Overview
Dr. Thiemo Schäfer focuses his practice on dispute resolution and commercial contracts.
Thiemo has extensive experience in national and international commercial and insolvency law disputes as well as in the defense of managers and directors against liability claims (D&O). He also advises companies on the drafting, negotiation, implementation and enforcement of international commercial contracts especially in the automotive industry.
Before joining McDermott, Thiemo worked for another international law firm in Cologne, focusing on corporate and litigation law. During his legal traineeship, Thiemo worked inter alia for the German Consulate General in New York and two international law firms in London and Cologne. Thiemo has completed the specialist lawyer’s course for commercial and corporate law and regularly publishes articles on insolvency law.
Results
- Defended a former managing director of a German stock company in a multi-million Euro D&O-dispute
- Defended a major fashion retailer in a multi-million Euro dispute
- Defended a director of a GmbH in a multi-million Euro dispute
- Defended a Swedish company in a cross-border construction case
- Representing the director of an insolvent AG in the defense against liability claims raised by the insolvency administrator
- Representing of an insolvency administrator in the enforcement of payment claims in several GMAA arbitration proceedings
- Representing a British company operating in the steel industry in a legal dispute with a German supplier
- Providing ongoing advice to various international companies regarding drafting and implementation of standard contracts, particularly in the automotive industry
