Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw - Frankfurt
Experience
Corporate · Mergers & Acquisitions · general commercial · standing counsel to U.S. and German corporations in Germany · automotive supply · high-tech, medical and electronic equipment manufacturers · sporting goods industry · chemicals and plastics industry. Corporate transactions: acquisitions and joint ventures · corporate restructurings · works constitution and corporate governance issues.
Employment
Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Frankfurt am Main, 2001 to date · Partner, GAEDERTZ Rechtsanwälte, Frankfurt am Main, 1999-2001 · Partner, Schürmann & Partners, Frankfurt am Main, 1987 - 1999 · NIKE International Ltd., Syndikus, 1985-1987 · Karbowski, Masling & Faylor, Essen, Partner 1983-1985 · Nörr, Stiefenhofer, Lutz, München, Associate 1979-1983.
Education
University of Michigan Law School, LL.M., 1979 · Second State Law Examination, Baden-Wuerttemberg, 1977 · legal clerkship (Referen-dariat), German civil and criminal courts, Federal Cartel Office, Federal Supreme Court in Civil Law Matters (Bundesgerichtshof), 1975-1977 · First State Law Examination, Baden-Württemberg, 1974 · University of Heidelberg, 1970-1974 · Bard College, B.A., 1967.
Additional Professional Activities
Member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, 1989 to date · Chairman of numerous arbitration panels.
Directorships
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, INEOS Films GmbH, Staufen, Germany, 1992 to date · member of the Board of Directors, IST America - U.S. Operations, Inc., Bolingbrook, Illinois, 1999 to date · member of the Advisory Board of American Secondary Schools for International Students and Teachers, Inc. (ASSIST), Germany, 1995 to date.
Publications
Articles in legal and trade publications on corporate and commercial matters. Numerous speeches before national and international groups.
Memberships
Pennsylvania Bar Association · American Bar Association · German Bar Association · German-American Lawyer's Association (DAV) · Computer Law Association.
Languages
German · English (native).
Admitted
Courts of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1980 · Pennsylvania, 1983.
Corporate · Mergers & Acquisitions · general commercial · standing counsel to U.S. and German corporations in Germany · automotive supply · high-tech, medical and electronic equipment manufacturers · sporting goods industry · chemicals and plastics industry. Corporate transactions: acquisitions and joint ventures · corporate restructurings · works constitution and corporate governance issues.
Employment
Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Frankfurt am Main, 2001 to date · Partner, GAEDERTZ Rechtsanwälte, Frankfurt am Main, 1999-2001 · Partner, Schürmann & Partners, Frankfurt am Main, 1987 - 1999 · NIKE International Ltd., Syndikus, 1985-1987 · Karbowski, Masling & Faylor, Essen, Partner 1983-1985 · Nörr, Stiefenhofer, Lutz, München, Associate 1979-1983.
Education
University of Michigan Law School, LL.M., 1979 · Second State Law Examination, Baden-Wuerttemberg, 1977 · legal clerkship (Referen-dariat), German civil and criminal courts, Federal Cartel Office, Federal Supreme Court in Civil Law Matters (Bundesgerichtshof), 1975-1977 · First State Law Examination, Baden-Württemberg, 1974 · University of Heidelberg, 1970-1974 · Bard College, B.A., 1967.
Additional Professional Activities
Member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, 1989 to date · Chairman of numerous arbitration panels.
Directorships
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, INEOS Films GmbH, Staufen, Germany, 1992 to date · member of the Board of Directors, IST America - U.S. Operations, Inc., Bolingbrook, Illinois, 1999 to date · member of the Advisory Board of American Secondary Schools for International Students and Teachers, Inc. (ASSIST), Germany, 1995 to date.
Publications
Articles in legal and trade publications on corporate and commercial matters. Numerous speeches before national and international groups.
Memberships
Pennsylvania Bar Association · American Bar Association · German Bar Association · German-American Lawyer's Association (DAV) · Computer Law Association.
Languages
German · English (native).
Admitted
Courts of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1980 · Pennsylvania, 1983.