Christoph A Baus > Latham & Watkins LLP > Frankfurt, Germany > Lawyer Profile
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Christoph A Baus
Position
Dr. Christoph Baus, a complex commercial trial lawyer, served as Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department and currently serves as Regional Chair of the Litigation & Trial Department in continental Europe.
Mr. Baus represents clients at trial and in arbitration in a range of disputes, related to:
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- Complex commercial
- Securities
- Professional liability
- Shareholders
- M&A
- Insolvency
- Antitrust damages and abuse of dominance
Mr. Baus has unparalleled experience in courtrooms and has led some of the most complex and high-profile cases, including Germany’s largest mass securities litigation matter. He is regularly lauded by leading legal publications, including JUVE and Chambers Europe, and has been compared to Cicero and James Bond.
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
(Leading partners)Latham & Watkins LLP‘s in-depth dispute resolution experience spans complex commercial disputes, mass litigation and data protection conflicts as well as insolvency and antitrust damages proceedings and contentious post-M&A issues – an area in which Alena McCorkle is particularly well versed – and is reflected in numerous instructions from high-profile international companies from the technology, financial services and automotive sectors. Practice head Christoph Baus is experienced in commercial litigation, while counsel Stefan Patzer‘s expertise covers litigation as well as of out-of-court dispute resolution; Anne Löhner excels in complex, often cross-border commercial disputes, mass proceedings as well as post-M&A and shareholder disputes.
Germany > Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
In addition to international arbitration proceedings, which often involve global shareholder disputes, Latham & Watkins LLP routinely acts for PE houses and their portfolio companies in commercial and investment arbitration proceedings as well as in post-M&A disputes; practice head Christoph Baus is one of the key contacts for commercial disputes, while Alena McCorkle and Anne Löhner are particularly experienced in complex economic and post-M&A disputes. Sebastian Seelmann-Eggebert left the firm in April 2023 and now is an of counsel at HANEFELD.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Germany > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Arbitration (including international arbitration) Germany > Dispute resolution
- Commercial litigation Germany > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust
- Information technology > Data protection
- Capital markets > Equity capital markets
- Tax
- Banking and finance > Lending and borrowing
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Capital markets > Debt capital markets
- Banking and finance > Financial services: regulatory
- Banking and finance > Fintech
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Industry focus > Energy
- Tax
- Compliance > Compliance
- Compliance > Internal investigations
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Employment
- Private equity > Transactions