The Firm
Pinegrove is a law firm specialized in advising in transactional and litigation matters for internationally operating companies. Our main practice areas are commercial and corporate law, M&A, employment law, compliance and white-collar crime as well as litigation and arbitration.
We have a focus on advising in cross-border matters between Europe and South Korea. Together with our alliance firm Lee & Partners in Seoul, we form a team of German and Korean attorney that provides professional legal services in a pragmatic and efficient manner, trilingual (in English, German and Korean) and culturally versed. We are the direct contact for you here in Europe for your projects, transactions and proceedings, which are handled together with our colleagues in Korea.
Please feel free to contact us with your questions and requests!
Pinegrove Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Practice Areas
Areas of Expertise & Law
Pinegrove advises and represents German and international clients in the following areas of expertise and law
- Corporate General, Contracts, Commercial
- Corporate and M&A
- Joint Ventures
- Company Establishment and Startups
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation
- Arbitration
- Compliance
- Investigations
- Crisis Management
- External Legal Department
Tätigkeitsgebiete Korea
As Korean desk and in cooperation with our alliance firm Lee & Partners in Seoul, we advise companies and private persons from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and other European countries in transactions, projects and proceedings in South Korea. The joint expertise covers the following areas of Korean law:
- Corporate General, Contracts, Commercial
- Corporate and M&A
- Joint Ventures
- Company Establishment and Startups
- Labor & Employment
- Real Estate
- Family and Inheritance Law
- Compliance
- Investigations
- Crisis Management
- White-Collar Crime
- Criminal Defense
- Litigation
- Arbitration
Managing Partner
Baek-Lim Whang
Managing Partner, Rechtsanwalt (German Attorney-at-law)
T +49 6196 400 139
- Pinegrove (since 2017)
- Lee & Partners, Senior Foreign Counsel, Korea (since 2016)
- Shin & Kim, Foreign Attorney, Korea (2012-2016)
- Siemens, In-house Counsel, Germany and Korea (2007-2012)
- Admitted to the bar in 2007
- Legal Training/Clerkship at Frankfurt Higher Regional Court and 2nd Judicial State Examination (2007)
- Law school (Humboldt University of Berlin) und 1st Judicial State Examination (2004)
- Languages: German, English, Korean
of Counsel
Dr. Philipp Höttler
of Counsel, Rechtsanwalt
T +49 6196 400 139
- Dispute Resolution
- Commercial
- Pinegrove (since 2019)
- Law Office of Philipp Höttler, Berlin (since 2016)
- GEFO Shipping Group, Hamburg (2013-2016)
- CMS Hasche Sigle, Munich (2009-2013)
- Siemens, Munich (2007-2009)
- Admitted to the bar in 2007
- Legal Training/Clerkship and 2nd Judicial State Examination (2007)
- Doctor iuris (Ph.D.), University of Cologne (2006)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Queensland (2004)
- 1st Judicial State Examination (2004)
- Law studies in Münster and Sheffield
- Languages: German, English
Our Clients
Contact
Pinegrove Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Horizon Tower, 21st Floor
Alfred-Herrhausen-Allee 3- 5
65760 Eschborn, Germany
+49 6196 400 139