--- title: "Expertise — Compound Law" description: "Compound Law legal services: contracts, data protection, digital regulation and AI, IP & competition, restructuring & insolvency, corporate and employment law." image: "https://compound.law/assets/images/og-image-en.webp" source: "https://compound.law/en-DE/expertise/" language: "en" --- Modern legal expertise\ Built for speed & impact. ========================= [![Flink](https://compound.law/assets/images/logos/flink.svg) ](https://www.goflink.com/)[![Peec AI](https://compound.law/assets/images/logos/peec.svg) ](https://peec.ai/)[![Tacto](https://compound.law/assets/images/logos/tacto.svg) ](https://tacto.ai/)[![Zenjob](https://compound.law/assets/images/logos/zenjob.svg) ](https://compound.law/en-DE/news/zenjob-case-study/)[![Dash0](https://compound.law/assets/images/logos/dash0.svg) ](https://www.dash0.com/)[![Leverest](https://compound.law/assets/images/logos/leverest.svg) ](https://compound.law/en-DE/news/leverest-case-study/)[![7Learnings](https://compound.law/assets/images/logos/7learnings-light.svg) ](https://7learnings.com/)[![getmomo](https://compound.law/assets/images/logos/getmomo.svg) ](https://getmomo.de/)[![KUGU](https://compound.law/assets/images/logos/kugu.svg) ](https://kugu.de/)[![Xaver](https://compound.law/assets/images/logos/xaver.svg)](https://xaver.com/) - [01 Client Contracts](https://compound.law/en-DE/expertise/#client-contracts) - [02 Contract Lifecycle](https://compound.law/en-DE/expertise/#contract-lifecycle) - [03 Data Protection](https://compound.law/en-DE/expertise/#data-privacy) - [04 Digital Regulation & AI](https://compound.law/en-DE/expertise/#digital-regulation) - [05 IP & Competition](https://compound.law/en-DE/expertise/#ip) - [06 Restructuring & Insolvency](https://compound.law/en-DE/expertise/#insolvency) - [07 Corporate / M\&A](https://compound.law/en-DE/expertise/#corporate-ma) - [08 Employment](https://compound.law/en-DE/expertise/#employment) - [09 Strategic & Legal Ops](https://compound.law/en-DE/expertise/#strategic-ops) ## Client Contracts The paper you do business on The agreements your revenue runs on. We draft, standardize and maintain every contract you put in front of customers, partners and suppliers, built for fast signatures and clean downstream operations. Sales & Revenue Partnering & Procurement Data & Tech Annexes Protective & Pre-Deal [Get a quote](https://compound.law/en-DE/quote/) [See pricing](https://compound.law/en-DE/pricing/) ## Contract Lifecycle Management From signature to renewal Contracts do not end at signature. We run review, negotiation and the full operational lifecycle inside your tools, so nothing expires unnoticed and every obligation is tracked. Deal Desk Repository & Operations Obligations & Insight [Get a quote](https://compound.law/en-DE/quote/) [See pricing](https://compound.law/en-DE/pricing/) ## Data Protection & Privacy Privacy that keeps up Privacy compliance as an operating system, not a binder: programs and documents that run in the background, and a steady hand when a breach happens or the authority writes. Programs Documents Incidents & Claims [Get a quote](https://compound.law/en-DE/quote/) [See pricing](https://compound.law/en-DE/pricing/) [Check your fine risk](https://compound.law/en-DE/data-breach-risk-check/) ## Digital Regulation & AI Regulated tech, unblocked The EU's digital rulebook is growing fast. We classify, map and operationalize what applies to you, from the AI Act to DORA, before it slows your roadmap. AI Platform & Cyber Market Access [Get a quote](https://compound.law/en-DE/quote/) [See pricing](https://compound.law/en-DE/pricing/) ## IP & Competition What is yours stays yours Trademarks, unfair competition and licences. We register and defend your brand, respond quickly when a warning letter arrives and license software on terms that hold up. Trademarks Competition & Enforcement Licensing & Software [Get a quote](https://compound.law/en-DE/quote/) [See pricing](https://compound.law/en-DE/pricing/) ## Restructuring & Insolvency Act while there are still options Once a company is in crisis, every week counts. We advise managing directors from the first liquidity check to the restructuring itself, and creditors when a business partner becomes insolvent. Spotting the Crisis Restructuring Routes Creditors [Get a quote](https://compound.law/en-DE/quote/) [See pricing](https://compound.law/en-DE/pricing/) [Check insolvency risk](https://compound.law/en-DE/insolvency-check/) ## Corporate / M\&A From first round to exit Financing, governance and transactions handled with startup speed and boardroom judgement. [Get a quote](https://compound.law/en-DE/quote/) [See pricing](https://compound.law/en-DE/pricing/) ## Employment Your team, properly papered Contracts, policies and processes for the full employee lifecycle, compliant in Germany, workable in practice. [Get a quote](https://compound.law/en-DE/quote/) [See pricing](https://compound.law/en-DE/pricing/) ## Strategic & Legal Ops Legal that scales with you Fractional general counsel and the systems layer: strategy, risk and the tooling that makes legal fast. [Get a quote](https://compound.law/en-DE/quote/) [See pricing](https://compound.law/en-DE/pricing/) ## Ready to get started? Tell us what you need and we’ll send a fixed-price quote by email. 1h response. Prefer to talk? Book a call on the calendar. [Get a quote](https://compound.law/en-DE/quote/) ## Frequently asked questions Fixed pricing for all defined-scope work. Before we start, you'll know exactly what you're paying. No tracking hours, no invoice surprises, no incentive for us to drag things out. For ongoing advisory relationships, we offer monthly retainers with clear deliverables. Yes. We develop structured contract playbooks with clear negotiation guidelines and predefined fallback positions. This gives your team confidence in standard negotiations and defines clear escalation paths for more complex situations. Ideally before you sign a term sheet. That's when your negotiating leverage is highest. We review valuation logic, identify critical clauses, and ensure you can compare different offers on solid ground. Comprehensively. We design tax-optimized equity incentive plans (VSOP/ESOP), draft the required documentation, and support you with ongoing administration – including leaver scenarios and exit situations. Yes. We start with risk classification to determine which tier your AI systems fall under, then build out the documentation requirements, conformity assessments, and human oversight procedures the regulation demands. For most B2B software companies, it's about knowing exactly what applies to you and having clean documentation. Quickly, because deadlines run in both cases. A warning letter usually sets a short deadline, and the enclosed cease-and-desist declaration is often drawn far too wide, so do not sign it unchecked. If the company is unable to pay its debts, managing directors must file for insolvency without undue delay and within three weeks at the latest, within six weeks if it is over-indebted. 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