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.

Susan 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

Susan also represents companies in litigation and proceedings before trademark and patent offices.

Susan’s experience includes advising: 

  • Acrotec on the acquisition of Friedrich Daniels 
  • Ardian on the acquisition of a majority stake in LIFTKET 
  • Bregal on the sale of EA Elektro-Automatik
  • Carlyle on its majority investment in GBTEC Software AG 
  • Cheplapharm on 
    • The acquisition of the worldwide commercial rights for Zyprexa ® from Eli Lily and Company 
    • The acquisition of the US Marketing Authorization for Pulmicort Flexhaler, a Budesonide inhalation powder for the treatment of Asthma, from AstraZeneca AB
  • Deutsche Bank and Orchard Global Asset Management on the sale of HIT Holzindustrie Torgau to Mercer International Inc.
  • EMZ Partners on the: 
    • Acquisition of a significant stake in H&Z Unternehmensberatung (H&Z)
    • Acquisition of WEKA Group’s Education Division
    • Acquisition of a majority stake in Aspire Education Group
  • Equistone and other shareholders on the sale of Sport Group
  • Established. on the acquisition of Blaupunkt
  • HANNOVER Finanz and Hans-Werner Mumm on the sale of their shares in ATEC
  • Heramba on business combination with Project Energy Reimagined Acquisition Corp.
  • Hg on the:
    • Sale of F24
    • Sale of Transporeon
    • Sale of “MeinAuto” and “Mobility Concept”
  • IK Partners on its investment in Cinerius Financial Partners
  • Main Capital Partners on the sale of software company Perbility to Rivean Capital
  • Marcolin on the acquisition of ic! berlin
  • Novo Nordisk on the acquisition of Cardior Pharmaceuticals
  • Oakley Capital on a continuation fund transaction to extend its partnership with IU Group
  • One Rock Capital Partners on the acquisition of Constantia Flexibles
  • PAI Partners on its joint venture with Nestlé 
  • Partners Group on the:
    • Acquisition of a majority stake in Cloudflight
    • Acquisition of Rosen Group
    • Sale of Hofmann Menü Holdings GmbH
  • Protective Industrial Products, Inc on the acquisition of ISM Heinrich Krämer GmbH
  • Rockaway Capital on the sale of Bringmeister
  • SPIE on the:
    • Acquisition of Otto LSE
    • Acquisition of a majority stake in ICG Group
    • Acquisition of ROBUR Industry Service Group
    • Acquisition of a majority stake in BridgingIT
  • TQ Ventures on the US$80 million Series C financing of Distribusion
  • Triton on the acquisition of Trench
  • Wintershall Dea on the sale of its stake in WIGA

Thought Leadership

  • Börsen-Zeitung, April 2021 “Tight corset: How the EU regulates artificial intelligence”
  • Börsen-Zeitung, July 2021 “Legislator wants to stop patent trolls”
  • Börsen-Zeitung, October 2021 “Europe finally gets uniform patent protection”
  • Börsen-Zeitung, June 2022 “Free access to data of connected devices and machines”
  • Börsen-Zeitung, May 2023 “Taking a close look at the data pool in due diligence”
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 2023 “The Winner Takes It All”

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwältin (Germany)

Education

  • Dr. iur., University of Marburg, 2006
  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Mainz, 2001
  • First German State Exam, University of Freiburg, 1999

Languages Spoken

  • English