Practice areas
Banking Law
International Arbitration
Inheritance Law
2009 Opening a branch office of Giese & Partner in Bratislava, Slovakia
2000 Founding partner and managing director of the company Giese & Partner in Prague, Czech Republic
1997 Founder and managing director of Prague branch of the Frankfurt association Schürmann & Partner (predecessor of Giese & Partner)
1995 Doctoral degree from the School of Law at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (Dr. jur.)
DAV - German Bar Association (admitted since 1995)
ČAK - Czech Bar Association (admitted since 1997)
SAK - Slovak Bar Association (admitted since 2009)
DIS - The German Arbitration Institute (association for the promotion of national and international arbitration)
ICC Germany (German national committee of the International Chamber of Commerce)
IBA - International Bar Association
INSOL Europe - European organisation of professionals who specialise in insolvency, business reconstruction and recovery
III - International Insolvency Institute
UIA - Union Internationale de Avocat
Institut für Erbrecht - The association of inheritance law specialists
Publications and activities
New Consumer Protection Act Update Your Terms and Conditions
As of July 1, 2024, significant changes in consumer protection have taken effect with the introduction of the new Consumer Protection Act. The new consumer legislation enhances consumer protection and brings several benefits to companies.
New Rules for Mergers
As a result of the change of Act on Transformations a new form of company demerger has been introduced (division by separation), the requirement for court appointed expert appraiser as well as rules for valuation of assets have been relaxed and the cross-border transformations streamlined.
Law - Made in Germany Symposium 2024 in Prague
On October 10, 2024, our colleague Ondřej Rathouský will paticipate as speaker on the occasion of the Law - Made in Germany Symposium 2024 in Prague and speak about difficulties in enforcing foreign arbitration awards. Dr. Giese will briefly introduce the iniciative Law - Made in Germany.