Wirtschaftskanzlei Graf von Westphalen

Dr Gerd Schwendinger, LL.M.

Lawyer
Partner

Dr. Gerd Schwendinger is deputy head of the customs & foreign trade practice group and heads the firm's state aid and subsidy law department. He has been advising companies and authorities comprehensively in these areas of law for many years. As a lawyer and former judge, Dr. Schwendinger has extensive forensic experience and represents clients in proceedings before German and European courts as well as before the European Commission. He is co-head of the USA Desk and head of the firm's Diversity Committee.

Contact

Offices

Hamburg
GvW Graf von Westphalen
Poststrasse 9 – Alte Post
20354 Hamburg

Brussels
GvW Graf von Westphalen
Rond-point Robert Schuman 2-4
1040 Bruxelles

Experience

Judge at the Verwaltungsgericht [Administrative Court] and Amtsgericht [Local Court] Hamburg, Rechtsanwalt (lawyer) in international law firm

Education

Studied in Gießen, Bordeaux and Florence

Teaching

Hamburg; Lecturer at Bucerius Law School in European Law (State Aid and Subsidies, Foreign Trade and Customs); Lecturer at Hamburger Zollakademie [Hamburg Customs Academy]; Lecturer (State Aid and Subsidies) at IREBS International Real Estate Business School

Membership

Europäisches Forum für Außenwirtschaft, Verbrauchsteuern und Zoll [European Forum for External Trade, Excise and Customs]; Außenwirtschaftsrunde e.V. [Foreign Trade Round]; Berliner Gesprächskreis zum Europäischen Beihilfenrecht e.V. [Berlin Discussion Group on European Subsidies Law (registered association)]

Languages

German, English, French, Italian