Kock, Martin

Attorney-at-Law (Germany / California)

• Corporate
• International Trade Law
• Capital Markets
• Merger & Acquisitions
• Private Equity

• 1981 – 1986 Law undergraduate, Philipps-University of Marburg
• 1986 First State Examination (1. Staatsexamen)
• 1988 – 1991 Trainee lawyer in Hamburg
• 1990 Doctorate (Dr. jur.): "Transmission of information and personal congruence in broker law" at the chair of Professor Dr. O. Werner, University of Marburg
• 1991 6 months traineeship at law firm Crosland, Hayes, Strand & Mayock, San Francisco, CA, USA
• 1991 Second State Examination (2. Staatsexamen)
• 1992 Admittance to the German Bar
• 1992 - 1993 Visiting Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
• 1994 Admittance to the California Bar
• 1993 – 2001 BBLP Beiten Burkhardt Mittl & Wegener in Munich (Partner), German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) specialising in company law and M & A, Salaried partner: January 1999, Equity partner: January 2002 (elected)
• 1995 – 1996 TMI Associates, Tokyo, Japan, Foreign Lawyer
• 1998 – 2000 BBLP Beiten Burkhardt Mittl & Wegener in Hong Kong, Managing Partner of BBLP Hong Kong office, Registered Foreign Lawyer
• 2002 – 2007 McDermott Will & Emery in Munich (Partner)
• Equity partner specialising in corporate law and M&A
• from July 2007 JONES DAY in Munich
• Equity partner specialising in corporate law and M&A

• „Aufsichtsräte: Wer kontrolliert den Kontrolleur?“ (Supervisory Board Members: Who supervises the supervisor?), Venture Capital Magazine, October 2005
• „Germany: Listing badly?“, Legal Week Global Edition, July 2005
• "Die zivilrechtliche Haftung von Vorständen für unternehmerische Entscheidungen" (Civil liability of board members for business decisions) - Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht, May 2004, p. 441-448
• „Personal liability for business decisions: a transatlantic view“, Private Equity & Venture Capital Review 2004
• "Business Decisions: of Risks and (Unintended) Returns“, Commerce Germany: Official Publication of the American Chamber of Commerce in German, May 2004
• „Corporate Governance – Eine transatlantische Bestandsaufnahme“ (Corporate Governance – A transatlantic Survey), Venture Capital Magazine, October and November 2003
• „Neue Besen kehren gut – Rechtliche Fargen bei der Bestellung und Abberufung von Vorständen und Geschäftsführern“ (New brooms sweep well – legal issues relating to the appointment and removal of board members), Venture Capital Magazine, special issue on financing of mid-cap companies, 2003
• Von Hundehütten und Aufsichtsräten – Rechte und Pflichten des Aufsichtsrats nach dem Transparenz- und Publizitätsgesetz“ (From doghouses and supervisory boards – rights and duties of supervisory board members under the law pertaining to transparancy of stock corporations), Venture Capital Magazine, February 2003
• „Umweltrechtliche Rahmenbedingungen für Investitionen in der Volksrepublik China“ (Framework of environmental laws for investments in the People's Republic of China), Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft, June 2000, p. 448 – 454
• „Unternehmensgründungen und –kooperationen in Japan“ (Establishment and co-operations of companies in Japan), WiB Wirtschaftsrechtliche Beratung, November 1996, p. 976 – 982
• „Informationsweitergaben und Kongruenz im Maklerrecht“ (Transmission of information and personal congruence in broker law), Stuttgart – München – Hannover 1990

• German
• English

• German-American Lawyers' Association