As of October 1, 2010 Professor Dr. Wulf Goette will join Gleiss Lutz as Of Counsel. He will be based in the firm’s Stuttgart office. Prior to joining Gleiss Lutz Dr. Goette was a Presiding Judge at the Federal Court of Justice in the 2nd Division for Civil Matters responsible for corporate law.
Dr. Goette became a federal court judge in 1990 and was appointed Presiding Judge at the FCJ in 2005. As Presiding Judge of the 2nd Division for Civil Matters, Dr. Goette was responsible for corporate law cases as well as legal disputes under the Financial-Market Stabilisation Fund Act and played a decisive role in the interpretation of corporate law.
In addition Dr. Goette has been an honorary professor at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg since 1997. He is a co-editor of the Münchener Kommentare on the Stock Corporation Act and the Act concerning Limited Liability Companies as well as, among others, the journals “ZGR – Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht” and “NZG – Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht”. He is also a scientific editor of the journal “DStR – Deutsches Steuerrecht”.
Dr. Rainer Loges, Managing Partner at Gleiss Lutz: “We are pleased to welcome Professor Goette, one of Germany’s most important corporate lawyers. Professor Goette is a further valuable addition to our corporate practice.”
Over the past few years, Gleiss Lutz has strategically expanded its corporate practice, most recently announcing the integration of the leading corporate boutique Rittstieg (Hamburg), which will also be completed on October 1, 2010.
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