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IP-transactions

In today’s world, intellectual property is often a company’s most valuable asset. This makes comprehensive legal advice on all technology-related transactions all the more crucial. Our corporate tech team is the centrepiece of our Tech Transactions practice. It combines our long-standing expertise in corporate law with our in-depth understanding of IT projects and technology-driven companies. This holistic approach enables us to develop customised solutions that are both legally and technically sound.

How we can help
  • Venture Capital

    Our corporate tech team supports start-ups and established technology companies in all aspects of capital procurement and venture capital investment.

  • Joint Venture

    In today’s fast-moving technology world, strategic partnerships are often the key to success. From brainstorming to legal realisation, including the distribution of the finished product, we support you in creating cross-company projects. We specialise in software development.

  • Asset- und Share-Deal

    Regardless of whether you wish to sell or acquire company shares or assets, we are your partners for the comprehensive, careful and professional realisation of transactions with a technology focus.

  • Due Diligence und Red-Flag-Prüfungen

    Technology-related transactions sometimes contain special industry-specific risks and pitfalls, which we identify comprehensively in order to show you practicable solutions. In particular, we ensure that the target remains operational after the transaction has been completed by reviewing existing licence agreements.

Projects
Sale of a bicycle hire platform

As part of the sale of a globally operating online platform for the hire of bicycles to a competitor, we advised the buyer comprehensively on the preparation and handling of the asset deal. The core issues of the transactions concerned the granting of rights of use to the software solutions that were also sold, the transfer of domains and the assumption of supplier contracts.

Successful joint venture: German start-up in China

We advised a German start-up in the field of sustainable mobility on contract negotiations with a Chinese contractual partner. The client’s product was to be used extensively in major Chinese cities as part of a joint venture. Our advice focussed primarily on corporate and IP law.

Tech-Asset-Deal im Schienennetzinfrastrukturbereich

We advised on the sale of a technology in the field of railway network infrastructure in the form of an asset deal. This primarily involved questions of IP law and software purchase law. This was linked to a subsequent agreement on advisory services by the seller.

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