AREAS OF PRACTICE
Mergers & Acquisitions, Company Law and Distribution Law

EDUCATION
Law studies at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, doctorate ibid 2012, as well as the University of Wollongong and the University of New England

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008 – 2010 Lawyer in a law firm for international business law, Düsseldorf
2010 – 2017 Legal Counsel / Company Secretary in the German investment platform for airport acquisitions and asset management of a Canadian pension fund, Düsseldorf
2017 – 2018 Lawyer / Counsel / Australian Desk at Deloitte Legal, Dusseldorf
since 2018 General Counsel at Toshiba Memory Europe GmbH

PUBLICATIONS
Urheberpersönlichkeitsrechte in Deutschland und Australien (Dissertation, 2012)
Rechtliche Besonderheiten beim Anteilskauf in Australien – eine rechtsvergleichende Betrachtung (RIW 2013, 273)

LANGUAGES
German (native speaker)
English (fluent)

CONTACT

Toshiba Memory Europe GmbH
Hansaallee 181
40549 Düsseldorf
Deutschland

Telefon: +49 (0) 211 36877-0
Fax: +49 (0) 211 36877-79400
Email: julianewerther@outlook.com

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Formation of companies, especially for German, Swiss and Austrian companies, representation, agency and distribution agreements, terms and conditions of trade, employment law including employment agreements and representing employers and employees in disputes, intellectual property including trade mark registrations, passing off, statutory and other intellectual property infringements, leasing of commercial property, international succession law including drafting wills under German and Australian substantive and procedural laws

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Michael joined the law firm Schweizer Kobras in 1994 and became a partner in 1998. He was the first “Recognised Foreign Lawyer” in New South Wales being admitted in both Germany and Australia.
Until 1992, Michael practised for a number of years in Munich in general civil and commercial law. In 1997 he completed a Master of Laws with distinctions in business law, international taxation and European Union Law.
In October 2006, Michael was also registered as a Migration Agent. He has over 20 years experience in a wide variety of legal work covering corporate and business law as well as inheritance law under German and Australian jurisdictions. He has also appeared in Australian courts as an expert in German inheritance and family law.

LANGUAGES
German (native speaker)
English (fluent)

CONTACT

Schweizer Kobras
Level 5, 23-25 O’Connell Street
Sydney NSW 2000 / Australien

Telefon: +61 (2) 92239399
Telefax: +61 (2) 92234729

Email: mkobras@schweizer.com.au
Website: www.schweizer.com.au

Founding Partner of ARISTOS IP PartmbB since 2021
Lecturer in Law at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences since 2013
Panelist for domain proceedings (ADR and UDRP Proceedings) at the Czech Arbitration Court since 2006
2009 – 2021 Partner of the IP firm Best Rechtsanwälte PartmbB (dissolved)
2004 – 2008 Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Germany,
Head of Group Trademarks and Designs
1999 – 2004 EUIPO, Spain, Senior Examiner
Admitted to the German Bar since 1996

SPRACHEN
deutsch (Muttersprache)
englisch (fließend)

CONTACT

ARISTOS IP
Ludwigshafener Str. 4
65929 Frankfurt am Main
Deutschland

Telefon: +49 (0) 69 1532 299 66
Fax: +49 (0) 69 1532 299 70
Email: info@dapjv.com

Areas of Practice:
Distribution law, commercial agency law, authorized dealer law, franchise law, international distribution law, marketplaces, online distribution
Intellectual property law, trademark law, design law, competition law

Education:
Studied law in Bonn
Legal clerkship in Koblenz, Cologne and Sydney
Master’s degree in intellectual property law at the University of Düsseldorf
Doctoral studies at the University of Cologne with a focus on Australian law

Professional Experience:
Lawyer since 2009
2012 Certified Specialist in intellectual Property
Member of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Cologne Bar Association since 2018
Since 2020 Lecturer at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University in the field of internet law
Since 2024 Lecturer at the University of Cologne

Languages:
German (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
French (basic knowledge)

CONTACT

LLR Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Mevissenstraße 15
D-50668 Köln

Telefon:  +49 (221) 55400170
Felefax: +49 (221) 55400192
dennis.groh@llr.de

AREAS OF PRACTICE
International Corporate Tax Planning, Aircraft Finance, Securities Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions, International Commercial Arbitration, International Commercial Transactions, Trade Financing and Banking, Investment Disputes, Energy Charter Treaty Arbitration

EDUCATION
Law, Innsbruck University, Dr. jur. 1972;
postgraduate work in London and Paris

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Admitted to Innsbruck bar 1976, Vienna bar 1986 Senior Partner, Law Offices Dr. F. Schwank, Vienna (since 1986) Rechtsanwalt, Greiter & Schwank, Innsbruck (1976–1985) Trainee, Woodham Smith Greenwood & Holland, London (1975) Trainee, Legal Secretariat of ICC Court of Arbitration, Paris (1975)

PUBLICATIONS
Author of books and articles on international commercial arbitration, Austrian arbitration law, construction, oil and gas industry, international commodity trading, banking and finance, Eastern Europe, corporate governance, tax

LANGUAGES:
German (native speaker)
English (fluent)
French (basic knowledge)
Italian (basic knowledge)
Spanish (basic knowledge)

CONTACT

c/o Law Offices Schwank
Wipplinger Straße 34
1010 Wien / Österreich

Telefon: +43 (0) 5335704
Email: offices@schwank.com

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Litigation, Arbitration and Conflict Resolution, Private International Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance, Investigation and Commercial Criminal Law, Competition and Consumer Protection Law, Insurance Law.

EDUCATION
2006 Admission as Solicitor in New South Wales, Australia
2013 Master in International Law at the University of Sydney
2012 Law studies at the University of Münster
2009 Erasmus Scholarship at the Faculty of Law, University of Zaragoza, Spain

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 2016 lawyer at the law firm Resolve Litigation Lawyers, Sydney

LANGUAGES

German (native speaker)
Spanish (native speaker)
English (fluent)

CONTACT

Resolve Litigation Lawyers
Level 18, Deutsche Bank Place
126 Phillip Street, Sydney NSW 2000           

Telefon: +61 2 8298 6005

Email: claudia.delacruz@
rllawyers.com.au
Website: www.rllawyers.com.au

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Intellectual property including industrial property rights, patents, trademarks, designs, licensing, employee invention and assignment law, R & D Agreements, rights management and mediation

EDUCATION
Law, University of Bonn and University of Cologne

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Member of the trademark and licensing department of Merck KGaA, Germany for 7 years
1996-2023 Head of the Intellectual Property Management of VOITH, Germany
2009 – 2017 Co-founder of PatEffect Schutzrechtsmanagement GbR
Admitted to the bar in Germany in 1991.

LANGUAGES
German (native speaker)
English (fluent)
French

CONTACT

Wolfgangsklinge 47
73479 Ellwangen/ Deutschland
Telefon: +49 (7961) 9579785
Telefax: +49 (7961) 9579786
Email: IPlaw.Linden@online.de