Bavaria, Germany
Head of German Practice in the firm's Milan office
Member of the Global Management Committee at K&L Gates LLP and Co-Managing Partner of the German offices (Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich)
Martina Ortner has almost twenty years of experience in advising German and international clients of mainly traditional industries on (cross-border) mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, in particular in the manufacturing and technology sector; on (cross-border) corporate restructurings through carve-outs, mergers, de-mergers, and legal conversions; on the formation and dissolution of joint ventures including suitable corporate governance and deadlock resolution mechanisms; and on general corporate and commercial matters. Martina also provides advice to various private equity funds, both with respect to their M&A activities and on their portfolio management. Supplementing the above experience, Martina has a specific focus on German Italian transactions. She is also head of the German practice in the firm's Milan office. Martina is frequently recommended by the leading legal directories. Clients praise her as a “very smart and legally sophisticated negotiator," as well as for her "perfect advice, very fast and pragmatic, yet with outstanding legal depth.” (JUVE-Handbuch 2024/2025). “Martina Ortner and her team are extremely client oriented. They always find a feasible and pragmatic solution. They understand the business and act like in-house lawyers.” (Legal 500 Germany, 2025).