„Recommended for Mergers and Acquisitions Law“
Gerhard’s practice focuses on corporate and M&A. He has an outstanding track record advising international clients in all aspects of complex cross-border M&A transactions. Furthermore, he also participates regularly in international arbitration proceedings as both an arbitrator and a counsel in more than 135 actual cases.
After training as a bank clerk he studied at the Universities of Hamburg, Geneva/Switzerland, Tübingen and Harvard Law School (LL.M. 1981). He was a partner at Gleiss Lutz from 1987 to 2019. Since 2020, he has been an Of Counsel. Gerhard was admitted in Germany in 1981, in New York State and SDNY/EDNY in 1983, to the US Ct. App. for the Federal District in 2007, the US Supreme Court in 2009 and the US Ct. App. for the Second Circuit 2010. He was also admitted as Foreign Attorney in Brussels/Belgium from 1987 to 2019. He is a Professor at the University of Tübingen since 1997. He is a Life Fellow of The American Bar Foundation and Honorary Phi Delta Phi.
He is a member of the New York State (NYSBA), American (ABA), International (IBA) and Inter-Pacific (IPBA) Bar Associations (Council Member At-Large Europe), The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, German and American Societies of International Law, International Law Association (German Branch - International Securities Regulation Committee), German (DIS) and Swiss (ASA) Arbitration Associations, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCArb), AAA International – ICDR Panel of Arbitrators, SIAC (Singapore), DIAC (Dubai) International Arbitrator, KCAB (Korean) Panel of International Arbitrators, CIMA (Spain) International Arbitrator’s List, RCICA-Panel (Lagos), KLRCA (Kuala Lumpur) Arbitrator and Mediator, Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC) and Commercial Arbitration Court in Hungary.
He speaks German, English and French.
Gerhard’s practice focuses on corporate and M&A. He has an outstanding track record advising international clients in all aspects of complex cross-border M&A transactions. Furthermore, he also participates regularly in international arbitration proceedings as both an arbitrator and a counsel in more than 135 actual cases.
After training as a bank clerk he studied at the Universities of Hamburg, Geneva/Switzerland, Tübingen and Harvard Law School (LL.M. 1981). He was a partner at Gleiss Lutz from 1987 to 2019. Since 2020, he has been an Of Counsel. Gerhard was admitted in Germany in 1981, in New York State and SDNY/EDNY in 1983, to the US Ct. App. for the Federal District in 2007, the US Supreme Court in 2009 and the US Ct. App. for the Second Circuit 2010. He was also admitted as Foreign Attorney in Brussels/Belgium from 1987 to 2019. He is a Professor at the University of Tübingen since 1997. He is a Life Fellow of The American Bar Foundation and Honorary Phi Delta Phi.
He is a member of the New York State (NYSBA), American (ABA), International (IBA) and Inter-Pacific (IPBA) Bar Associations (Council Member At-Large Europe), The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, German and American Societies of International Law, International Law Association (German Branch - International Securities Regulation Committee), German (DIS) and Swiss (ASA) Arbitration Associations, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCArb), AAA International – ICDR Panel of Arbitrators, SIAC (Singapore), DIAC (Dubai) International Arbitrator, KCAB (Korean) Panel of International Arbitrators, CIMA (Spain) International Arbitrator’s List, RCICA-Panel (Lagos), KLRCA (Kuala Lumpur) Arbitrator and Mediator, Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC) and Commercial Arbitration Court in Hungary.
He speaks German, English and French.
