International Private Law

With extensive experience across multiple jurisdictions, our team provides expert advice on International Private Law (IPR), ensuring compliance with the applicable laws in complex cross-border matters. We navigate the intricacies of international legal frameworks, offering tailored solutions for transactions involving multiple legal systems.

Our team assists clients with all matters related to International Private Law (IPR), particularly in determining the applicable law in cross-border situations. We provide guidance on transactions involving international legal frameworks, ensuring compliance with relevant legal requirements in jurisdictions such as France, Germany, and other applicable regions.

Team

Oliver Alexander

Founding Partner
With over a decade of experience in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, Oliver Alexander specializes in advising German and European clients on their business activities within the Gulf. His expertise focuses on commercial law, international and commercial arbitration, and dispute resolution in the construction sector. He is also recognized as one of the first movers into the Sub-Saharan African legal market, having established the firm’s presence in Accra, Ghana.

Petra Kuhn

Senior Counsel
Petra Kuhn is a French attorney registered in Lyon, with over two decades of experience. Based in Berlin, she provides expert legal advice to corporations on Franco-German business law and offers personalized services to private clients in the areas of cross-border real estate transactions, wealth and estate planning. She also specializes in the administration of estates under both Franco-German legal frameworks.

Adelheid Sutendi, LL.M.

Counsel
Adelheid Sutendi specializes in international commercial and investment arbitration. She primarily advises and represents clients in international dispute resolution proceedings and in matters of German and French commercial and corporate law.

Dr. Richard Wichmann

Counsel
Dr. Richard Wichmann is a lawyer, certified mediator and has been working in the real estate industry since 2005. Since 2017, he has been advising national and international clients in the fields of energy and infrastructure in private and public commercial law.

Dr. Aouni Shahoud Almousa

Of Counsel
Dr. Aouni Shahoud Almousa has extensive experience in international commercial arbitration and business law. He advises clients on cross-border transactions, foreign investment, and dispute resolution across the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Syria.

Marie Badiane-Mbuyu

Of Counsel
Marie Badiane-Mbuyu is a French lawyer with extensive experience in project finance and legal matters within the energy and technology sectors. She is passionate about the intersection of technology and energy and is committed to developing innovative solutions to address challenges in energy infrastructure.

Dr. Mohamadou Fallou Mbodji

Of Counsel
Dr. Fallou Mbodji is a French lawyer, registered with the Paris Bar. He has extensive expertise in international projects in Africa and OHADA law.

Dr. Philipp Stompfe, LL.M.

Of Counsel
Dr. Philipp Stompfe advises on international contract and corporate law as well as on international arbitration.