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W. David Braun is a member of the Corporate and Securities Practice Group's International Team. David's practice focuses upon U.S. and foreign corporate, licensing and antitrust law. He represents principally U.S. client interests in Europe and European clients in the U.S., including the establishment of new businesses and joint ventures, licensing of intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions, concluding distributorships and sales representative agreements, antitrust counseling and litigation with respect to such matters.
David speaks fluent German, is responsible for the foreign law intern program, and he serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest.
Prior to joining the firm, David was with the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, where he conducted criminal and civil investigations, including several criminal and civil trials, reviewed pre-merger filings, conducted investigations of mergers and joint ventures, and participated in policy planning and international enforcement cooperation with foreign antitrust agencies. David also was a U.S. Delegate to the OECD Committee of Experts on Restrictive Business Practices, Paris; Adviser to State Department delegation on the antitrust chapter of the UNCTAD Transfer of Technology Code, Geneva; and an Antitrust Division exchange fellow at German Federal Cartel Office, Berlin.
David is the author of several articles and books on U.S. and European law, including being the U.S. contributor to Semler, Handbuch des Vertriebsrechts (Handbook on Distribution Law) (2d ed. 2003); and coauthor of European Competition Law: A Practitioner’s Guide (3d ed. 2004). | 