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Gerald Gräfe

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German, English

Dr. Gerald Gräfe

Lawyer
Counsel
CMS Hasche Sigle
Schöttlestraße 8
70597 Stuttgart, Germany

T +49 711 9764 338
F +49 711 9764 96348
gerald.graefe@cms-hs.com


Focus

German and international procurement law. Advising companies on all questions regarding purchasing, production and distribution. Software licensing, software service and software distribution agreements.

Resume

Born 1975 in Bietigheim-Bissingen. Studied law in Constance. In 2001 six-months work experience at a law firm in Silicon Valley. Subsequently, completed legal traineeship at Heilbronn Regional Court. First worked in the legal department of an economic chamber, then from 2005 as a lawyer at the Stuttgart office of an international multidisciplinary firm. At the same time obtained doctorate under Prof. Dr. Jochen Glöckner, LL.M. in Constance on a European law topic. Since 2006 lawyer with CMS Hasche Sigle. Since 2009 part-time lecturer at Steinbeis School of International Business and Entrepreneurship, Berlin.

Lectures

Update on Distribution Law – The Compensation Claim, Heilbronn-Franken Chamber of Commerce, 16.02.2012

Update on Distribution Law – The Compensation Claim, Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce, 17.11.2011

Contract and Distribution Law for MBA students, Steinbeis School of International Business and Entrepreneurship, Bad Boll, 17.08.2011

Exporting Services – Drafting Service Contracts, Global Connect Trade Fair, Stuttgart, 27.10.2010

Update on Distribution Law – The Compensation Claim, Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce, 18.10.2010

Contract and Distribution Law for MBA students, Steinbeis School of International Business and Entrepreneurship, Bad Boll, 09.08.2010

Direct Marketing after Legal Reforms, Heilbronn-Franken Chamber of Commerce, 29.06.2010

Customers and suppliers in times of an economic downturn – risks and precautionary measures, ZVEI-PCB and Electronic Systems, Ludwigsburg 08.02.2010

Update on Commercial Agency Law, Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce, 19.10.2009

Retention of title in case of threatening insolvency, Mittelstandstag Bodensee, 22.09.2009

Contract and Distribution Law for MBA students, Steinbeis School of International Business and Entrepreneurship, Potsdam, 28.08.2009

Supplier insolvency – risks and precautionary measures, Heilbronn-Franken Chamber of Commerce, 08.07.2009

Legal aspects of procurement for product development, Management Circle Munich, 08.05.2009

Liability and data protection on the internet, Heilbronn Chamber of Commerce, 16.10.2008

Compensation claims of commercial agents and distributors, Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce, 16.09.2008

Procurement for product development, Management Circle 2008, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt/Main, Munich

Workshop on current distribution law issues, Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce 16.10.2007

Workshop on the impact of the new anti-discrimination laws on contracts, Ulm Chamber of Commerce 19.10.2006

Workshop on the impact of the new anti-discrimination laws on contracts, Weingarten Chamber of Commerce 10.10.2006

Workshop on current distribution law issues, Heilbronn Chamber of Commerce 18.09.2006

Workshop on current distribution law issues, Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce 19.06.2006

Regular lectures at the University of Constance on different commercial law issues

Regular in-house workshops for legal departments at clients, procurement and distribution departments

Publications

  • BGH klärt Frage des Umfangs der Kostentragung bei Nacherfüllung, CMS Report XV. S. 74
  • Director`s fiduciary duties als Gläubigerschutzinstrument bei britischen Limiteds mit Verwaltungssitz in Deutschland, DZWiR 2005, 410 ff.
  • Gläubigerschutz bei der englischen Limited mit Verwaltungssitz in Deutschland - Eine europarechtliche Untersuchung, Peter Lang 2010
  • Grenzüberschreitende Verschmelzung als Modalität der Ausübung der Niederlassungsfreiheit? Anmerkung zu EuGH C-411/03, ELR 2006, p. 65 ff
  • Länderteil Germany, gemeinsam mit Dr. Axel Funk in Francoise Gilbert,Global Privacy and Security Law, Wolters Kluwer Loseblattsammlung, Stand Oktober 2011
  • Produktrückrufe und Kostentragungspflicht, CMS Report XVI. S. 28 f.
  • Sales Conditions and Consumer Protection im Länderteil Germany, gemeinsam mit Dirk Loycke in Frank Wright, Doing Business in Europe, Sweet & Maxwell, Loseblattsammlung, Stand September 2009
  • Stichwort Handelsvertreter in AnwaltKommentar AGB-Recht, gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Franz-Jörg Semler, 1. Auflage, Deutscher AnwaltVerlag, 2012
  • Stichwort Tankstellenstationärverträge in AnwaltKommentar AGB-Recht, 1. Auflage, Deutscher AnwaltVerlag 2012
  • Zukünftig höhere Ansprüche – EuGH Urteil zum Ausgleichsanspruch des Handelsvertreters, w.news – Wirtschaftsmagazin der IHK Heilbronn – Franken Nr. 11,November 2009, S. 60 f.
  • Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Unternehmen (Kooperationsverträge und Joint Ventures), gemeinsam mit Dirk Loycke in Haamann/Sigle, Vertragsbuch Gesellschaftsrecht, C. H. Beck 2008
  • Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Unternehmen (Kooperationsverträge und Joint-Ventures) gemeinsam mit Dirk Loycke in Haamann/Sigle, Vertragsbuch Gesellschaftsrecht, 2. Auflage, C. H. Beck 2012
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