Firm strengthens Hamburg corporate practice with new partner
06 June 2012
Hamburg, 30 May
2012 – Field Fisher Waterhouse strengthens its Hamburg office with the
appointment of new corporate partner, Sara Bandehzadeh. As of June
2012, Sara returns to legal practice after working in
industry for several years.
Sara Bandehzadeh started her legal career in 2000 with Raupach
& Wollert-Elmendorff in Hamburg. In 2007, she joined MPC
Münchmeyer Petersen group as in-house counsel and took charge of
the legal department for two trading companies in the shipbuilding
and plant construction industries. Her practice focus lies in
corporate law as well as commercial and distribution law, both with
a particularly international reach. Due to her work for MPC, she
has specific expertise in the shipbuilding industry and in export
financing of investment and consumer goods.
At Field Fisher Waterhouse, Sara Bandehzadeh will contribute to the
further expansion of the German corporate practice, together with
Hamburg corporate partners Michael
Adam and Dr Florian
Streiber, and will promote the area of commercial and
distribution law. In cooperation with the London office, the German
team has over the past months significantly increased client
business in the areas of distribution and commercial law. Clients
include inter alia Olympus, Jaguar Land Rover, Domino’s Pizza and
Ebookers.com.
"We provide comprehensive advice to corporations at the interface
of corporate and distribution law, for example in building joint
ventures and similar distribution structures," says Michael Adam.
"We are very pleased to welcome such an experienced colleague as
Sara Bandehzadeh, who will strongly support our practice."
“After several years in the industry I’m looking forward to working
as a lawyer again,” Sara Bandehzadeh says. “Field Fisher Waterhouse
offers me the perfect platform to bring my experience gained as
in-house lawyer as well as my existing contacts.”
For further information, please
contact:
Paula Nugent, PR Executive, Field
Fisher Waterhouse LLP on 020 7861 4526
Louise Eckersley, PR Manager,
Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP on 020 7861 4120