Thomas Wanckel
Susanne Reichstein
Dr. Heiko Saur LL.M.
Dr. Cliff Meesenburg
Stefan Nau
Jan Thede
Dr. Jan Albers LL.M.
Thomas Mälzer
Alexander Ibsch
Irina Schiller
Jasmin Ibrahim
Dr. Christian Völker
Ariane Christiansen
Erik Hieke
Tristan Cyrill Exner
Thomas Wanckel
Thomas Wanckel studied law in Hamburg and performed his clerkship in Providence, Rhode Island (USA), among other places. He has been admitted to practise law since 1984.
As of December 31, 2022, Thomas Wanckel has retired as an attorney and partner of this law firm; however, he will remain associated with this law firm as an advisor („Of Counsel“) and will continue to be available for arbitration proceedings and as an arbitrator.
Thomas Wanckel was a partner in our law firm for over 30 years. From the very beginning, he focused his practice on maritime and marine insurance law, primarily advising cargo parties and marine insurers on all aspects of transport law, charter law and salvage and Havarie Grosse. Due to his ability to always keep an eye on a mutually agreeable solution despite all conflicting interests, Thomas Wanckel has also been repeatedly appointed as mediator and arbitrator.
Fields of activity:
Maritime law
Marine insurance law and marine hull insurance law
Inland waterway law
Transport and forwarding law
Arbitration proceedings
Foreign languages:
English
Memberships:
German Bar Association
International Bar Association
German Association for International Maritime Law
German Maritime Arbitration Association
German Association for Transport Law
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Susanne Reichstein
Susanne Reichstein is a lawyer specialised in insurance law and labour law. She studied law in Hamburg and has been admitted to practise law since 1994.
Fields of activity:
Insurance law
Transport and forwarding law
Labour law including maritime labour law
Trade law and corporate law
Foreign languages:
English
French
Memberships:
German Bar Association
Working Group on Transport and Forwarding Law of the German Bar Association
Working Group on Insurance Law of the German Bar Association
German Association for Transport Law
Hamburg Actuarial Science Association
International Bar Association
Dr. Heiko Saur LL.M.
Following his training as a shipping specialist, Dr Heiko Saur studied law in Hamburg and has been admitted to practise law since 1997. His doctoral thesis was ‚The modification of liability principles in freight, forwarding and warehousing law due to the Transport Law Reform Act‘. He obtained a Master of Insurance Law from the University of Münster in 2004. He is a lawyer specialised in insurance law as well as transport and forwarding law.
Fields of activity:
Insurance law
Transport and forwarding law
Maritime law
Handelsrecht
Foreign languages:
English
Mitglied im:
German Bar Association
Working Group on Transport and Forwarding Law of the German Bar Association
Working Group on Insurance Law of the German Bar Association
German Association for Transport Law
Dr. Cliff Meesenburg
After studying law in Freiburg im Breisgau with a specialisation in civil and European law, Dr Cliff Meesenburg performed his clerkship in Berlin, Leipzig and Tokyo. He has been admitted to practise law since 1999. His doctoral thesis was ‚The principle of the protection of legitimate expectations in European financial administration law‘ and he is a lawyer specialised in insurance law.
Fields of activity:
Insurance law
Transport and forwarding law
Building and architects law
Foreign languages:
English
Memberships:
German Bar Association
Working Group on Insurance Law of the German Bar Association
Working Group on Transport and Forwarding Law of the German Bar Association
German Association for Transport Law
Stefan Nau
Stefan Nau studied law in Freiburg im Breisgau and performed his clerkship in Berlin. He has been admitted to practise law since 1998 and works as a lawyer specialised in labour law.
Fields of activity:
Labour law
Corporate law
Contract law
Real estate law
Insolvency and restructuring consulting
consulting on CO2 markets and climate certificates, especially forest climate projects (forestry law)
Foreign languages:
English
Italian
Memberships:
German Bar Association
Jan Thede
Following his training as an industrial clerk, Jan Thede studied law in Hamburg and Tübingen. He has been admitted to practise law since 2002. He is a lawyer specialised in insurance law as well as transport and forwarding law.
Fields of activity:
Insurance law
Transport and forwarding law
Commercial law
Foreign languages:
English
French
Memberships:
German Bar Association
German Association for Transport Law
German Association for Actuarial Science
Working Group on Transport and Forwarding Law of the German Bar Association
Dr. Jan Albers LL.M.
Dr Jan Albers studied law in Hamburg and obtained his Master of Laws from the University of Hamburg. He received a PhD scholarship from the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs and wrote his dissertation on the topic of ‚Responsibility and Liability in the Context of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes by Sea: Existing Rules and the 1999 Liability Protocol to the Basel Convention‘. 2009/2010 he was an employees of the United Nations International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Management IFLOS Summer Academy). He has been admitted to practise law since 2014.
Dr. Albers is co-editor of the journal „Recht der Transportwirtschaft (RdTW)“ and comments on the law on bills of lading (§§ 513-515 HGB) in the BeckOGK HGB (beck-online.GROSSKOMMENTAR HGB).
Fields of activity:
Commercial and economic law
Maritime transport and inland waterway law
Transport and forwarding law
Insurance and marine insurance law
Waste law
Foreign languages:
English
Memberships:
German Association for International Maritime Law
German Association for Transport Law
German Maritime Arbitration Association (GMAA)
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Thomas Mälzer
Before studying law in Heidelberg, Thomas Mälzer completed an apprenticeship as a bank clerk. He has been admitted to practise law since 1998. He is a lawyer specialised in transport and forwarding law.
Fields of activity:
Transport and forwarding law
Maritime commercial law
Insurance law
Insolvency law
Foreign languages:
English
Memberships:
German Association for Transport Law
German Association for Maritime Law
Actuarial Science Association of the University of Hamburg
Alexander Ibsch
Before studying law in Berlin, Alexander Ibsch completed an apprenticeship as an insurance salesman. He has been admitted to practise law since 2012.
Fields of activity:
Insurance law
Transport and forwarding law
General civil law
Product liability law
Foreign languages:
English
Irina Schiller
Irina Schiller studied law in Berlin und Maastricht (Netherlands). She performed her clerkship in Berlin. She has been admitted to practise law since 2018.
Fields of activity:
Labour law
General civil law
Criminal Law
Foreign languages:
English
Jasmin Ibrahim
Jasmin Ibrahim successfully completed her law studies in Berlin, where she also did her legal clerkship. She has been admitted to practise law since 2020.
Fields of activity:
Labour law
General civil law
Corporate law
Criminal Law
Foreign languages:
English
Dr. Christian Völker
Dr. Christian Völker studied law at the Universities of Tübingen and Constance and received his PhD on issues of international judgment recognition. After completing his legal clerkship in Strasbourg, among other places, he has been admitted to practise law in 1997. Since 2005 he is a lawyer specialised in transport and forwarding law and since 2006 as well in insurance law.
Fields of activity:
Transport and forwarding law
Insurance law
Labour law
Trade law (purchase of goods, distribution)
German-French legal relations
Foreign languages:
French
English
Memberships:
German Bar Association
German Association for Transport Law
Working Group on Transport and Forwarding Law of the German Bar Association
Working Group on Insurance Law of the German Bar Association
German-French Lawyers Association
Ariane Christiansen
Before studying law in Hamburg, Ariane Christiansen completed an apprenticeship as a bank clerk. During her studies, she worked for several years at a major German bank, among other things in the ship finance department. She has been admitted to practise law since 2021.
Fields of activity:
Maritime transport and inland waterway law
Transport and forwarding law
Insurance and marine insurance law
Commercial and economic law
Foreign languages:
English
Memberships:
German Association for International Maritime Law
German Association for Transport Law
Hamburg Bar Association
Erik Hieke
Erik Hieke studied law at the University of Potsdam. He completed his legal clerkship in Berlin. He was admitted to the bar in 2021.
Fields of activity:
General civil law
Tenancy law
Corporate law
Insolvency and restructuring consulting
Foreign languages:
English
Tristan Cyrill Exner
Tristan Cyrill Exner studied law with a focus on „Maritime Business Law“ in Hamburg, where he also completed his legal clerkship.
He was admitted to the bar in 2022.
Fields of activity:
Transport and forwarding law
Maritime transport and inland waterway law
Marine insurance law
Commercial law
Foreign languages:
English
Memberships:
German Association for International Maritime Law
German Association for Transport Law