.–German emerging companies firm with significant global capabilities across Europe and Asia, serving clients in the biotechnology/life sciences and IT/Internet sectors as well as the renewable energies, clean tech and software sectors.
• Our distinctive private equity/investment funds practice represents venture capital firms in their investments and exits with respect to their portfolio companies. Additionally, we serve as outside general counsel to the VCs' portfolio companies. As such, we have a leading venture capital and private equity finance practice in Germany.
• We have built a substantial traditional corporate practice that is highly focused on the IT, telecom, media and life sciences/biotech industries.
• Our Munich lawyers provide transaction advice as well as litigation, employment, tax and IP/IT services that support our practices.
• With a large proportion of German and European IP litigation focused in Munich, our IP/IT team concentrates on the areas of copyright, licensing, unfair competition and trademark law.
• Our office is recognized by JUVE as a "respected Munich firm," particularly for its "technology oriented VC expertise." Client comments in JUVE range from "extremely satisfied" to "creative solutions."

Areas of Law

• Emerging Companies
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• Private Investment Funds Group
• Intellectual Property
• Corporate