Jones Day regularly acts in complex corporate and commercial disputes across a variety of issues, including M&A, energy, plant construction and antitrust damages claims. Johannes P. Willheim contributes particular expertise in energy disputes in Asia and Europe and jointly heads the practice with Dieter Strubenhoff, who has extensive experience in commercial disputes, construction and plant construction projects, and cartel damages claims. The team also includes Amy Kläsener, who is experienced in software development and M&A disputes. Thomas Weimann left the practice in September 2024.
Testimonials
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'Very good skills in M&A disputes.'
'What I appreciate about Amy Kläsener is her reliability and pragmatic nature. She always responds promptly to my inquiries. Her US background meant she was able to help us a lot in a situation with US involvement.'
Work highlights
- Representing a global engineering company in connection with delivery obligations that cannot be fulfilled due to alleged third party IP rights.
- Advising an investment bank on potential damages claims in excess of €100 million against waste producers and waste brokers in connection with an explosion at a hazardous waste incineration plant.
- Representation of a software group in the assertion of payment claims from a software license agreement under Austrian law before the Vienna Commercial Court as well as coordination of enforcement proceedings in Uzbekistan against a state-owned company.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Dieter Strubenhoff, Johannes P. Willheim