International contract and commercial law Archive

International contract and commercial law

Rechtsanwältin
Associate

Admitted to the Bar since: 2022
Email: k.grimm@jsw.law

Training and career/work history:

Main Areas of Practice:

Languages: German, English and Russian

Rechtsanwältin
Counsel

Admitted to the Bar since: 1988 in Germany
Email: wendland@jsw.law

Training and career/work history:

Studied law at the University of Cologne
Two semesters at the London School of Economics
From 1982 six years as an associate in a notary’s office in Cologne
Since 1988 lawyer at JSW Rechtsanwälte
From 1989 – 2009 managing director of OFM Oebel Fröhlich Michels GmbH Auditors and Tax Consultants
Since 1990 Partner at JSW Rechtsanwälte

Main Areas of Practice:

Company foundations
Restructuring and reorganization projects (mergers, split-ups, change of legal form)
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
Company succession concepts including advice on inheritance law
Preparation of shareholder’s meetings and supervisory board meetings
International real estate transactions
Due-diligence audits in connection with company acquisitions and real estate transactions
Lecturing in the field of corporate law

Memberships:

German Forum of Inheritance Law (Deutsches Forum für Erbrecht) e.V., Munich
From 2007–2019 member and from 2015–2019 Chairman of the Advisory Board of CONSULEGIS EWIV/EEIG
Since 2014 member of the Supervisory Board of HEUBECK AG

Languages: German and English

Rechtsanwalt, LL.M. (Melbourne)
Partner

Admitted to the Bar since: 2010 in Germany
Email: walter@jsw.law

Training and career/work history:

Studied law at the Universities of Konstanz and Cologne
2006/2007 Studies at the University of Melbourne (Australia) with the de-gree Master of Commercail Law
From 2007 legal traineeship, inter alia attorney stage at the Canadian corporate law firm Heenan Blaikie LLP in Toronto
2007/2008 secondary employment at the legal department of QIAGEN GmbH in Hilden
Since 2010 lawyer at JSW Rechtsanwälte
2013 specialist training course in commercial and corporate law
Since 2016 Partner at JSW Rechtsanwälte

Main Areas of Practice:

Corporate law, especially the rights and obligations of shareholders, managing directors and board members
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
Due-diligence audits in connection with company acquisitions and real estate transactions
Real estate investment trusts
Insurance law
Banking law
Capital markets law

Memberships:

Languages: German and English

Rechtsanwältin
Fachanwältin für Medizinrecht
Partner

Admitted to the Bar since: 2002 in Germany
Email: dr.meyer-jueres@jsw.law

Training and career/work history:

Main Areas of Practice:

National and international Contractual law, especially consultancy contracts, cooperation agreements, law on contracts for work and services
Hospital law
Contract and corporate law of healthcare professionals
Medical malpractice law
Medical co-operations
Banking law, especially real estate lending law
Insolvency law
Insurance law
Lecturing in the field of medical law

Publications:

“Zum Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Finanzierbarkeit des deutschen Gesundheitswesens und ärztlichem Behandlungsstandard“ (“On the strained relationship between financial constraints in the German health system and doctor’s standards of medical treatment“)
“Rechtliche Grundlagen neuer Versorgungsformen” (“The legal basis of new for-ma of medical care”), Contribution to “Neue Versorgungsformen” (“New Forms of Medical Care”)

Memberships:

Workgroup on medical law in the German Law Society (DAV)
Cologne workgroup on medical law in the Cologne Law Society (KAV)
Workgroup on insolvency law and company reorganisation in the German Law Society (DAV)
Workgroup on insolvency law in Cologne e.V. (Arbeitskreis für Insolvenzwesen)
Member of the Advisory Board of the CONSULEGIS EWIV

Languages: German and English