Klein · Wenner is an independent law firm based in Paris, France, offering comprehensive legal services across all areas of business law. The firm has developed a multidisciplinary approach to support clients in navigating economic and technological challenges, including active participation in working groups, authoring publications, and organizing conferences to anticipate emerging legal issues. Their expertise spans corporate and M&A, commercial, competition and distribution law, construction, environment and urban planning, French and international tax law, IT and intellectual property law, real estate and tenancy law, French and international estate planning, commercial criminal law, litigation, public commercial law, and labor law.

The firm enjoys a significant international reputation, particularly in Europe, with strong connections in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. Through its German-French and French-Italian desks, Klein · Wenner provides tailored legal advice to companies seeking to develop or consolidate their presence in the French market. The firm's lawyers are multilingual and possess a deep understanding of intercultural issues, enabling them to effectively address the specific needs of international clients.

Klein · Wenner's team comprises professionals from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds, all sharing a commitment to excellence and a client-centric approach. The partners are personally involved in the cases they handle, ensuring that clients receive dedicated and responsive service. The firm's values are rooted in responsiveness, close collaboration, and independence, reflecting the legacy of its founding firms, KGA Avocats and Wenner.

About klein · wenner

Founded in 2021


Practice areas
Business
Civil & Human Rights
Criminal Defense
Employment & Labor
Intellectual Property

Languages spoken
English

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Practice areas

Business

Klein · Wenner's Business practice area offers comprehensive legal services in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, commercial law, competition, distribution, and IT and intellectual property law. The firm advises on transactions of varying sizes, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and private equity, across sectors such as heavy industry, energy, retail, and biotechnology. Their expertise extends to drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, ensuring compliance with competition laws, and protecting intellectual property rights. With a multilingual team, Klein · Wenner provides tailored solutions that consider cultural differences and the specific needs of their clients.
Accounting & Auditing
Administrative
Admiralty & Maritime
Agriculture
Antitrust
Aviation
Banking & Finance
Business Registration
Communications & Media Law
Contract
Due Diligence
Employer
Environment
Franchising
Gaming
Government Contract
Health Care
Investment
International
Legal Document
Licensing
Merger & Acquisition
New Business Formation
Office Solutions
Oil, Gas & Energy
Securities
Tax
Transportation
Venture Capital
Nonprofit & Charitable Organizations
International Trade Law
Government Relations & Lobbying
Financial Services Regulation
Tax Increment Financing

Civil & Human Rights

Klein • Wenner's Civil & Human Rights practice area is dedicated to defending and promoting fundamental freedoms and equality. The firm provides comprehensive legal services to individuals and organizations facing discrimination, unlawful treatment, or human rights violations. Their experienced attorneys offer strategic counsel and robust representation in cases involving civil liberties, ensuring clients' rights are protected and upheld under the law.
Civil Rights
Constitutional Law
Disability
Disability Insurance
Social Security Disability
Discrimination
Native People
Education Law
Military Law
Animal Law
Faith-Based Law
State, Local, and Municipal Law
Veterans Benefits

Criminal Defense

Klein · Wenner offers comprehensive criminal defense services, specializing in commercial criminal litigation and IT and cyber litigation. The firm represents clients in cases involving corporate offenses such as misappropriation of corporate assets, embezzlement, fraud, and CEO fraud, as well as violations of environmental or labor regulations, intellectual property rights, trade secrets, insider trading, and corruption. In the realm of IT and cyber litigation, Klein · Wenner handles complex proceedings related to non-compliance and non-performance in IT contracts, as well as criminal offenses committed on digital networks, including attacks on automated data processing systems, cybercrime, online fraud, and data theft. The firm's team assists clients throughout all stages of criminal proceedings, from developing litigation strategies and gathering evidence to conducting protective or enforcement proceedings, aiming to achieve outcomes aligned with clients' interests.
Arrests & Searches
Bail Bond Service
Cannabis
Criminal Litigation
Drug Crime
Drunk Driving
DUI & DWI
Juvenile Law
Sex Crime
Speeding & Traffic Ticket
White Collar Crime

Employment & Labor

Klein · Wenner's Labor Law team offers comprehensive legal services in labor and social security law, advising and representing clients across various sectors, including private and public companies, embassies, and consulates. The multilingual team, comprising French, German, and Italian lawyers, provides counsel in clients' native languages and English, ensuring a deep understanding of the complexities of French employment law. Their services encompass company formation, drafting employment contracts, conducting audits and due diligence, creating collective agreements, and assisting with occupational health and safety obligations. They also specialize in matters concerning executives and corporate officers, international mobility, employee representative elections, dismissals, termination agreements, and legal disputes. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach and considering each case's unique circumstances, Klein · Wenner delivers tailored solutions that effectively address clients' labor law challenges.
Employment Rights
Hiring & Firing
Job Discrimination
Labor Law
Pension
Retirement
Sexual Harassment
Social Security
Wage & Hour
Wrongful Termination
Whistleblower & Qui Tam
Employment Benefits & Executive Compensation

Intellectual Property

Klein • Wenner's Intellectual Property team offers comprehensive services to protect and enhance clients' innovations and creations. They assist from the initial development of protection strategies, including prior art searches and the filing of trademarks, company names, domain names, designs, models, and patents, through to the exploitation phase by advising on contracts and conducting due diligence, particularly in investment contexts. The team also represents clients in defending their rights against counterfeiting, unfair competition, and parasitism before courts and relevant French and European offices such as INPI, EUIPO, WIPO, EPO, AFNIC, and other registrars.
Copyright
Patent
Trademark
Art & Cultural Property Law

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