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WLA CO-PRACTICE · GERMANY · CENTRAL EUROPE

GERMANY.
EUROPE'S LARGEST
ECONOMY AND
LEGAL POWERHOUSE.

WLA holds exclusive co-practice partners across All nine WLA core practices in Germany — Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg. German law is central to every EU→India, US↔Europe, and Gulf→CEE corridor mandate involving European M&A.

4th
Largest economy globally
Strongest
Works council regime in EU
EPO
European Patent Office — Munich
FDI
BMWK screening expanding
LEGAL SYSTEM · GERMANY

THE LEGAL
LANDSCAPE OF
GERMANY.

Civil law jurisdiction. GmbH and AG company law. German Merger Control (Bundeskartellamt — FCO) for competition filings. FDI screening by BMWK expanding to software sector. German Works Councils — mandatory for most businesses — must be consulted before restructuring. DIS arbitration. EPO headquartered in Munich. Tax: German CIT, trade tax, and Pillar Two compliance.

KEY COURTS & INSTITUTIONS
Federal Court of Justice — Bundesgerichtshof
Higher Regional Courts — Oberlandesgericht (OLG)
DIS — German Institution of Arbitration
Bundeskartellamt — German Federal Cartel Office
German Patent and Trade Mark Office — DPMA
Munich — seat of EPO and UPC Central Division
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
Bundeskartellamt — German merger control — strict thresholds
BMWK — FDI screening — extending to software sector
BaFin — financial services regulation
Works Councils — mandatory information and consultation
German tax — CIT, trade tax, Pillar Two compliance
German IP — DPMA, EPO, UPC Central Division Munich
WLA INTELLIGENCE · GERMANY · LIVE

REGULATORY SIGNALS
FROM
GERMANY.

WLA Intelligence tracks regulatory changes, enforcement trends, and deal climate signals from Germany in real time — updated by the WLA Germany co-practice partner.

SIGNAL
DETAIL
STATUS
BMWK FDI
SCREENING
BMWK FDI Screening Extended to Software Sector — India and APAC Acquirers Impacted
German FDI screening now covers software-sector acquisitions by non-EU investors. All India and APAC acquirers of German technology businesses must assess screening obligations before signing.
ACTIVE
WORKS COUNCILS
RESTRUCTURING
German Works Councils — Increasing Resistance to Cross-Border Restructuring
Works Councils actively challenging cross-border restructuring involving German workforces. Pre-restructuring Works Council strategy now essential for any cross-border deal with German workforce impact.
HIGH
PILLAR TWO
TAX
Germany Pillar Two — Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax Operative
German domestic minimum top-up tax operative for German entities of large multinational groups. Every Gulf and US group with German subsidiaries must assess top-up exposure.
ACTIVE
EPO UPC
IP
EPO Munich — UPC Central Division — German IP Strategy Transformed
UPC Central Division in Munich now fully operative. German-facing patent strategy must now consider both national German patents and EU Unitary Patents. WLA IP co-practice co-ordinates strategy simultaneously.
ACTIVE
WLA QUALIFIED™ PARTNER FIRM · GERMANY

THE WLA
GERMANY
CO-PRACTICE PARTNER.

WLA designates one exclusive partner firm per practice per jurisdiction. The WLA Germany partner firm is the sole WLA co-practice partner for Germany mandates — WLA Qualified, reviewed annually, and briefed simultaneously with every other WLA firm on every cross-border matter involving Germany.

TM
WLA QUALIFIED™ PARTNER · GERMANY
Law & More B.V.
Eindhoven, Netherlands · EU Corridor
Tom Meevis · Managing Partner

Law & More B.V. is a Dutch law firm and WLA partner for EU corridor matters including Germany-related mandates. Tom Meevis co-ordinates WLA EU co-practice for German and European M&A, IP, and regulatory matters across the Gulf→CEE, EU→India, and US↔Europe corridors.

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PRACTICES HELD IN GERMANY
CORPORATE M&A
GmbH · AG · FCO · BMWK FDI
DISPUTES
DIS · OLG Frankfurt · ICC Germany
TAX
CIT · Trade Tax · Pillar Two
IP
DPMA · EPO Munich · UPC
IMMIGRATION
Opportunity Card · Blue Card
EMPLOYMENT
Works Councils · BetrVG · Betriebsrat
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