Career
Christian is a partner in the Corporate and M&A practice at Tauil & Chequer in association with Mayer Brown. He has over 25 years of experience in cross-border M&A transactions, local and international joint ventures and private equity transactions, advising companies, funds and financial institutions in their most important transactions in Brazil and around the globe.
Christian is program ambassador and member of the selection committee of the German Chancellor Fellowship Program organized by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He is also vice president of the German-Brazilian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in São Paulo and senior commissioner for Brazil of the LAV – Association for Latin America (Lateinamerika Verein e.V.).
Christian has vast international experience having previously worked at major international law firms in New York, Singapore, Frankfurt and Munich. Christian graduated in Brazilian law from USP (Universidade de São Paulo) and in German law from LMU (University of Munich). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kiel.
Professional Memberships
Christian is vice president of the German-Brazilian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in São Paulo, senior commissioner for Brazil of the LAV – Association for Latin America (Lateinamerika Verein e.V.), program ambassador and member of the selection committee of the German Chancellor Fellowship Program organized by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Education
Kiel University of Applied Sciences
PhD, magna cum laude
Universidade de São Paulo
Bachelor Degree in Law, as to Brazilian law
University of Munich
Bachelor Degree in Law, as to German law