UK (England & Wales), Germany
Christian is a lecturer at the University of Speyer, which trains German administrative clerks on issues such as, banking supervisory law and bank restructuring.
Christian studied law at, and holds a doctorate from, the University of Würzburg.
He speaks German and English.
Christian is highly experienced in complex litigation and regularly represents some of the most prominent members of the financial community from Germany, Europe and further afield across a broad range of disputes, including insolvency litigation, banking and capital markets-related litigation and contentious regulatory matters, including white collar crime.
In his insolvency litigation practice, Christian acts for banks and businesses on a wide range of insolvency-related issues such as rebutting and challenging insolvency (avoidance) claims, “waterfall” claims in insolvencies and claims involving former managers of businesses, as well as acting for insolvency administrators on the same issues.
In his banking and capital markets litigation practice, Christian inter alia advises on prospectus claims, misselling and mistrading issues, derivatives and swap litigation and investment advice liability.
Christian represents clients in all courts and tribunals in Germany (except for the German Supreme Court) as well as being a certified business mediator.
Christian has acted for and represented clients in many major disputes. His cases include advising:
Christian writes regularly for trade and learned journals, some key publications include:
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