BEITEN BURKHARDT provides clients with comprehensive legal advice on all aspects of commercial law from 13 offices in six countries.
In Germany, we have a strong client base of medium-sized enterprises who are particularly successful in their relevant fields. We also advise listed stock corporations, including DAX and M-DAX members, as well as a number of well-known multinational groups.
The German Federal Government, States and a number of municipalities provide a further focus of our client base. Public utilities and publicly and/or privately funded enterprises active in the provision of waste disposal, commuter and mainline transport, health care and other services of general interest form a further significant group of clients. In addition, we advise non-profit organizations, such as foundations and associations as well as their founders.
We have proven experience in various sectors including the automotive, brewing, chemical, electronics and financial service sectors, as well as in civil and mechanical engineering, life sciences, media, telecommunications, tourism, publishing and sports.
As a German law firm with a strong international focus, we provide support for our clients in their activities on the German market and internationally from our own offices or in co-operation with excellent foreign partners.
Our international offices are centred around the growth economies of Eastern Europe and China:
In China, BEITEN BURKHARDT's Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong offices provide legal advice to companies from various industries and in particular to German and European companies who are active or are seeking to become active on the Chinese market. Our main focuses in this region include foreign direct investment (FDI), M&A, IP and licensing laws, real estate matters and arbitration.
Our anti-dumping practice advises Chinese and European companies affected by and involved in anti-dumping disputes.
China Construction Practice Group clients include project developers, financial service providers, service and engineering companies and construction companies, as well as lessors and lessees of office, retail and industrial properties in China.
Our Brussels office provides comprehensive legal advice on all areas of EU Law to European, US and Asian clients. Our international team specializes in representing clients before the European Commission and other European institutions.
We have long-standing and proven experience in the food and agriculture, textile, energy, pharmaceutical and sports sectors.
In addition, we advise governments and investors and provide valuable support for investment projects in EU and non-EU countries in the form of comparative competition law analyses, which also deal specifically with state aid and tax issues related to the project.
Our Russian offices provide legal advice to Russian and foreign companies, as well as state-owned and international organizations. BEITEN BURKHARDT's clients in Moscow and St. Petersburg include well-known European retailers, a German automotive group, a leading international household appliance manufacturer and numerous multinational enterprises and major international banks.
BEITEN BURKHARDT Kyiv advises clients on any local or international legal issues arising during the implementation of projects in Ukraine. Our core competences lie in the provision of support and legal advice on all aspects of industrial projects, real estate transactions and the structuring of financial projects. Our international clients include real estate and industrial groups, as well as the region's leading financial services provider.
Our Warsaw office provides legal advice on any issue broadly associated with commercial law, including tax law, to both German and Polish companies and Polish public-law corporations. Our clients are involved in the following industries: automotive, construction, energy, retail, financial services, real estate, pharmaceuticals, transport and publishing.
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