SERNETZ • SCHÄFER
Client SatisfactionSERNETZ • SCHÄFER continues to impress with its expertise in contentious disputes, including directors' liability, shareholder and post-M&A disputes as well as corporate proceedings, with a particular focus on assisting with mass and model proceedings. These litigation skills are complemented by expertise in non-contentious corporate matters, which include compliance issues, restructuring and squeeze-outs as well as transaction support and issues relating to capital market and inheritance law, with the team being instructed by board members, managing directors, investors, entrepreneurs, family offices, banks and companies. The group is headed by Fabian Dietz-Vellmer in Munich, who focuses on corporate disputes.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
'Thanks to the four-eyes principle and good cooperation, the team offers an excellent full service that goes beyond the purely legal.'
'Susanne Zwirlein-Forschner: Highly intelligent and has a very valuable character, and she fully implements these gifts in her consulting. She works very effectively and is always goal-oriented.'
'Immediate deployment and delivery of results within the specified time frame.'
'Andreas Höder: Thoughtful and you get honest feedback, no fighting just for the fee.'
Key clients
- Wirecard Bank AG
- RTK Reisen-Geschäftsführer
Work highlights
- Representation of WirecardBank in damages claim proceedings against former board members.
- Representation of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (formerly Hypo Real Estate) in large-scale directors’ liability claims.
- Representation of the managing director in the so-called data scandal in the travel industry (among the companies involved are RTK, TUI, FTI, etc.).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Fabian Dietz-Vellmer