The highly regarded Corporate / M&A specialist Dr Jürgen Sieger is joining the international law firm DLA Piper and will take up his position as a partner in the Cologne office as of 1 July 2013. Dr Sieger is moving to DLA Piper from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.
During the period from 1988–2006, Dr Sieger was a partner with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and their predecessor firms. From there he moved to the Cologne office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in 2006, where he established a Corporate/M&A practice that is highly regarded on the German Legal market as well as in the Cologne region. For many years, Dr Sieger has been among the leading lawyers for Mergers & Acquisitions in Germany and has had a key advisory role in numerous large transactions.
Dr Sieger has extensive experience in a number of sectors of industry. in particular the insurance and technology sector.
At DLA Piper, in addition to his work as a lawyer, Dr Sieger will assume responsibility for the continued expansion of the German Corporate practice.
Dr Jan Geert Meents, Managing Partner of DLA Piper in Germany, comments: “We are very pleased that Dr Jürgen Sieger is joining our German Corporate practice. His expertise in the field of Corporate law and M&A together with his contacts to national and international Corporates will further boost the development of our German Corporate practice.
“During the last few years, I have been following the entry of DLA Piper into the German market and its subsequent progress with great interest. I am very much looking forward to help utilizing the tremendous potential of DLA Piper for further growth of the German Corporate practice,” explains Dr Jürgen Sieger.
