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Dr. Ralf B. Tietz, LL.M. (Chicago)
Dr. Ralf B. Tietz, LL.M. (Chicago)

Dr. Ralf B. Tietz, LL.M. (Chicago)

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Ralf is a Salary Partner of our Berlin office in the practice groups Corporate/M&A and Capital Markets. Since 2008 he has been advising investors and companies on national and international M&A transactions (including public takeovers) as well as on contract, corporate and capital markets law with a special focus on listed stock corporations.

Ralf also advises companies on compliance and corporate litigation matters. Ralf is admitted to practise law (Rechtsanwalt) in Germany and as an attorney-at-law in the state of New York (USA).

Expertise

Services and Groups

Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Private equity
Venture capital
Equity capital markets
General corporate
Joint ventures

Sectors

Consumer & retail
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Aerospace & defence
Real estate
Technology, media & communications

CV

Since 2019 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2008 – 2019 Associate, various international law firms, Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Berlin
2005 – 2007 Legal clerkship
2012 Legal doctoral degree in the field of corporate law and accounting standards, Humboldt University of Berlin
2008 Admitted as attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt) to the German Bar
2004 New York State Bar Examination
2004 LL.M., School of Law, University of Chicago

Career

Since 2019 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2008 – 2019 Associate, various international law firms, Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Berlin
2005 – 2007 Legal clerkship

Education

2012 Legal doctoral degree in the field of corporate law and accounting standards, Humboldt University of Berlin
2008 Admitted as attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt) to the German Bar
2004 New York State Bar Examination
2004 LL.M., School of Law, University of Chicago

Memberships & Associations

American Chamber of Commerce in Germany - Aerospace and Defense Committee

Academic association for corporate and company law (VGR) e.V.

Additional languages

English

Awards

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The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2024

Leading individual: Corporate Law

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2023

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Leading individual: Corporate law

Recognized as „Leading Individual“ for Corporate in Germany

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Provided comprehensive German legal advice to US-Based Grant Thornton Advisors LLC in the bidding process for the audit firm Grant Thornton Germany.

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