Brigitte Leimgruber
Biography
Brigitte Leimgruber was admitted to the German bar in 2019. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2018 as a research assistant in the Information Technology practice group. Since April 2019 she has been an associate and since July 2023 a senior associate in the Commercial, Tech & Transactions practice group. In 2023, she worked as an associate in the IPTech practice group of Baker McKenzie's London office for three months. During her legal clerkship in Munich, she worked for BMW Group and for the Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Toronto. She passed the education for business mediation at the Munich Center for Dispute Resolution of the LMU München and studied law at the University of Passau.
Practice Focus
Brigitte Leimgruber advises clients on all aspects of commercial law, contract law and distribution law as well as on national and European antitrust and competition law. In particular, she drafts and advises on agency and distribution agreements, on general terms and conditions, on purchase and supply, service and co-operation agreements as well as on consumer law related topics.
Representative Legal Matters
- Regularly advises an international automotive company on distribution law and antitrust law matters.
- Advised on complex research and development agreements for a company specialized in security printing.
- Regularly advises an international luxury goods manufacturer on the implementation and enforcement of its selective distribution system.
- Advised an international consumer goods manufacturer on the set-up and implementation of its webshop.
- Advised an international mobility service provider on the set-up and implementation of its general terms and conditions throughout the EU.
- Advised an international industrial products manufacturer on the draft and negotiation of complex procurement agreements.
- Regularly advises clients on contract and distribution antitrust law aspects of M&A transactions.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Vertriebsrecht e.V. - Member
Admissions
- Germany (2019)
Education
- Higher Regional Court of Munich (Assessor Exam) (2017)
- Munich Center for Dispute Resolution (2016)
- University of Passau (Referendar Exam) (2014)
Languages
- English
- French
- German
Geschäftsführer: Dr. Alexander Wolff, Dr. Oliver Socher, Dr. Christian Vocke
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