International Investment Series - Germany
Leadvisor Law, LUCID
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Germany is the world's fourth-largest economy and the largest economy in Europe. In recent years, the global economy has been unstable. Against this backdrop, what is the situation of economic development in Germany? What aspects should be considered when investing in Germany? Dr. Zhong Lin, the founder of the Leadvisor Platform and partner at Leadvisor Law Firm, with Dr. Lars Weihe, partner at the German Lucid Law Firm, introduce us to Germany through discussions on the German economic environment, investment regulations, company establishment, and compliance.
Leadvisor LawLeadvisor Law is a leading PRC business law firm. We focus on serving private equity and venture capital investors, start-ups, multinational corporations, and listed companies, providing comprehensive, effective, and innovative legal solutions for domestic and cross-border investment, M&A, business transactions, and capital market operations. We help clients shape business strategies and make informed decisions, combining legal rules with insight into commercial fundamentals to integrate legal analysis, risk control, and business strategy.
Our team has deep industry experience across pharmaceuticals and healthcare, automobile and clean energy, e-commerce and new retail, and education and training. We leverage industry resources and work closely with ecosystem participants to create value, helping clients prevent risks, resolve disputes, reduce losses, and generate outsized value in transactions and capital markets. Longstanding cooperation with other professional institutions, together with our developing professional institutions platform, enables us to deliver coordinated, cross-disciplinary, one-stop services.
We offer holistic capabilities across antitrust, commercial litigation and arbitration, data protection and cybersecurity, intellectual property and technology licensing, and related areas.
LUCIDA boutique law firm advising and supporting companies of all industries and sizes personally, pragmatically and efficiently in all areas of Compliance, Data Privacy, International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution.
All LUCID partners are former leading in-house lawyers and compliance officers with over 20 years of international experience in various regions and industries, including IT, automotive, chemical, pharma and consumer goods.
We work with due legal care on the basis of recognized standards and offer big law firm quality. However, we never lose sight of our key mission: to find appropriate, practically implementable and economically sensible solutions for our clients.
LUCID understands practical needs. With many years of industry experience, we are familiar with structures, processes and the diverse challenges of companies across sizes and sectors. We speak plainly and explain even complex compliance issues clearly. We have worked for many years in Germany and internationally as corporate lawyers and compliance officers, covering industries such as pharmaceuticals, chemicals, consumer goods, IT/semiconductors, dietary supplements, direct sales and multi-level marketing. We know the typical risk areas across corporate functions—from purchasing and production to sales and central functions—and factor these into “bottom-up” and “top-down” risk assessments.
We offer a broad spectrum of expertise in all core areas of compliance and conflict management. Our team has advised and represented companies in negotiations with business partners and authorities in Germany and internationally, trained board members, managing directors and thousands of employees on antitrust and distribution law, anti-corruption, data protection and regulatory affairs, conducted and supervised numerous internal compliance investigations, and successfully represented clients in court and arbitration proceedings. Where required, we draw on an international network of experts in all areas of law.
We work pragmatically, efficiently and in a solution-oriented manner. Every compliance program must fit the corporate culture and risk landscape, so we provide tailor-made solutions rather than standard advice. Guided by recognized compliance standards and the latest scientific findings and case law, we help set the right priorities, implement necessary measures and ensure effective follow-up—delivering as much as you need, but no more than required.
LUCID – Clarity for bright decisions.