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 Real Estate Brokerage Act
Real estate brokerage has become a regulated profession and agents must now fully comply with brand new rules and conditions. What is the impact on real estate brokers and their clients?
An Old New Institute in the Inheritance Law for Spouses and Unmarried Couples
Fideicommissary substitution - the old new institute of Czech inheritance law - is a possibility how to achieve the aim of transferring the inheritance in whole first to your spouse and after his/her death to a third person, e.g. your children.
Piercing the Privacy Shield
The Privacy Shield framework was meant to allow for lawful transfer of personal data from the EU to the United States. Based on the Privacy Shield it was possible to legally transfer personal data related to data subjects in the EU to US-based businesses listed in the Privacy Shield list.