Bernd U. Graf
Of Counsel
Of Counsel in Dorsey’s International Practice Group. Mr. Graf’s practice is focused on the main legal aspects encountered by international clients doing business in Germany and/or Europe, involving in particular commercial and corporate law (distribution, M&A), employment law, data protection law as well as competition law, trade law, and other regulatory matters.
Representative Work
- Multinational European due diligence, closing implementation, and post-closing integration work concerning a U.S. company's acquisition of a multinational group owning the pre-eminent consumer brand for optical and magnetic data storage media products
- Acquisition of a German transport services business by a Fortune 500 logistics company
- German implementation of the multinational acquisition of a U.K. based publishing software business by a U.S. based software company
- Post-acquisition corporate and/or labor integration activities in various industry sectors, such as transport services, digital images and footage, software and electronics businesses
Admissions
Honors
- Fulbright Scholar, 1987-1988
- German Academic Exchange Service Scholar, 1987-1988
- German-French Exchange Service Scholar, 1985
Education
- University of Augsburg, Germany
J.D. Equivalent, 1987, Valedictorian, in a class of 200
- University of Georgia School of Law
LL.M., 1988
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