Christian Schmidt

Christian is a German attorney-at-law admitted by the Warsaw Bar Association as a foreign lawyer. Specializes in legal services for foreign investments in Poland and in Polish-German legal relations. Advises, in particular, German-speaking clients investing in Poland as well as Polish companies and institutions conducting transactions in Germany and other German-speaking countries. Heads the GESSEL German Desk team. Christian has experience in many legal areas, including mergers and acquisitions and direct investments in industries such as metallurgy, construction and real estate, automotive, food processing, pharmaceuticals, transportation, mass media, banking and insurance. Advises, among other entities, German banks and financial institutions granting loans to Polish entities as well as companies involved in various projects in Poland. An important part of his business is providing day-to-day advice in areas such as corporate law, civil law and labour law to Polish clients who have subsidiaries or operate in Germany (German law) and to German-speaking clients in Poland (Polish law).

In 1995, began practicing at the Frankfurt law firm Boesebeck Droste, moving to its Warsaw office in 1997. From 2000 to 2004, was the managing partner at the Warsaw office of Lovells, an international law firm. Since October 2005, has been a partner at GESSEL.

Studied law at the Universities of Bielefeld and Hamburg

1981

Legal postgraduate studies at the University of St. Petersburg

1985