Dr. Udo A. Zietsch, Partner

Mediator

Location: Frankfurt, Munich

Practice Areas: Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking and Capital Markets Law

Practice Groups:
Corporate & Tax
Banking & Finance

Memberships:
Swiss-German Business Club Frankfurt e.V. (Member of the Board), Region Frankfurt European Finance Forum, Working Group Banking and Capital Markets Law of the German Bar Association (DAV), Business Club Rhein-Main e.V. (Speaker of Regional Board Frankfurt a. M. and Member of the Central Board)

Languages: German, English, French

Phone: +49 [0]69 913301137
Fax: +49 [0]69 913301120

Udo studied Law at the University of Hamburg. During his following work as a research assistant (Erasmus-Programme for Law and Economics) and his legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, he finished his doctorate on the topic of “Liability in telephone banking” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Claus Ott from the University of Hamburg. Since 1997 he has been working as Rechtsanwalt in Frankfurt am Main. Before joining the Frankfurt office of avocado rechtsanwälte as partner in 2005 he was partner in a large countrywide business law firm.

Udo provides legal advice to German and foreign large and medium-sized enterprises on all issues of corporate and business law. His main areas of practice include the provision of legal advice with respect to M&A transactions, reorganisations, IPOs as well as representation in corporate law litigation. In the area of banking law he advises numerous banks and financial service providers as well as enterprises with respect to financing and issues of banking supervision law (e.g. the establishment of representations/branches of foreign banks, outsourcing, electronic means of payment and e-commerce systems etc.).

Udo is distinguished through numerous publications and appearances as guest speaker in the areas of corporate, banking and capital markets law.