Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• German

Lawyer Overview

Dr. Martin Kock's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and other corporate work for German and foreign companies, particularly venture capital and private equity firms.

Martin recently advised on investment transactions for the venture capital vehicle of Deutsche Telekom and for XAnge Private Equity, a French venture capital firm. He represented Inveni Capital, a Finnish-German biotech fund, in connection with its formation and with venture capital transactions in Germany. Martin also assisted DAB bank, one of Germany's largest discount brokers, in the acquisition of financial services providers, one of which had been an affiliate of HypoVereinsbank and Münchener Rück. In corporate matters, Martin is advising several U.S. companies, including Electronic Theatre Controls, a global leader in the design and manufacture of lighting products, and Clopay Plastics Corporation, a manufacturer of polymer products.

In 1998, Martin became managing partner of the Hong Kong office of a leading German law firm. In 2002, Martin was one of the founding partners of the first German office of another U.S. law firm. He is a member of the German-American Lawyers' Association and the German Institute for Arbitration.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Jil Sander AG
• Issuance of Shares by a private biopharmaceutical company , (2009)
• Issuance of Shares by LOCANIS AG
• Issuance of Shares by Priaxon AG
• Issuance of Shares by Zweitgeist GmbH
• PIPE Transaction

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• California
• Munich, Germany

Education

• Philipps-Universitat Marburg
• Hamburg - Germany

Published Works

• Germany Adopts Its Own Rescue Package for Financial Institutions, 2008
• German M&A and Private Equity News, 2008
• German M&A and Private Equity News, 2008
• Der Vergleich über Erstattungsansprüche nach § 31 Abs. 1 GmbHG (Settlement of Claims for Restitution of Capital under Sec 31 (1) GmbHG), NZG Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht, 2006
• Aufsichtsräte: Wer kontrolliert den Kontrolleur? (Supervisory Board Members: Who Supervises the Supervisor?), Venture Capital Magazine, 2005
• Personal liability for business decisions: a transatlantic view, Private Equity & Venture Capital Review, 2004
• Business Decisions: of Risks and (Unintended) Returns, Commerce Germany: Official Publication of the American Chamber of Commerce in German, 2004
• Die zivilrechtliche Haftung von Vorständen für unternehmerische Entscheidungen" (Civil Liability of Board members for Business Decisions) - Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht, 2004
• Neue Besen kehren gut – Rechtliche Fargen bei der Bestellung und Abberufung von Vorständen und Geschäftsführern“ (New brooms sweep well – legal issues relating to the appointment and removal of board members), Venture Capital Magazine, special issue on financing of mid-cap companies, 2003
• Corporate Governance – Eine transatlantische Bestandsaufnahme“ (Corporate Governance – A transatlantic Survey), Venture Capital Magazine, 2003
• Von Hundehütten und Aufsichtsräten – Rechte und Pflichten des Aufsichtsrats nach dem Transparenz- und Publizitätsgesetz“ (From doghouses and supervisory boards – rights and duties of supervisory board members under the law pertaining to transparancy of stock corporations), Venture Capital Magazine, 2003
• Beteiligungsprogramme sind auch für Aufsichtsräte zulässig (Participation programs are admissible for members of supervisory boards), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2001
• E-Commerce: Neue Rahmenbedingungen bringen mehr Sicherheit (E-Commerce: New legal framework enhances security), p. 13 – 15, China Contact, 2000
• Umweltrechtliche Rahmenbedingungen für Investitionen in der Volksrepublik China (Framework of environmental laws for investments in the People's Republic of China), p. 448 – 454, Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft, 2000
• Wege zum Wohlstand – Das chinesische Wertpapiergesetz (Ways to prosperity – the Chinese Act on Securities), p. 24 – 25, China Contact, 2000
• Statutory Changes Affecting Hong Kong Companies, p. 19–21, GC.comm (Publication of German Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong), 2000
• China erleichtert Joint Ventures im Handel (China eases trading joint ventures), p. 22, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 1999
• Unternehmensgründungen und –kooperationen in Japan (Establishment and co-operations of companies in Japan), p. 976 – 982, WiB Wirtschaftsrechtliche Beratung, 1996
• Informationsweitergaben und Kongruenz im Maklerrecht (Transmission of information and personal congruence in broker law), Stuttgart – München – Hannover, 1990

Address

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80538 Munich, Federal Republic of Germany

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