Dr. Bernhard König

Personal Facts

• Born in 1954 in Paderborn
• Studies of law at the University of Münster
• First state bar exam 1979
• Legal clerkship at the Regional Court Paderborn
• Second state bar exam 1983
• Research assistant at the Chair for Civil Law and Labor Law at the University of Münster 1983 - 1985
• Doctor of Laws (Dr. jur.) 1985
• Member of staff for Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechselbank 1986 - 1987
• Bar admission 1987
• With the firm since 1987

Areas of specialization

Labor law

• Employment contracts, termination contracts
• Recruitment advice 
• Industrial constitution and codetermination law, including negotiations with works councils and unions
• Judicial and extra-judicial representation in labor law disputes
• Management agreements
• Balance of interests and social compensation plans
• Employee profit-sharing schemes

Corporate and tax law

• Corporate and company disputes 
• D&O liability
• Partnership agreements, affiliation agreements
• Planning and supporting stock exchange listings and venture capital
• Law regarding fiscal offences
• Corporate tax law, including procedural tax law
• Company conversions, structural changes of companies

Protection of industrial property rights and competition law

• Anti-trust law (including EU block exemption regulations)

Commercial and civil law

• Computer law
• Commercial agency law
• Distribution agreements

Conversion law

• Split,  consolidation, restructuring, contribution, merger

M&A

• Due diligence (civil and tax law)
• Preparation of civil and tax law concepts
• Establishing contact with brokers, investment companies, banks and potential contractual partners
• Management buy-out (MBO) and management buy-in (MBI)
• Consolidation & acquisition
• Contract performance
• Contract negotiations and draft contracts

Publications

• Befristete Arbeitsverträge im Hochschulbereich,
  jur. Diss., Münster 1985

Memberships

• Deutscher Anwaltverein
• Arbeitskreis Wettbewerbsrecht im DAV
• Deutscher Juristentag