Current activity

Attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt); Specialist Attorney for banking and capital markets; Partner with Kantenwein Zimmermann Spatscheck & Partner, Munich

Professional focus

Banking and Finance
M&A
Real Estate
Joint Ventures/Consortia/Shareholder Agreements

Areas of law

Banking law
Corporate law
Commercial law
Property law
Contract law

My career

  • 1987-89 Apprenticeship with German Bank
  • 1991-95 University of Münster
  • 1995 First State Examination, Münster
  • 1996-98 Legal Clerkship, Higher Regional Court Hamm, legal traineeship ("Wahlstation") USA
  • 1998 Second State Examination, DüsseldorfProfessional Experience1998-2006 Linklaters, Litigation/Arbitration, Munich & Berlin
  • 2006-2009 Inhouse Counsel, Hypo Real Estate AG, Munich, since 2008 Head of Transaction Management Hypo Real Estate Bank AG
  • 2008 Specialist Attorney ("Fachanwalt") for banking and capital markets
  • since 2009 Partner with Kantenwein Zimmermann Fox Kröck & Partner, Munich (since 2018: Kantenwein Zimmermann Spatscheck & Partner)

Arbitration experience

As counsel in numerous national and international arbitration proceedings under various procedural rules (ICC, DIS, Swiss Rules, ad hoc). Party appointed arbitrator in ad-hoc proceedings. Subject matter of proceedings: corporate law, national and international trade law, financing disputes, M&A disputes.

Publications

Languages

German
English

Memberships

  • DIS
  • DIS40 (local coordinator in Munich until 2006)
  • German Association for Banking law

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