Düsseldorf
+ 49 211 600 55-572 + 49 211 600 55-570 c.appelbaum@heuking.de
Languages
German, English, Spanish, Czech
Practice groups/Expertise
Consulting focuses
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
- Corporate Law
- Financing
- Factoring
- Information Technology (IT)
- Commercial Law
- Automotive
- Banking Supervision Law
- Leasing Law
- Acquisition financing
- Corporate finance
- Real estate financing
- Banking/Litigation
Vita
- Certified specialist lawyer in Banking and Capital Markets Law
- Admitted to the bar since 2007
- Education and former activities
- Rotthege Wassermann, Junior Partner2011-2015
- Shearman & Sterling LLP, Associate2007-2010
- Legal clerkship at the District Court of Duisburg, stations at E.ON, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Economic Ministry of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia 2005-2007
- Scientific assistant at the Ruhr University Bochum, PhD (Bochum) 2002-2005
- Law studies at the universities of Osnabrück and Seville1996-2002
Affiliations
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Academic Society for Banking Law
- Banking and Capital Markets Law Study Group of the German Lawyers’ Association
- Deutsch-Spanische Juristenvereinigung e.V. / Asociación Hispano-Alemana de Juristas
Dr. Christian Appelbaum's Distinctions
Best Lawyers 2024
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2023
Best Lawyers 2023
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2021
Best Lawyers 2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2020
Best Lawyers 2021
Latest news
Publications
2020
Legal implications of the coronavirus at a glance
Special newsletter coronavirus,
together with Dr. Sebastian Jungemeyer, Christoph Prochnau, LL.B., Dr. Verena Hoene, LL.M. (University of Washington), Dr. Stefan Jöster, LL.M., Dr. Philip Kempermann, LL.M., Michael Below