Specialization
Instruments
- Arbitration
- Litigation
Languages
- English
- German
- Italian
Practice areas
- Bank and capital market law
- Commercial law
- Corporate law (M&A)
Industries
- Automotive
- Bank and financial services
- Chemicals
- Consumer products and retail
- Energy and infrastructure
- Engineering
- Health care and medical services
- Hospitality and leisure
- Insurance
- IT and software
- Media, advertising and telecommunication
- Public policy
- Real estate
- Technology
- Logistics and transportation
- Trade
Qualification
Experience
Dominik specializes in specializes in corporate law and mergers & acquisitions and has advised on numerous national and cross-border matters and transactions over the past 15 years. In addition, Dominik is regularly advising as counsel in a large variety of corporate and commercial law related state court and arbitration proceedings and has developed a specific a focus on post-M&A disputes. Moreover, Dominik is regularly appointed as arbitrator in ad hoc or DIS arbitration proceedings.
Dominik is recommended by clients as an "excellent lawyer and very convincing in person" (JUVE Handbook 2014/2015) and by competitors as "very experienced and involved in corporate/M&A transactions" (JUVE Handbook 2017/2018) with an “excellent client handling in M&A and litigation matters” (JUVE Handbook 2016/2017). In addition to its recommendation by JUVE, he is also regularly recognized by LEGAL500, Chambers and Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers.
Curriculum vitae
- Since March 2015
Partner with Raschke von Knobelsdorff Heiser, Hamburg - Since 2012
Officer of the International Sales Committee of the International Bar Association - 2011 - 2015
Vice President of the Chinese European Lawyers Asscoiation and member of the Advisory Board of the Chinese European Arbitration Center - 2009 - 2015
Partner with Graf von Westphalen, Hamburg - 2003 - 2009
Principal Associate with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hamburg, Milan and Frankfurt/Main - 2000 - 2002
Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court, Düsseldorf - 1998 - 2000
Doctorate at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and at the European Parliament in Brussels - 1992 - 1998
Legal studies at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and LUISS - Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali in Rome
Memberships
- Hamburg Arbitration Circle (HAC)
- Chinese European Legal Association (CELA)
- Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung (VGR)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Deutscher Anwaltsverein (DAV)
- Deutsch-Italienische Juristenvereinigung (DIJV)
- Deutsch-Italienische Wirtschaftsvereinigung "MERCURIO"