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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

• Shiparrested.Com

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

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

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 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

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 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)

• shiparrested.com

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

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 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 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 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

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 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 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