Thümmel, Roderich C.

RA Prof. Dr. LL.M. (Harvard)

b. 1955

Thümmel, Schütze & Partner Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsges. mbB
Rechtsanwälte

Current activity

Partner, Thümmel, Schütze & Partner, Stuttgart

Professional focus

Compliance
Energy and power
M&A
Gas and Oil
Trade
Joint Ventures/Consortia/Shareholder Agreements
Pharmaceuticals
Insurance
Distribution and franchise

Areas of law

My career

  • 1979 First State Examination, University of Tübingen
  • 1980 - 1981 Academic assistant, University of Tübingen
  • 1982 University of Tübingen, Degree Dr. jur.
  • 1981 - 1983 Traineeship District Court of Karlsruhe
  • 1983 Second State Examination, Ministry of Justice Baden-Württemberg
  • 1983 - 1984 Harvard Law School, Degree LL.M.
  • 1984 Admission to bar in Stuttgart
  • 1986 Admission to bar in New York
  • Since 1984 Attorney, Thümmel, Schütze & Partner, Stuttgart . Since 2003 honorary professor at the University of Tübingen (Comparative Law, Arbitration)
  • board memberships in various companies

Arbitration experience

As Arbitrator: approx. 100 proceedings, especially institutional arbitration (ICC and DIS and others). Subject-matter: Post M&A disputes, corporate disputes, international distribution agreements, joint ventures, energy disputes, disputes with regard to family owned businesses

Publications

  • Author/co-author of numerous publications, i.a.: Persönliche Haftung von Managern und Aufsichtsräten - Haftungsrisiken bei Managementfehlern, Risikobegrenzung und D&O-Versicherung (5. Ed. 2016), Die Europäische Aktiengesellschaft (SE), Leitfaden für die Unternehmens- und Beratungspraxis (2005), Praxishandbuch der Unternehmensgestaltung (2003), Beiräte in mittelständischen Familienunternehmen (2. Aufl., 2009), Münchener Vertragshandbuch, Band 4 (8. Aufl., 2018), Wieczorek/Schütze, Großkommentar ZPO, 5. Aufl., §§ 916 - 945 ( 5. Aufl., 2020), Schütze/Thümmel, Schiedsgericht und Schiedsverfahren (7. Aufl., 2021)

Languages

German
English
French

Memberships

  • German Arbitration Institute (DIS)
  • IBA
  • DAV
  • Harvard Law School Association of Germany e.V.
  • DAJV
  • Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Internationales Verfahrensrecht e.V.

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