Dr. Susan Kempe-Müller, partner in the Frankfurt office of Latham & Watkins, advises and represents clients in all areas of intellectual property law, with a particular emphasis on trademark, competition, employee invention, and copyright law.
Dr. Kempe-Müller has long-standing experience advising on transactions in the field of intellectual property and information technology.
She has particular expertise in drafting and negotiating complex national and cross-border contracts in the IP/IT area. She advises clients on:
- License and service agreements
- Research and development contracts
- Software development and software transfer projects
- Cooperation agreements
- Outsourcing contracts
Dr. Kempe-Müller also represents companies in litigation and proceedings before trademark and patent offices.
Dr. Kempe-Müller’s experience includes advising:
- Multinational networking and telecommunications company on its acquisition of business segments from a world leading provider of antenna and filter technologies*
- US-based automotive supplier on the sale of one of its business segments*
- Leading online food delivery marketplace on its acquisition of German food delivery operations*
- Leading international provider of indoor climate and tap water solutions on its sale of shares to market leader in energy efficient ventilation and indoor climate systems*
- German energy company on IPO of a subsidiary*
- Global market leader in cleaning and surface processing systems for industrial parts on its sale of majority shares to Chinese engineering and machinery company*
- Global alternative investment firm on its minority investment in vendor of Business Process Management (BPM)*
- Subsidiary of leading international provider of indoor climate and tap water solutions on its acquisition of two companies in the field of supply technology*
- Listed New York-based specialty athletic retailer on its acquisition of German chain store for athletic footwear, functional textiles and accessories*
- Consortium formed by private equity and investment firms on its acquisition of one of Germany’s leading multi-level marketing enterprises for body care and beauty products*
*Matter handled prior to joining Latham
Thought Leadership
- Co-author: Handbook International Advertising Law, 2014
- Author of numerous specialist publications, among others:
- Produkthaftpflicht International 2004 “Cigarette manufacturers are not liable for health damage, comment on the smoker's judgement of the regional court Arnsberg”
- Produkthaftpflicht International 2004 “Liability for damages arising from misuse of products”
- Doctoral thesis, 2006 “The Intended Use of Drugs according to the German Drug Act”
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 20 June 2016 “Perfums break bank secrecy”
- PLATOW Recht, 14 June 2017 “Banks without secrets”
- Markenartikel-Magazin 2018 “Neuschwanstein is not a place”
- PLATOW Recht, 6 February 2019 “Unfair Trade Act – a new sharp sword for data protection?”
- PLATOW Recht, 15 May 2019 “Instagram influencer Cathy Hummels wins lawsuit in Munich regarding labelling of advertising”
- PLATOW Recht, 10 July 2019 “Advocate General calls for registrability of the trademark "Fack Ju Göhte"”