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Dr. Christoph Maurer is a German Rechtsanwalt, French Avocat and English Solicitor specialised in international Corporate and Commercial law.

Christoph has more than 30 years of prime transactional experience gained in Frankfurt, London and Paris, both in private practice and in-house.

Before founding MAURER LAW he was managing partner of Pinsent Masons France and president of Marccus Partners/Mazars Avocats. Prior to that he practised as partner at Rödl & Partner and associate at Allen & Overy and Linklaters. In between, he acted as general counsel at several of his clients, in particular the groups Muhr und Bender KG and Valeo Climatisation SA.

He has been involved in all aspects of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and group reorganisations. Further, he has extensive expertise in competition matters, mainly merger control but also cartel investigations.

His deal background covers in particular the industrial sectors automotive, aerospace and, more generally, technology. In the past, he has advised amongst others on numerous transactions in the areas of telecommunication, energy, chemicals and financial services.

His clients include large multinational corporations, medium-sized companies and entrepreneurs as well as banks, funds and investors, whom he advises on a wide variety of corporate, commercial and finance matters in Europe.

Christoph is also recognised as an expert on art law and advises particularly on restitution claims and export regulations of cultural goods. In his fields of expertise, he is regularly retained as counsel or arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings.

During his studies in Germany, Switzerland, the UK, the US and France, Christoph obtained two master of laws degrees (Georgetown University/Washington DC and Panthéon-Assas University/Paris 2), both state exams in law (Heidelberg University and State Supreme Court Berlin) as well as a doctorate in law (Heidelberg University).

Christoph is a former Talent Scholar and Graduate Scholar of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and a former Ambassadorial Scholar of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. He is also a former Vice President of Heidelberg Alumni France, a former Member of the Georgetown European Law Alumni Advisory Board and a former Administrative Board Member of the Society of Comparative Legislation.