Brief biography:

• University of Passau
• St. John’s University School of Law (LL.M.)
• Attorney at law in Germany (licensed in Munich)
• Attorney at law in New York

Specialist fields:

• Transactions/Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation
• U.S. Export Control and U.S. Sanction Laws
• Employment Law

Particularly:

• Negotiate, review, prepare and advise on a diverse range of complex contracts (e.g. distribution, construction, independent contractor, trademark, supply, leases)
• Assisting companies in transactions e.g. stock purchase or asset deals
• Review, analysis and risk assessment of U.S. BIS export control laws and U.S. OFAC sanction laws
• Significant experience includes drafting of complaints, responses, memoranda of law in opposition to motion to dismiss, summary judgment motions, mediation position statements, document requests, interrogatories, deposition outlines, stipulations, and settlement agreements
• Prepare discovery, conduct depositions, analyze pleadings, and conduct complex legal research
• mediation/settlement conferences and court hearings
• Preperation of employment agreements, employment handbooks, settlement agreement sand termination letters
• Advise companies in connection with EU – U.S. data-privacy laws, cosmetic/clothing labeling, Proposition 65 warning, Buy American Act and U.S. Customs laws

Transactions:

• Advising German subcontractors in connection with the construction of the new headquarters of JP Morgan Chase Bank
• Advising on the sale of an U.S. subsidiary due to the insolvency of the German parent company
• Advising a German company regarding settlement negotiations with OFAC due to the sale of a polypropylene plant to Iran
• Advising a German company on the sale of a paper processing machine to Belarus
• Advising a German client in a complex breach of contract case before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York