Dr. Gottfried Freier is a Partner at Kaye Scholer and Managing Partner of the Frankfurt office. Prior to going into private practice, Dr. Freier was in-house counsel with BASF Aktiengesellschaft in the Patent, Central Legal and Group Tax Departments, and later became General Counsel of BASF Pharma, with worldwide responsibility for legal, taxes, insurance and trademarks.
As a result of his extensive experience in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, Dr. Freier often represents clients in these sectors, ranging in size from small start-up and medium-sized companies to large multinational groups. He advises on a variety of matters, including mergers and acquisitions, general corporate matters, and technology transactions, including licensing and cooperation agreements, transfer of product rights, research, development and commercialization agreements (e.g. co-promotion and co-marketing) contract research and development, clinical trial arrangements, and contract manufacturing, as well as non-disclosure and material transfer agreements.
Dr. Freier is often sought-after to advise industrial enterprises in many business sectors, because of his comprehensive experience as both a lawyer in private practice and, “at the other end of the table,” as in-house counsel. In addition to his activities as a lawyer, Dr. Freier serves as a chairman of the supervisory board of a corporation dealing in IT hardware.
Dr. Freier is a member of the Licensing Executive Society (“LES”). He is fluent in German and in English, and has written on intellectual property and biotechnology topics.
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