Dr. Christian Ule

Areas of Concentration

• Middle Eastern business and investment laws, especially:
  • international law of contracts and international commercial and corporate law
  • distribution law, supply contracts
  • plant engineering and construction contracts (incl. F.I.D.I.C.) 
• Foreign Direct Investment with special focus on the Near and Middle East 
• Joint Ventures
• Project and Export finance
• Technology Transfer into the Middle East incl. license agreements
• Legal representation before tribunals in Germany, the Middle East and North Africa, including arbitral tribunals, also in English as language of the proceedings

Career

• MENA Legal, Founding Partner, Frankfurt/Main, 2004 to date
• Coudert Brothers LLP, Senior Associate, Frankfurt/Main (Head of the Middle East Practice Group), 2000 - 2004
• Schürmann & Partners, Senior Associate, Frankfurt/Main (Co-Founder of the Middle East Practice Group), 1999
• Eimer, Heuschmid, Mehle, Bonn (Head of International Desk), 1995 - 1999
• Federal Ministry of Economic Development, EU-Department, Legal Intern, Bonn, 1994
• Federal State Department, German Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Legal Department, Legal Intern, 1993
• Abt, Widmaier & Otto, Heidelberg, Trainee Lawyer, 1992 - 1993
• Yansouni, Eldib & Partners, Alexandria (Egypt), Trainee Lawyer, 1990 - 1991