Starting news article english 29 May 2013

Clifford Chance appoints three new partners in Germany

Clifford Chance has appointed three new partners in Germany as of 1 May 2013. The firm appointed a total of 20 new partners globally. The firm's total number of partners now stands at 589 and increases the number of partners at its Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main and Munich offices to 88.

The new partners in Germany are:

  • Dr. Peter Christ (Corporate/Employment Law, Düsseldorf)
  • Dr. Gerold M. Jaeger (Real Estate, Frankfurt)
  • Thomas Reischauer (Real Estate, Frankfurt)

Dr. Peter Christ advises corporate clients on all aspects of individual and collective employment law. One of the key areas of his work is advising on corporate acquisitions and restructurings and related negotiations with the works council. He advises on all compliance-related employment law issues and any related investigations, including but not limited to, data protection.

Peter Christ's promotion to partnership represents a significant boost to the Clifford Chance's employment practice in Germany and to the Düsseldorf office.

Dr. Gerold M. Jaeger specialises in advising sellers, investors and banks in connection with real estate transactions (including financing) with an emphasis on portfolio and sale and leaseback transactions, project development and real estate financing. Our clients also benefit from the fact that he holds a diploma in business administration and is fluent not only in English but also in Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Thomas Reischauer specialises in advising both German and international investors on real estate transactions (asset and share deals) and real estate financing. He also assists with project development and general construction and architectural law matters, as well as commercial leases. A further principal focus of his activities involves advising investors and banks on transactions in the hotel/leisure sector. He is qualified as real estate M&A advisor (ebs).

The appointment of two new partners will help to further strengthen our position as a renowned market leader in the real estate sector.

Dr. Andreas Dietzel, Managing Partner of Clifford Chance Germany, commented: "The firm has appointed 46 home-grown partners in Germany over the last 10 years, virtually all of whom undertook the professional part of their legal training at Clifford Chance. They are all outstanding lawyers who have gone on to become seasoned, expert consultants who possess exceptional specialist expertise and sector-specific know-how and who have their own distinctive personality. This demonstrates how investing in the future by providing first-class training and education programmes pays dividends for the firm. It ensures that we are able to provide our clients with an exceptional level of service at all times. It is very pleasing to see our principles and values also so clearly embodied in these new partners. On behalf of the firm, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our new partners on their appointment."