McDermott Will & Schulte, a global law firm

Dr. Uwe Goetker advises on all aspects of corporate law, insolvency law and restructuring law as well as on M&A transactions. He founded the firm's German Business Restructuring practice and is a member of the Transactions practice group.

He advises companies or their boards in out-of-court and in-court restructurings (including support in self-administration and insolvency plan proceedings), creditors and shareholders in protecting their interests in crisis situations, and investors/sellers in transactions in special situations - often involving corporate groups, complicated financial structures, and cross-border/international issues.

In addition, Uwe continuously advises on corporate law issues as well as on national and international mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and joint ventures, where he assists sellers as well as strategic and private equity investors as buyers. He participated in many of the most prominent restructurings/reorganizations and transactions in Germany.

Finally, Uwe advises on contentious disputes in corporate and insolvency law matters, in particular on management liability issues.

Uwe is the author of a book on the obligations of management in insolvency situations, co-editor of a book on cross-border insolvencies and author of a commentary on the Corporate Stabilization and Restructuring Act (StaRUG). In addition, he has written numerous book contributions and articles on current restructuring/insolvency and M&A topics.

Insolvency and corporate law advice.

Debtor-in-possession proceedings.

Crisis and insolvency restructurings.

Distressed M&A transactions.

Board, shareholder, creditor and investor counseling.

Dr. Claus Färber represents clients on all legal matters related to the telecommunications, media and information technology (IT) industries and has extensive experience advising international clients across industries on European data protection matters.

Claus drafts and negotiates software license agreements, other IT contracts, business process outsourcing agreements and significant procurement agreements in the telecommunications, ecommerce and IT industry, and assists with significant litigation in these industries. These projects often break new ground from a technological, commercial and legal perspective and regularly touch multiple sectors of the law, including telecommunications, IT, intellectual property and data protection law, and also require an understanding of the economic and technological background. His transactional experience includes major cooperation and framework agreements, such as internet access in aircraft, Wi-Fi hotspots, roaming, cloud platforms and machine-to-machine communications (M2M).

Claus also regularly advises life sciences companies, colleges and universities, academic medical centers and other organizations collecting and processing personal health data regarding compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and German data protection law, including applicability to companies established outside the European Union and requirements for the international transfer of personal data to the U.S.