Current activity

Since 2011 Partner of Wendelstein LLP, Frankfurt am Main

Professional focus

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  • Litigation and Arbitration
  • Commercial and Corporate Law
  • M&A
  • Private Equity
  • Capital Markets

Areas of law

My career

  • 1995 Certified Banker with Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main and Commerzbank International Luxembourg, S.A.
  • 1997-1998 Bond Trader with Official Brokers at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
  • 2001 First State Examination in Law, University of Heidelberg
  • 2003-2005 Legal Clerkships (Rechtsreferendariat) at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main (inter alia with the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission)
  • 2005 Second State Examination, Ministry of Justice, State of Hesse
  • 2006-2010 Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) with Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2009-2010 Foreign Attorney with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York

Arbitration experience

DIS, ICC, Ad hoc-proceedings; subject matters: corporate and commercial law, German, European and US-Antitrust law, joint ventures (large infrastructure projects, defense industry, etc.)

Publications

  • Unwirksamkeit eines CMS-Spread-Sammler-Swap-Vertrages wegen Verstoßes gegen das Transparenzgebot; Aufklärungspflichtverletzung, comment on the judgment of the Frankfurt District Court dated 10 March, 2008 (2-04 O 388/06) - WM 2008, p. 1061, WuB IV C. § 307 BGB 1.09, (jointly with S.H. Schneider)
  • Der Vorstand in der deutschen AG, in: Kalss/Frotz/Schörghofer (Ed.), Handbuch für den Vorstand, 2017 (with Dr. Lars F. Freytag, Karl T. Koenen und Michael Walbert)

Languages

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  • German
  • English
  • French (basic skills)
  • Spanish (basic skills)
  • Turkish (basic skills)

Memberships

  • DIS
  • DIS40
  • Frankfurt Bar Association

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