People
Julia Becker
Biography
Julia advises and represents both domestic and international clients in all areas of dispute resolution in and out of court with a focus on banking and finance litigation.
A key area of her practice involves funds and asset management litigation, including portfolio-related disputes and cross-border enforcement actions in connection with complex fund structures.
Julia also regularly advises and represents clients in commercial disputes, particularly those arising in connection with supply chains and sanctions. She also has expertise in the contentious and civil liability dimensions of ESG matters.
Practice areas
- Disputes
- Financial services litigation
- Corporate and commercial litigation
- Environmental and climate change litigation
- White-collar defense and global investigations
Selected experience
- Operating bank regarding the claim based on a bank guarantee in the two-digit-million range by a Russian beneficiary subject to EU sanctions. The mandate includes legal advice from four different jurisdictions – Germany, Russia, France, UK.
- A Luxembourg umbrella fund in connection with a complex cross border investment structure through which the client holds indirect investments in various real estate and real estate development projects. The mandate focuses on advising and representing the client in ongoing and anticipated disputes with various project partners across multiple jurisdictions.
- A German chemical company in a dispute with a supplier regarding a partial delivery failure due to an alleged Force Majeure event. Amount in dispute: around EUR 60 million.
Education
- Second State Exam, Law, Germany, 2016
- First State Exam, Law, Germany, 2013
- Magister Legum (LL.M.), University of Cologne and University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), 2011
- Maîtrise en droit, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), France 2011
Admissions
- Rechtsanwältin, Germany, 2016
Languages
- English
- French
- Spanish