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GC POWERLIST – Germany Teams 2018 SECTOR GC POWERLIST SECTOR Germany Teams 2018 David Burgess, Publishing director, The Legal 500 series or over 30 years, The Legal 500 has been analysing The GC Powerlist is a series of publications highlighting Fthe capabilities of law firms across the world. In the most influential in-house lawyers and legal teams this series, The Legal 500, in collaboration with Legal in business today. I would like to express my personal Business, GC Magazine and The In-house Lawyer, is thanks to our sponsors BEITEN BURKHARDT for turning its attention to the in-house function, and supporting this publication. A special mention must recognising those corporate counsel who are driving also go to the in-house lawyers that took time to speak the legal business forward. to us throughout the process, as well as to the research team that worked on this GC Powerlist publication. Joe Boswell, Senior research analyst, GC Powerlist series erman in-house counsel have had an eventful are contained within these pages, who discuss Gpast two years. New challenges – with GDPR the creative solutions they have come up with to compliance perhaps being the most ubiquitous of enable their companies’ business objectives and the these – have met with old to mean an ever-changing methods they have used to achieve the excellent and demanding business environment to operate internal cohesion and team identity required to in. This has not, however, prevented German in- operate at such a high level. house counsel from supporting some of the largest transactions of recent years and continuing the In the inaugural edition of the GC Powerlist: Germany reputation for in-house innovation and overall Teams 2018 we are pleased to highlight some of the excellence that has characterised them for many years. country’s leading in-house legal teams. To compile this list, we canvassed opinions from both law firm None of this would be possible without tireless partners and in-house counsel in the jurisdiction. dedication, encyclopaedic legal knowledge and We identified the most impressive teams who have excellent internal processes that the in-house legal utilised their legal knowledge strategically alongside teams within the GC Powerlist: Germany Teams 2018 business insight to make a positive impact towards display. Some of the best in-house teams globally their organisation’s success. GERMANY TEAMS 2018 | GC POWERLIST 3 GERMANY TEAMS CONTENTS Sponsor message: BEITEN BURKHARDT 4 Commercial and professional services 6 Information technology 43 Consumer products 7 Materials and mining 48 Energy and utilities 17 Sports and media 51 Financials 21 Telecommunication services 52 Food, beverage and tobacco 32 Transport and infrastructure 54 Healthcare 34 Hotels, restaurants and leisure 37 Industrials and real estate 38 Index 59 Chairman Senior research analysts Content development Printed and bound by DG3 John Pritchard (Solicitor) Mudasser Ahmedi editor www.dg3.com Joe Boswell Ryan Smith Managing director Sara Mageit Copyright applies: no David Goulthorpe Jamie Rayat Email: firstname.surname@ photocopying (Copyright legal500.com Licensing Agency Ltd and Publishers Licensing Society Publishing director: Research analyst Ltd licences do not apply). The Legal 500 Series Peter Tweedley David Burgess GC Powerlist For licensed photocopying Legalease Ltd Creative director within a firm or company, 188-190 Fleet Street Head of sales: GC Powerlist Stephen Jones please call: London EC4A 2AG Gurpartap Basra +44 (0) 20 7396 5648. Content development United Kingdom Senior key account coordinator © Legalease Ltd 2018 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7396 9292 THE LEGAL 500 DEUTSCHLAND manager Siân Goodwin Fax: +44 (0) 20 7396 9301 Richard Henley THE CLIENTS’ GUIDE TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION Research editor James Wood legal500.de 4 GC POWERLIST | GERMANY TEAMS 2018 GERMANY TEAMS 2018 | GC POWERLIST 5 sponsored by GERMANY TEAMS Contact Information: Luetzowplatz 10 Frank Obermann 10785 Berlin Managing Partner Tel: +49 30 26471 132 Fax: +49 30 26471 123 www.beiten-burkhardt.com [email protected] consequences, the sooner German companies will be able to respond to new developments. This way s Europe’s largest economy and pioneer in commercial law firms such as BEITEN BURKHARDT legal departments can quickly and in good time make terms of economic development, Germany successfully establish special competence centres for their own colleagues sensitive and aware to modified provides domicile for many world class China, Russia or the United States. framework conditions and provide training for correct corporate groups and medium-sized hidden behaviour. Achampions. In order to maintain the competitiveness Yet not only the persistently high internationalisation of this veritable and diverse business landscape in of German companies poses time and again new In order to ensure that Germany’s legal industry Germany and to provide development opportunities challenges to legal departments but also the actively promotes legal changes and the economic for these undertakings, the economic and legal German or rather the European legislator creates success of companies, it is necessary to establish environment must be continuously further developed new framework conditions. So in the past months, an exchange at all levels and across all fields of law. and amended. for instance, German companies had to react to Today’s legal, tax and business management issues facts such as that the statutory minimum wage now arising from any entrepreneurial activity often require The year 2018, too, was characterised by ongoing applies without exception, the employee’s right to an impartial view and competent advice from a third changes: Turbulences within Europe but also outside information was introduced, the prerequisites for party. Above all, however, the demand of in-house the European Union have impacted the German the introduction of the model declaratory action counsels to always have a competent legal expert economy. BREXIT negotiations have not yet delivered [Musterfeststellungsklage] were set forth or, very at their side who does not differentiate fields of law, any results that would defuse the uncertainty with specifically, the EU travel law has been adapted. The is legitimate and substantiated. And the law firms respect to unforeseeable developments. Even if the most important amendment of a law in 2018 was, must also change their perspective and start “seeing introduction of significant trade restrictions between however, the entry into force of the European General things from a company’s angle” so that they can jointly the European Union and the United States could be Data Protection Regulation. Dreaded by many, it has develop solutions with in-house lawyers. prevented so far, the existing commercial disputes apparently lost its terror and so far it has not triggered between the United States and China still have a the feared “wave of cease-and-desist letters”. Of course, In the light of current global challenges, success in noticeable impact on German companies as these are many companies had to expand their data privacy business now more than ever requires strong partners deeply branched at the international level. Moreover, efforts and adapt their existing processes. BEITEN and full confidence in the innovative capacity of the the political situation in Germany and many other BURKHARDT had also prepared many of its clients and entire legal industry. The GC Powerlist brilliantly features EU countries marked by instability in troubled times, made them ‘fit’ in the run-up; in particular our IP/IT/ this innovative power and capacity and provides Frank Obermanni where political parties score with protectionist motives, Media experts eloquently delivered numerous lectures law-related company projects with an excellent Managing Partneri intensifies commercial uncertainties. in the Federal Republic. stage. In-house teams of lawyers can discover new possibilities that may be applicable to own challenges, BEITEN BURKHARDT i Nevertheless, Germany is strengthened by a stable The necessary economic and legal further and exchange information on similar or same topics domestic demand, reflected in a positive economic development must be pushed and assisted by both with other in-house lawyers. With its support BEITEN forecast of between 1.7 and 1.9%. This is primarily commercial law firms and in-house lawyer teams to BURKHARDT seeks to promote the opportunities of due to the constant consumer enthusiasm which is positively influence the company’s economic success. information exchange and networking. We further motivated by a low unemployment rate and wage Legal practitioners should continually strive to expand sponsor projects which provide an adequate platform increases. This boosts the development of German their knowledge, communicate together and make the to discuss legal developments and respond to judicial companies which moreover also benefit from the fact need for amendments clear and evident. We at BEITEN issues. Together with you, BEITEN BURKHARDT can that Germany still remains an attractive location for BURKHARDT support you with our differentiated promote and further develop the legal industry in foreign investors. It is striking that investments from EU industrial sector approach which ensures that the Germany and make it fit for the future. Therefore, I am countries, Russia, the US and China have particularly respective industry experts constantly expand and particularly pleased to sponsor the GC Powerlist for the increased
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