Oliver Rathje is Office Managing Partner of the Munich office. He is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group in Munich and Frankfurt and has more than 15 years' experience advising on contentious matters in the firm's core business areas. Oliver specialises in complex commercial and corporate litigation and arbitration.
In his commercial practice Oliver covers a wide range of industries, including banking and financial services, manufacturing, the automotive industry, life sciences, real estate, energy and natural resources. What is getting ever more important in this context is representing clients in order to achieve preliminary legal protection (attachment and temporary restraining orders) and advising them on cross-border litigation and restructuring, as well as insolvency-related scenarios. In addition, Oliver advises on compliance-related matters.
In addition to general corporate law disputes and classic post-M&A and intercompany disputes, the corporate litigation practice area covers, in particular, the representation of clients in disputes between investors/shareholders and/or management.
Oliver is experienced in multi-jurisdictional disputes with a high number of stakeholders. He complements his legal advice with his expertise in forensic services, making it possible to solve a case in a targeted manner thanks to his in-depth analysis of and additional investigations into the facts of a case (e.g., in case of special audits or assessments of liability issues). Besides comprehensive legal advice, Oliver gives special importance to strategic advice that takes the individual aims and risks of clients into account.