Wolfgang Sturm will join Gleiss Lutz's M&A practice as Of Counsel on 1 May 2022, working out of both the Düsseldorf and Hamburg office. He joins from Linklaters. Wolfgang Sturm has been a partner there since 2001. Prior to the merger with Linklaters, he had already been a partner at Oppenhoff & Rädler since 1997.
Wolfgang Sturm is regularly listed by JUVE as a leading M&A expert. He specialises in advising on cross-border private and public M&A transactions, joint ventures and upstream and downstream corporate restructurings.
Wolfgang Sturm headed Linklaters' German corporate practice from 2004 to 2007 and was a member of the German Executive Committee. He currently heads the German China desk and co-heads the Latin America desk as well as the global transport and logistics team.
"We are delighted to strengthen our M&A pactice with such a renowned expert like Wolfgang Sturm," commented Prof. Dr. Michael Arnold, Co-Managing Partner of Gleiss Lutz. "He will be a great asset to our Düsseldorf and Hamburg offices with his decades of experience, particularly in cross-border transactions, and his excellent national and international contacts," adds Co-Managing Partner Dr Alexander Schwarz.
The firm had only recently strengthened its finance and restructuring practice with Dr Christian Halàsz from Akin Gump. He has been supporting the firm's newly opened office in London since 1 March.
Wolfgang Sturm is regularly listed by JUVE as a leading M&A expert. He specialises in advising on cross-border private and public M&A transactions, joint ventures and upstream and downstream corporate restructurings.
Wolfgang Sturm headed Linklaters' German corporate practice from 2004 to 2007 and was a member of the German Executive Committee. He currently heads the German China desk and co-heads the Latin America desk as well as the global transport and logistics team.
"We are delighted to strengthen our M&A pactice with such a renowned expert like Wolfgang Sturm," commented Prof. Dr. Michael Arnold, Co-Managing Partner of Gleiss Lutz. "He will be a great asset to our Düsseldorf and Hamburg offices with his decades of experience, particularly in cross-border transactions, and his excellent national and international contacts," adds Co-Managing Partner Dr Alexander Schwarz.
The firm had only recently strengthened its finance and restructuring practice with Dr Christian Halàsz from Akin Gump. He has been supporting the firm's newly opened office in London since 1 March.
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