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Lawyers

Florian Amereller

Work Department

Corporate, Commercial and M&A

Position

Founding Partner

Career

Dr. Florian Amereller is the founding partner of the firm. He has spent the last 25 years representing a broad client base on various aspects of business in the Middle East. He represents large multinationals, some Arab governments, and leading entrepreneurial families in the region. He is fluent in Arabic.

Florian is a member of the Executive Board of the Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ghorfa), a board member of the German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce, a founding board member of the Society for Arab and Islamic Law (Germany) and founder or member of various other European and international associations and expert committees for legal development and reform in the Arab world.

In addition to his advisory work as a lawyer, Florian frequently acts as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chairman in arbitration proceedings related to the Middle East. He also sits on the boards of a number of leading regional businesses. Florian has published extensively on Arab business law.

Languages

Arabic, English, French, German

Education

University of Dijon, 1987

1st State Exam, University of Mainz, 1990

LL.M., University of London, 1991

Dr. iur., University of Mainz, 1993