Kroke, Ted-Philip

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Languages

• English
• German

Lawyer Overview

Ted Kroke focuses on advising companies on all technology-related matters as well as outsourcing projects. He has handled dozens of software projects, all types of contractual telecommunications matters (including satellite matters, powerline communications, and network outsourcing), advised clients on the setting up and operation of e-commerce and m-commerce platforms, and handled several other types of IT projects and IT services relationships. In addition, Ted has substantial experience advising on IT outsourcing and BP outsourcing projects where he puts special attention on service management issues.

Representative matters include: counseling SAP on their customer agreements, advising Nokia Siemens Networks on the worldwide outsourcing of real estate management functions, and advising Diebold on the provisioning and operation of banking terminals and related services. In addition, Ted drafted and negotiated the outsourcing agreements for one of the largest IT outsourcing transactions in Germany to date. Clients include ADP, DAB, Diebold, Eckes Granini, GM, Monster, Nokia Siemens Networks, and SAP.

From 1997 to 2007, Ted worked for the international law firm Linklaters, and its German predecessor. While there, he advised on M&A transactions and the setting up of joint ventures. In addition, Ted acquired substantial experience relating to the practical side of handling IT projects during a secondment as the head of the legal department to a German software company.

Ted is author of the annotation to the frequency chapter of the German Telecommunications Act published in the Telekommunikationsgesetz, Kommentar und Vorschriftensammlung, Kohlhammer 2005.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Outsourcing
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Intellectual Property
• Government Regulation
• Telecommunications Regulation
• Telecommunications
• M&A

Representative Cases

• International Automotive Components acquires Stankiewicz and Gimotive , (2009)
• OM Group acquires Borchers
• Sodexo acquires Zehnacker Group , (2009)
• Telecommunications supplier outsources facility management and services relating to a target portfolio
• Tropical Islands signs agreements to develop vacation homes and related resort facilities , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Defense Contracts, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Federal Contracts, Food & Drug Administration, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Construction Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Procurement, Housing & Urban Development, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures, Law Enforcement Agencies, Limited Liability Companies, Medicare & Medicaid, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Patents, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Social Security -- Disability, Social Security -- Retirement & Survivors Benefits, State & Local Agencies, State & Municipal Contracts, Technology Licensing, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Veterans' Affairs, Welfare

Education

• Duesseldorf - Germany
• U of Cologne - Germany

Published Works

• Annotation to the frequency chapter of the German Telecommunications Act published in the Telekommunikationsgesetz, Kommentar und Vorschriftensammlung, Kohlhammer 2005., 2005

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