Dr. Frank Werthmann

Personal Facts

• Born in 1960 in Werdohl/Westfalen
• Studies of law at the University of Bielefeld
• State bar exam 1987
• Bar admission to the disctricts of the Municipal Court Hamm and the Regional Court Dortmund 1987
• Joined a law firm in the disctict of the Higher Regional Court Hamm in 1987
• Bar admission to the disctrict of the Higher Regional Court Hamm 1988
• Doctor of Laws (Dr. jur.) 1990
• With our firm since 2002

Areas of specialization

Banking law

• Investment adviser liability and investment middleman liability
• Advice regarding distressed loans
• Collateral security law

Corporate and tax law

• D&O liability
• Internal shareholder conflicts
• Partnership agreements, affiliation agreements
• Corporate financing
• Corporate structuring

Commercial and civil law

• Leasing

Insolvency law and reorganization

• Creditors’ rights in case of insolvency
• Revocatory action
• Insolvency administrators’ liability
• Collateral security in insolvency

Building law

Commercial tenancy and lease law

Tax consultants’ liability

Auditors’ liability

Investment adviser and investment middleman liability

Publications

• Monograph "Die unbenannte Zuwendung im Privatrechtssystem"
  Europäische Hochschulschriften im Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main/Bern/New York/Paris 1990

Memberships

• Deutscher Anwaltverein
• Deutscher Juristentag