Legal Counsel

Corporate, Commercial, IP & Dispute Resolution

Expertise

Uwe Carsten Gerlt is a legal counsel and attorney at law with almost thirty years of experience in providing professional advice and practical solutions to companies and entrepreneurs. His focus is on business law.

Carsten is also available to his clients as interim counsel when their in-house lawyer is on parental leave or temporarily absent for other reasons.

That means, Carsten advises companies in all legal matters that may arise when setting up or running an enterprise, for instance corporate housekeeping, labour law, unfair competition, IP- and copyright law, trademark issues, antitrust matters, distribution agreements and all kinds of contracts including general terms and conditions.

Carsten also represents his clients in negotiations, legal disputes and litigation issues. Moreover, he advises on family wealth issues such as business succession, estate planning and the prevention of an enterprise against matrimonial risks.

Carsten Advises

  • Nationally and internationally operating companies and merchants from industry, trade and the service sector
  • From the fields of mechanical engineering, information technology, medical technology, fashion and clothing as well as gastronomy
  • Owner-managed medium-sized companies
  • Large corporations up to global market leaders
  • Managing directors, executives and shareholder
  • Company founders and start ups
  • Private individuals who value professional advice

Career History

Previous Law Firms

  • since 2000 Rechtsanwalt (attorney at law) and owner of Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Gerlt, Munich
  • 1999 – 2000 Rechtsanwalt (attorney at law) and partner (Sozius) at Wannemacher & Partner, Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater
  • 1998 – 1999 Rechtsanwalt (attorney at law) at Beiten Burkhardt Mittl & Wegener, Rechtsanwälte
  • 1996 – 1998 Rechtsanwalt (attorney at law) and authorized officer at Arthur Andersen Wirtschaftsprüfer Steuerberater (Andersen Freihalter Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH)
  • 1993 – 1995 Rechtsanwalt (attorney at law) at Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner Wirtschaftsprüfer, Steuerberater, Rechtsanwälte

Education

  • 2017 –Project management course (IPMA Level D)
  • 2001 – Specialist course for employment law
  • 1993 – Specialist course for tax law
  • 1989 – 1992 Legal Traineeship in Frankfurt/Main
  • 1983 – 1989 University Marburg
  • 1982 – 1983 University Hamburg

 

 

Carsten is a partner in gunnercooke Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, whose registered office is Kurfurstendamm 15, 10719, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH are admitted in Germany to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

 

Photo: ©blende11 Fotografen, www.blende11.de

Expertise

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Uwe Carsten Gerlt is a legal counsel and attorney at law with almost thirty years of experience in providing professional advice and practical solutions to companies and entrepreneurs. His focus is on business law.

Carsten is also available to his clients as interim counsel when their in-house lawyer is on parental leave or temporarily absent for other reasons.

That means, Carsten advises companies in all legal matters that may arise when setting up or running an enterprise, for instance corporate housekeeping, labour law, unfair competition, IP- and copyright law, trademark issues, antitrust matters, distribution agreements and all kinds of contracts including general terms and conditions.

Carsten also represents his clients in negotiations, legal disputes and litigation issues. Moreover, he advises on family wealth issues such as business succession, estate planning and the prevention of an enterprise against matrimonial risks.

Carsten Advises

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  • Nationally and internationally operating companies and merchants from industry, trade and the service sector
  • From the fields of mechanical engineering, information technology, medical technology, fashion and clothing as well as gastronomy
  • Owner-managed medium-sized companies
  • Large corporations up to global market leaders
  • Managing directors, executives and shareholder
  • Company founders and start ups
  • Private individuals who value professional advice

Career History

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Previous Law Firms

  • since 2000 Rechtsanwalt (attorney at law) and owner of Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Gerlt, Munich
  • 1999 – 2000 Rechtsanwalt (attorney at law) and partner (Sozius) at Wannemacher & Partner, Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater
  • 1998 – 1999 Rechtsanwalt (attorney at law) at Beiten Burkhardt Mittl & Wegener, Rechtsanwälte
  • 1996 – 1998 Rechtsanwalt (attorney at law) and authorized officer at Arthur Andersen Wirtschaftsprüfer Steuerberater (Andersen Freihalter Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH)
  • 1993 – 1995 Rechtsanwalt (attorney at law) at Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner Wirtschaftsprüfer, Steuerberater, Rechtsanwälte

Education

  • 2017 –Project management course (IPMA Level D)
  • 2001 – Specialist course for employment law
  • 1993 – Specialist course for tax law
  • 1989 – 1992 Legal Traineeship in Frankfurt/Main
  • 1983 – 1989 University Marburg
  • 1982 – 1983 University Hamburg

 

 

Carsten is a partner in gunnercooke Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, whose registered office is Kurfurstendamm 15, 10719, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH are admitted in Germany to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

 

Photo: ©blende11 Fotografen, www.blende11.de

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