Dr. Ferdinand Kruis, Partner

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"excellent, efficient - brilliant pleadings"
(client, conflict resolution, Juve Handbook 2023/2024)

"unassailable professionally"
(The Legal 500 Germany 2018)

"exceptional legal talent and always pleasant"
(JUVE Handbook 2021/2022)

Dr. Ferdinand Kruis is listed in „The Best Lawyers in Germany“ as best lawyer for Arbitration and Mediation and for Litigation.
(Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers 2023)

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Career

Lawyer, partner of the partnership
Legal education, legal training and doctorate in Passau, Munich, Pavia and Rom
Admission as lawyer in 2002
Until May 2009: Lawyer at Linklaters LLP in Munich and Cologne in the practice areas litigation/arbitration and corporate law/M&A
Since June 2009: Lawyer at the Munich office of Sernetz·Schäfer Rechtsanwälte
Since June 1st 2023: Member of the Legislative Assembly of the German Federal Bar
Main practice areas: corporate, banking and capital markets law, litigation and arbitration, private international law and international civil procedure
Lectureship at the University of Passau for the Law on International Commercial Transactions
Memberships: Banking Law Association (Bankrechtliche Vereinigung - BrV), Corporate Law Association (Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung - VGR), German-Italian Lawyers’ Association, German Lawyers’ Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein), German Association of Notary Law (Deutsche Notarrechtliche Vereinigung)
Languages: German, English, Italian