Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• German

Lawyer Overview

Peter Homberg oversees the German life sciences team and is currently involved in cooperation and research agreements as well as cross-border IP licensing and IP strategies in the life sciences sector, including transactions for pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and biotechnology companies.

From 1990 to 1994, Peter headed the Singapore office of Thümmel, Schütze & Partners, where he was responsible for the representation and counseling of German investors in Southeast Asia, especially with regard to establishing companies and contract negotiations, as well as rendering legal advice in commercial matters.

From 1994 to 1996, Peter was in charge of the mergers and acquisitions department (Beteiligungsprojekte) at a subsidiary of Daimler Benz Interservices (Debis) and was responsible for all equity participations of the company. He represented the corporation, as member of the board, in a joint venture company and in its subsidiaries. Moreover, he handled the selection of companies to be acquired throughout Europe.

While deputy head of the legal department at Roche Diagnostics (formerly Boehringer Mannheim) during 1996 to 2001, Peter was in charge of all legal matters for the laboratory systems business unit, with a focus on general contract law, license and patent law, labor law, and cooperation and research agreements.

Also, with his extensive knowledge of Southeast Asia, he continues to advise clients with activities in this region as well as corporations from this area that are interested in investing in Europe.

Peter is a member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES), the German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright. (GRUR), and the German Institution for Arbitration (DIS).

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Europe
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Life Sciences
• Pharmaceuticals

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Icon Genetics
• Issuance of Shares by Priaxon AG

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Patents, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Technology Licensing, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• Frankfurt, Germany
• Munich, Germany

Education

• Lower Saxony - Germany

Published Works

• EU-Kommission fordert mehr Wettbewerb im Pharmasektor, BIOspectrum, 2009
• Überraschend, aber klar, Interview article, apothekenbusiness, 2009
• Entscheidung der großen Beschwerdekammer des Europäischen Patentamtes- Keine Patente auf menschliche embryonale Stammzellen, biocom, European Biotechnology News, 2008
• Publish or Perish versus Patent or Perish Contraries or not? University Journal, 2008
• The New Gendiagnostic Law in Germany, Going Public Biotechnology Magazine, 2008
• Stem cell research and patenting, Transkript Magazine, 2008
• The new Gendiagnostic Law in Germany, Biotechnology in Bavaria, 2008
• 111 First Experiments, a collection published by Dr. Bengs, Biotech Consulting, 2008
• Schriftlicher Lehrgang "Internationales Vertragsmanagement," Management Circle, 2008
• Stammzellforschung in Deutschland - Quo vadis? / Stem cell research in Germany - Quo vadis? Transkript, 2007
• Amerikanisches Recht kann zu erheblichen Schwierigkeiten führen / American Law can lead to severe difficulties, Going Public, Unternehmeredition, 2007
• Rechtssichere Gestaltung von F&E-Verträgen und Lizenzverträgen in Deutschland / legally binding structuring of research and development contracts and license contracts in Germany, written seminar "International contract management", second edition, Management Circle, 2007
• Rechtssichere Gestaltung von F&E-Verträgen und Lizenzverträgen in Deutschland / legally binding structuring of research and development contracts and license contracts in Germany, written seminar "International contract management", first edition, Management Circle, 2006
• Orphan Drugs - A Research Opportunity for Life Science Companies? Biotechnology in Bavaria, 2005
• Research and Development Agreements between Corporations and Universities in Germany, A Guide to Research and Development Agreements, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hessen - Innovationsberatung, 2004
• Italian Torpedo - A Blunt Weapon, Biotechnology in Bavaria, 2004
• New Regulations for Technology Transfer Agreements, coauthor - European Biotechnology News, 2004
• From Idea to Creation of Value - Patents and their exploitation as an important element of adding value in companies, Biotechnology in Bavaria, 2003
• Reform of German Employees Invention Act, Omission of Privileges for Professors, BIOspektrum, 2002

Address

Prinzregentenstr. 11
80538 Munich, Federal Republic of Germany

Phones

49.89.20.60.42.200 (Business Phone)

Faxes

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Emails

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Websites

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