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Staffan studied law at the University of Passau and Bonn.
He speaks German, English and French.
Staffan studied law at the University of Passau and Bonn.
He speaks German, English and French.
Staffan has specialised experience in relation to international M&A transactions and transformational corporate restructurings; corporate advice to listed companies as well as corporate disputes.
He is named as a leading M&A and corporate lawyer in Germany under 50 years by JUVE Directory 2024/2025 and highly regarded by IFLR1000 (2024/2025), and is ranked by Chambers and Partners in Corporate/M&A: high end capability in Germany (2024/2025).
Staffan has joined Linklaters in 2006 as an Associate and was appointed partner in 2013. He completed a secondment at Linklaters New York in 2008.
As part of his pro bono work, Staffan has founded and is management board member of one of the largest Parkinson-foundations in Germany (Prof Klaus Thiemann Stiftung).
Staffan regularly publishes articles in German and English-language journals and handbooks; he lectures M&A as part of the Master of Law programm of the University of Münster.