Ralph Koppitz – Partner

Ralph advises German and international manufacturing and service companies on all legal aspects related to their business transactions in China. This includes the areas of foreign direct investment, M&A (share and asset deal acquisitions, mergers of foreign invested enterprises, equity transfers), restructuring and liquidation, technology transfer, and labor law. Ralph has specific experience in the manufacturing (including medical devices, pharmaceutical, chemical), and service sectors (including logistics, trading and certification services). Increasingly important becomes the advice concerning China-outbound M&A and direct Chinese investments in Germany.

Ralph studied law at the university of Munich. In 1996/1997 he studied Chinese language at BeijingNormalUniversity in China under a scholarship granted by the German Academic Exchange Service.  In 1997, Ralph was admitted to the Munich bar. From 1997 to 2002 he worked in the Beijing office of a major international law firm. In the year 2002, he joined Taylor Wessing as partner and head of the Shanghai office.

Due to his long term secondment to China, Ralph has established close contacts with relevant local and national authorities and institutions. From 2001 until 2003 he served as Chairman of the "Intellectual Property Rights Working Group" and is presently member of the Shanghai Board of the EU Chamber of Commerce. From 2006 to 2008 he also served as member to the German Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Besides being the author of numerous publications, Ralph is presently also holding a seminar series on foreign direct investment law for students of the TongjiUniversity in Shanghai.

 

Ralph, a native German speaker, is fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese and French.

Taylor Wessing Compétence

• Commercial
• Corporate
• Droit social et retraites

Taylor Wessing Industries

• China Desk

Domaines d'expertise

• Alliances et Accords de participation aux bénéfices
• Conditions générales standard et vente de marchandises
• Contrats de distribution et d’Agence commerciale
• Due diligence en Chine
• Externalisation
• Fusions et acquisitions en Chine
• Investissements chinois en Europe
• Investissements étrangers en Chine
• Joint Ventures
• M & A
• Problèmes commerciaux
• Propriété intellectuelle en Chine
• Restructurations d'entreprises en Chine
• Transport, activités maritimes et expéditions en Chine

Sujets d'Actualités

• International Employment Law Update - April 2008
• Property rights go East