Germany

Germany boasts one of the world’s most stable and influential economies, offering a highly attractive environment for international investors. However, drafting investment agreements across multiple jurisdictions often presents complex legal challenges. These demand precise, knowledgeable legal guidance to ensure that contracts are both legally sound and enforceable.

At Alexander & Partner, we specialise in the drafting of international contracts, offering:

  • Legal Expertise Across Jurisdictions: Our lawyers combine deep knowledge of German law with experience across various national and international legal systems.
  • Tailored Contract Solutions: We provide meticulous drafting and negotiation of agreements to meet your commercial objectives and risk profiles.
  • Dispute Resolution Services: In the event of a conflict, we represent your interests effectively in arbitration or litigation, always striving for the most favourable resolution.

 

Ongoing Support for International Contracts

International contracts require active management to mitigate risk and respond to evolving legal and commercial conditions. Our firm provides:

  • Comprehensive Contract Management: Identifying and reducing legal risks while maximising business value.
  • Effective Claim Management: Enforcing your rights and defending against adverse claims.
  • Strong Local Presence: Based in Berlin, we work closely with embassies and international chambers of commerce, offering consultations in person or via video conference.

Our approach ensures your interests remain protected throughout the full contract lifecycle and the execution of your international operations.

 

Legal Advisory for International Project Contracts

With extensive experience in international project agreements, we support German and international clients in managing the legal complexities of cross-border transactions. Our services include:

  • Contract Drafting for Projects: Including EPC contracts and joint venture agreements, adapted to sector-specific and cross-jurisdictional requirements.
  • End-to-End Legal Support: From initial legal reviews to establishing the contractual architecture of projects in Germany or abroad.
  • Special Expertise in German Plant Construction: Within Germany, we offer specialised legal advice for national plant engineering and infrastructure projects—advising developers, suppliers, and operators on construction law, procurement, and complex contractual structures.
  • International Legal Expertise: Each of our lawyers brings international legal experience gained through education, work, or residence abroad. This enables us to advise on projects across regions such as Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.

 

Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

Even the most carefully structured agreements can result in disputes. We offer:

  • Constructive Dispute Resolution: Prioritising negotiation and settlement wherever possible to preserve business relationships and reduce costs.
  • Arbitration Representation: Skilled advocacy under international rules (e.g. ICC, ICSID) or local frameworks (e.g. DIS).
  • Litigation Services: Effective representation before courts in Germany and in international jurisdictions.

 

Legal Due Diligence and Cross-Border Investments

A thorough legal due diligence process is essential to protect international investments and ensure contract validity. We offer:

  • Investment Risk Assessments: Legal analysis to identify and mitigate contractual and regulatory risks.
  • Mergers and Acquisitions: End-to-end legal support for cross-border transactions, including deal structuring and post-transaction integration.

 

Establishing Companies Abroad

Expanding into foreign markets begins with creating a compliant and strategically structured local presence. We assist with:

  • Foundational Legal Advice: Reviewing regulatory frameworks and clarifying legal requirements for smooth market entry.
  • Tailored Structuring Solutions: Advising on appropriate legal entities, whether for production sites, project companies, or special purpose vehicles.

We have successfully supported German companies across a wide range of industries and regions, laying a strong legal foundation for long-term growth and operational success.

Questions

Our firm provides in-depth legal advice on German commercial, contract, and construction law. We have extensive experience drafting and negotiating complex agreements under German law, particularly for infrastructure and plant engineering projects. Our clients benefit from our deep understanding of regulatory requirements, compliance frameworks, and dispute prevention in the German legal context.
Yes. We have significant experience representing clients in arbitration proceedings conducted under the rules of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS). We handle both national and international disputes across sectors such as construction, energy, and joint ventures. Our lawyers also serve as arbitrators in DIS and other institutional proceedings. We ensure a well-rounded, strategic perspective in each case.
We regularly represent international and domestic clients in litigation before German civil and commercial courts, including in disputes arising from cross-border contracts, construction projects, and corporate transactions. We also provide strategic advice on enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Germany.

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.

Andreas Scherdel

Partner
Andreas Scherdel has extensive experience in advising on project contracts, corporate law, commercial contracts, claims and risk management. His practice focuses on the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors. He also has significant knowledge of accounting and tax issues relating to large-scale projects.

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.

Julia Mohamad

Counsel
Julia Mohamad is an intellectual property lawyer who primarily advises clients in the areas of copyright, trademark law, and IT law. A particular emphasis of her practice is providing legal counsel in the Arab world.

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.

Jan Christoph Harder

Of Counsel
Jan Harder is specialized in international business ventures, mergers & acquisitions, and infrastructure projects with a focus on mobility and project/export finance as well as strategic legal advice and interim management.

Axel Heck

Of Counsel
Axel Heck specializes in complex transnational transactions, international private dispute resolution and strategic legal counseling, with a strong focus on the transatlantic and European-Indian market.

Dr. Philipp Stompfe, LL.M.

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