Dr. Patrick Certa

Partner, certified specialist for commercial and corporate Law

Dr. Patrick Certa chiefly advises clients on matters of corporate law as well as Mergers & Acquisitions transactions and corporate financing. In this context, he represents regionally, nationally as well as internationally active firms in Germany and abroad during the restructuring of companies and corporate groups as well as in the formulation and negotiation of contracts. Patrick Certa also acts as a litigator in court proceedings in the aforementioned areas of expertise.

Practice areas

Corporate law, civil and commercial law
Mergers & Acquisitions transactions
Corporate financing
Contract law
Litigation

Vita

1990 - 1995 Law studies in Mannheim
1998 Admitted to the German bar
1999 - 2001 Lawyer at the Frankfurt office of the nationwide business law firms of Göhmann Wrede Haas Kappus & Hartmann
2000 PhD (Dr. iur.) at Mannheim University
2002 - 2003 Managing Director of an automotive supplies company
since 2003 Lawyer at RITTERSHAUS law firm
2007 Certified specialist for commercial and corporate law
2008 Partner of RITTERSHAUS law firm

Other activities and memberships

Chair of the supervisory board of quadox AG (Walldorf)
Member of the Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung - Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (VGR) e. V., Frankfurt am Main (Corporate Law Association – Academic Association for Business and Corporate Law)
Member of the Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS) e.V. (German Institute of Arbitration), Cologne

RITTERSHAUS Blog posts

Limited liability companies in responsible ownership: What's behind it and who needs it - a blog post by lawyer Dr Patrick Certa

Selected mandates

My motto

"Carpe diem" (Horace, around 23. B.C.) – enjoy the short time you have on earth today, don’t put it off until tomorrow!