Sebastian Meul

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Sebastian is a disputes partner in Orrick's Munich office resolving high-stakes post-M&A, corporate and commercial disputes in the technology and life sciences sectors.
He leads Orrick's Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice in Germany and represents clients before German state courts and in ICC, DIS and VIAC arbitrations.

Having studied engineering before turning to law, Sebastian brings a technical understanding to the disputes he handles, from milestone and earn-out conflicts that hinge on R&D and clinical questions to IP-driven disputes and claims over failed technology projects. Combined with his background as an M&A lawyer, this allows him to engage closely with technical experts and to understand both, how transactions are negotiated and where they fail.

Sebastian regularly works in cross-office Orrick teams with colleagues in the U.S. and Europe on high-profile, cross-border matters.
He also advises on managers' liability and insolvency-related disputes and deals with Legal Tech and AI technology developments.
Sebastian frequently shares his knowledge by publishing articles in legal and social media.

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Sebastian characterizes his work as follows:

"In tech and life sciences disputes, the decisive questions are rarely purely legal. Whether a milestone was reached, a product worked, or an R&D program could be stopped often depends on the science behind it. My engineering studies before law school taught me to approach these questions with genuine curiosity and to engage with technical experts on their terms, so that I can turn complex facts into arguments that persuade courts and tribunals. What matters to my clients is not the brief, but the result: Protecting their deal value and their business. "

交易经验
Dispute Resolution
- Advising a US biotech company in an IP-driven dispute from a cooperation agreement with a German competitor;
- Representing a US tech company in a post-M&A / insolvency scenario following the acquisition of the business from a German computer accessory manufacturer;
- Acting as counsel to a sellers consortium (incl. a state bank) in a post-M&A dispute on an earn-out from the sale of a med-tech company;
- Advising a Finnish consumer goods manufacturer in a comprehensive commercial dispute with a German supplier in multiple court proceedings;
- Representing the Federal Republic of Germany in DIS arbitration proceedings on the failed passenger car toll system;
- Advising a US pharmaceutical company in an imposing post-M&A dispute;
- Acting for a well-known private equity fund in a post M&A dispute with the sellers;
- Representation of the minority shareholders of a global consumer electronics retailer in the dispute with the listed majority shareholder;
- Acting for the former CEO of a German stock-listed company in a manager liability case;
- Advising a Swiss investor in a post M&A dispute with a well-known Munich based real estate developer;
- Representation of an Asian automotive supplier in DIS arbitration proceedings against a former business partner;
- Acting as counsel to the founders of a tech start-up in their dispute with the seed investor;
- Acting as counsel to a minority shareholder of a private banking company in her dispute with the management and majority shareholder;
- Representation of the managing director and co-owner of a mid-sized IT and hardware developing company in his dispute with the further shareholders;
- Representation of an Italian group of companies in ICC arbitration proceedings with place of arbitration in Munich;
- Representation of an insolvency administrator in multinational damage compensation proceedings against Bilfinger SE;
- Representation of an Arabic state against damage compensation claims based on an alleged breach of a development contract in state court proceedings;
- Representation of a US group of companies against damage compensation claims based on an alleged breach of a joint venture-agreement in VIAC arbitration proceedings with place of arbitration in Vienna;
- Representation of a German industrialist in VIAC arbitration proceedings on a breach of an agreement on the protection of investments with place of arbitration in Vienna;
- Representation of a German DAX listed company in ICC arbitration proceedings with place of arbitration in South America;
- Defense of a Swedish consumer goods manufacturer against damage compensation claims based on an alleged breach of a development agreement in arbitration proceedings before the Waren-Verein der Hamburger Boerse e.V.;
- Defense of a manager against compensation claims based on an alleged breach of his duties raised by shareholders in state court proceedings;
M&A
- Advising on a EUR 80m stock trade in a privately held corporation;
- Advising Capvis on the acquisition of Ondal Medical Systems;
- Advising Waterland Private Equity on the acquisition of MEDIAN group of clinics;
- Advising EPH on the acquisition of the lignite business from Vattenfall;