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Dr. Helena Laugwitz LL.M. Eur.

Lawyer, Notary and partner

In her role as a notary and lawyer Dr Laugwitz advises German and international clients, in particular medium-sized companies, investors, and private individuals.  She focuses especially on real estate and company law arrangements, above all real estate transactions, the structuring of transactions under company law and conversion procedures as well as the purchasing and selling of companies – at national level as well as concerning transactions with an international angle, depending on the case in question. She also advises family-owned companies and affluent individuals on succession and asset planning.

 

When it comes to her work as a notary and lawyer, Dr Laugwitz attaches great value to developing customised solutions for the parties concerned however complex the situation may be. In such cases, her comprehensive international experience is a great asset. Notarisations are undertaken in German and in English.

Practice areas
  • Real estate law
  • Company law
  • Conversion law
  • M&A
  • Corporate Succession and Estate Planning
Vita
  • 2003 - 2009 Studies of Law and European Law at the Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg
  • 2005/2006 Studies at Geneva University in Switzerland
  • 2009 - 2010 PhD studies with research-related stints in Paris and working as a research assistant at   the Faculty of Civil Law, European Business Law, International Private and Procedural Law as well as Comparative Law under Professor Oliver Remien and post-graduate studies in European Law at the Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg
  • 2010/2011 PhD scholarship awarded by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit)
  • 2011-2013 Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt/Main (Regional Court of Darmstadt) with stints at Allen & Overy in Frankfurt/Main and Debevoise & Plimpton in New York, USA
  • 2012 Master’s degree in European Law (LL.M. Eur.) at the Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg
  • 2014 - 2016 Lawyer (Associate) at the law firm Wendelstein in Frankfurt/Main
  • 2015 PhD in Law (Dr. iur.) at the Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg with a thesis on International Civil Procedure Law
  • 2016 Being awarded the Joint PhD Prize by the Lower Franconia Memorial Year Foundation for Science (Unterfränkische Gedenkjahrstiftung für Wissenschaft) and the Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg
  • 2016 - 2021 Lawyer at the law firm HauckSchuchardt in Frankfurt/Main
  • 2021 Appointment as a notary with offices in Frankfurt/Main
  • Since 2022 Partner at RITTERSHAUS
Publications
  • Die Anerkennung und Vollstreckung drittstaatlicher Entscheidungen in Zivil- und Handelssachen – Rechtsvergleichende Betrachtung und europäische Regelungsoptionen, Studien zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht, Vol. 365, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2016
  • Diskussionsbericht: Baldus, Ancel und Beale, in: Remien, Oliver (Hrsg.), Verjährungsrecht in Europa – zwischen Bewährung und Reform: Würzburger Tagung vom 8. und 9. Mai 2009, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2011, S. 59 - 65

 

My motto

“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein

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