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von Türk, Susanne

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Susanne von Türk focuses on cross-border and domestic corporate and commercial transactions, including joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and distribution and supply transactions. Her corporate clients come from a wide range of industries, such as manufacturing, engineering, machinery, medical devices, plastics, media, and software.

Ms. von Türk advises international companies on the establishment and operation of their U.S. affiliates, including start-ups. She also serves as U.S. outside general counsel for companies from various jurisdictions, including German-speaking countries. In this context, Ms. von Türk represents clients in a range of matters, including employment law issues, executive contract disputes, discrimination, and trade secret claims. In addition, Ms. von Türk’s experience has included representation of clients in U.S. litigation in matters as diverse as product liability, commercial contract disputes, and estate law.

Ms. von Türk also serves as counsel to not-for-profit organizations in connection with governance issues and applications for tax-exempt status. She represents family offices and individuals with regard to international trust and estate matters.


SELECTED TRANSACTIONS AND OUTSIDE GENERAL COUNSEL EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING REPRESENTATION OF:

  • German engineering company in connection with an investment a U.S. start-up company

  • Dutch dairy company in its acquisition of a U.S. importer of cheese

  • German supplier of web printing solutions in its joint venture with a private equity owned U.S. based company

  • German plastics manufacturer in its acquisitions of several U.S. companies

  • Leading printing press manufacturers in the sale and retrofitting of printing press systems

  • Provider of software applications and Web-based platforms in its sale to a NASDAQ-listed corporation

  • German media group in connection with the establishment and sale of an art merchandising joint venture in the U.S.

  • Leading manufacturer of packaging and sortation systems in connection with the negotiation of supply, distribution, servicing, and technical assistance agreements

  • German television and radio broadcaster in its acquisition of a studio in New York

  • Major Texas energy group in the acquisition of rotor shafts from European manufacturers

  • German food manufacturer in a U.S. distribution joint venture

  • German logistics company in its acquisition of a U.S. logistics business

  • French transport infrastructure corporation in its acquisition of a software and train-control systems manufacturer

  • Privately-held U.S. company in the sale of its carbon and graphite business to a leading chemical manufacturer in Hoechst, Germany

  • Privately-held U.S. company in a petroleum joint venture with a large German industrial conglomerate

  • U.S. provider of scaffolding services in its sale of a subsidiary to a leading technology group in Düsseldorf, Germany

  • Leading U.S. nonfiction media company in a joint venture for digital programming services in Germany

  • German, Swiss, and Austrian banks in secured real estate financings and loan transactions

  • German family office in major estate litigation

CONTACT

svonturk@beckerglynn.com

EDUCATION

  • Columbia University School of Law, LL.M., 1987

  • Hamburg University School of Law, J.D., 1982

ADMISSIONS

  • New York

  • Hamburg, Germany

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

  • Partner, Wormser, Kiely, Galef & Jacobs LLP, New York

  • Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York

  • Commission of the European Union, Brussels, Belgium (Clerkship)

LANGUAGES

  • German

MEMBERSHIPS/PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • German American Chamber of Commerce, New York, Board of Directors

  • American Council on Germany

  • American Foreign Law Association

  • University Alliance Ruhr Inc., Board of Directors

  • Germanistic Society of America Inc., Board of Directors

  • New York Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Approved Attorney (Vertrauensanwalt)