Karl Geercken serves as Alston and Bird’s General Counsel. He has experience representing clients across the U.S. and the world in a broad range of complex, high-stakes commercial litigation and arbitration. Mr. Geercken is fluent in German and is also the co-leader of the firm’s German Practice Team and a member of the Global Business Strategies Team.
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Mr. Geercken focuses on the business goal of the client and works with his team to devise a strategy that supports it. He emphasizes early, thorough case assessment as a tool to reduce uncertainty in litigation.
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In addition to his work for U.S. clients in manufacturing, financial services, technology, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, real estate, and other industries, Mr. Geercken has represented a number of ultra-high net worth individuals in a variety of business disputes and art law matters. He frequently manages parallel U.S. and foreign litigation and has extensive experience in cross-border litigation. Mr. Geercken has also been called upon to represent foreign governments or their agencies in U.S. courts. As a result, he has developed insight into handling issues common to international dispute resolution, including those relating to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), the Act of State Doctrine and obtaining discovery abroad.