Wolfgang E.J. Diewitz

Personal Facts

• Born in Rummelsburg, Hinterpommern (today: Poland)
• A-Levels in Bielefeld
• Studies of law at the Unversities of Kiel, Freiburg, Dijon (Burgundy) and Bonn
• First state bar exam at the Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf 1969
• Legal clerkship at the Regional Court Bielefeld
• Second state bar exam, bar admission 1973
• Admission as notary 1983
• Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht (Specialist Lawyer for Labor Law) 1987
• With the firm since 2003
  Lecturer for DeutscheAnwaltAkademie (German academy of lawyers) since 1995
• Member of the board of examiners of Wirtschaftsprüferkammer NRW (Chamber of Accountants in the Bundesland of Northrhine-Westfalia)

Areas of specialization

Corporate and tax law

• Corporate and company disputes
• D&O liability
• Internal shareholder conflicts
• Partnership agreements, affiliation agreements
• Formation of companies

Commercial and civil law

• Distribution agreements

Sports law

• General law of associations
• Individual sponsorship agreements with sportspeople
• Player contracts
• General sponsorship agreements

Conversion law

• Split,  consolidation, restructuring, contribution, merger

M&A

• Due diligence (civil and tax law)
• Merger & acquisition
• Contract performance
• Contract negotiations and draft contracts

Memberships

• Deutscher Anwaltsverein
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sportrecht im Deutschen Anwaltsverein