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Holger Jacobs
Senior Associate
Frankfurt
Senior Associate
Biography
Holger advises clients in all areas of dispute resolution both in and out of court, with a particular emphasis on cross‑border civil litigation.
Holger has a wealth of experience representing clients in complex civil cases, inter alia in the context of real estate transactions, tax-driven deals and post-M&A disputes. He also advises clients on arbitration proceedings, arbitration-related court proceedings and on the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards and foreign judgments. Holger is an expert in private international law. He publishes regularly in this field and teaches private international law at the University of Bonn.
Practice areas
- Disputes
- Financial services litigation
- Corporate and commercial litigation
- White-collar defense and global investigations
Selected experience
- An international financial group in civil litigations arising from cum/ex-trades.
- A client against a liability claim brought by an insolvency administrator for alleged breach of professional duty in the amount of EUR 1.5 billion.
- A bank against damage claims brought by the purchaser of an estate that had been mortgaged to the bank.
- A German investor in court proceedings brought by an EU member state concerning the admissibility of an ICSID arbitration.
- An investor against an anti-enforcement injunction brought by an EU member state concerning the enforcement of an ICSID award.
- An Austrian company in a DIS arbitration concerning a post-M&A dispute under German law.
Education
- Doctor iur., Law, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, 2021
- Magister Juris, Law, University of Oxford, UK, 2018
- Magister rerum publicarum, Administrative Sciences, Speyer, Germany, 2017
- Second State Exam, Law, Germany, 2016
- First State Exam, Law, Germany, 2014
Admissions
- Rechtsanwalt, Germany, 2021