Competencies
Practice Areas
- Special expertise and experience in advising public authorities and public entities on the requirements to comply with budgetary law, state aid law and public procurement law
- Advising public and private companies in company law and real estate law on formations and transactions
- Advising public and private companies on corporate and real estate structuring
- Public and private sector litigation, providing special expertise acquired as a former judge
- Notarial services, in particular corporate and real estate transactions, the formation and structuring as well as transformation of companies, start-ups, investments and financing rounds
- Advising public and private companies in all areas of antitrust law
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Education and Professional Experience
- Lawyer and notary at GSK Stockmann since 1997
- Appointed as a notary in the Higher Regional Court Berlin (2007)
- Worked as a judge at the Local Court and later at the District Court
- Admitted to practise law in Germany (1993)
- Worked at a New York law firm
- Doctorate in European antitrust law from the University of Göttingen
- Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin
Languages
- English, German
Memberships
- Member of the Juristische Gesellschaft zu Berlin (Berlin Law Society)
Awards
- Ranking “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in the area of “Real Estate Law” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany 2021-2025)
- Ranking “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in the area of “Real Estate Business Law, Notary’s office” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany 2020)
Publications
- Schmidt, Christian Rudolf / Christopher, Silvia: Kapitel: „Notar“, SWK Legal Tech, Nomos, 1. Auflage 2023, continuous update
- Publications on the Law of European Merger Control, the Law of Stock Corporations and the Partnership Law
