Current activity

Since 1991, attorney; founder of the law firm ARIATHES Recthsanwälte, Munich-Berlin-Paris; Adjunct Professor at the University of Strasbourg

Professional focus

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  • German and French Law of Distribution, in particular Franchise Law
  • German and French Commercial Law
  • Intellectual Property and Copyright and Competition Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • German and international Arbitration

Areas of law

My career

  • 1981-1985 Studies of German Law and Political Science at the universities of Tübingen,Geneva and Bonn. Some studies of Swiss and French law in Geneva.
  • 1986 First Legal State Examination before the authorities of the court of appeal of Cologne
  • 1986-1987 Studies of French commercial law at the university of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). Graduation in "droit des affaires et de l'économie" (commercial and economic law) "Diplôme des Etudes Approfondies", a post-graduate degree. Droit des Affaires et de l’ Économe, Universität Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
  • 1987-1990 "Rechtsreferendar" (mandatory basic professional training for German lawyers) at the court of appeals of Munich (with internships at the International Court of Arbitration of the Wirtschaftskammer Austria, Vienna and at the franchise department of Ernst & Young, London)
  • 1991 Bar examination (Second legal state examination) before the authorities of the court of appeals of Munich
  • 1991 Admission to the Bar in Munich
  • 1991-1994 National Correspondent of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London
  • Since 1999: Adjunct Professor at the University of Strasbourg

Arbitration experience

As party counsel: arbitration according to the rules of Association Française d’Arbitrage also during the execution process before the "Bayerischen Obersten Landesgericht"(Highest Regional Court of Bavaria). As Sole Arbitrator and party appointed arbitrator: arbitrations according to the DIS-rules or the rules of the Munich Court of Arbitration; Topics of arbitration proceedings: Mergers and Acquisitions, Law of Distribution and Franchising (national and international).

Publications

  • Co-Author: Praxishandbuch Franchising, manual of Franchise Law, Verlag C.H. Beck, Munich 2003
  • Traités – Traités des dessins & des modèles, Pierre Greffe, François Greffe, Pierre-Baptiste Greffe, LexisNexis SA
  • Traités - la publicité et la loi, Pierre Greffe, François Greffe, Pierre-Baptiste Greffe, LexisNexis SA
  • La protection du franchisé au début du XXIe siècle, L’Harmattan 2009 – the protection of franchisees at the beginning of the 21th century Legal Journals
  • Articles in : Gazette du Palais( May 2005), La Publicité, La nouvelle loi allemande du 7 juillet 2004 contre la concurrence déloyale – new german law against unfair competition Gazette du Palais (November 2006), Droit de la Publicité, Le placement de produits en Allemagne – product placement in Germany; Gazette du Palais (December 2007), Droit de la Publicité, Le droit à l’image dans la publicité; As well as further articles in french legal journals.

Languages

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  • German
  • French
  • English
  • Some Italian and Spanish

Memberships

  • DIS (German Institution of Arbitration)
  • GRUR (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
  • ICC Germany
  • ICC Task Force Franchising
  • IBA
  • UIA (International Assocation of Lawyers)
  • DAV (German Lawyers’ Association)
  • DFJ (German-French Lawyers’ Association)

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