Dr. Steffen Lindemann

Senior Associate // Rechtsanwalt

steffen.lindemann@rothorn.legal
m +49 151 70 60 30 73

Steffen Lindemann specialises in corporate litigation and commercial arbitration.

He represents German and international clients in complex disputes with a focus on contractual disputes, post M&A disputes, cartel damage claims and corporate liability disputes. Before joining rothorn legal, Steffen was an Associate in the Dispute Resolution department of Linklaters LLP in Frankfurt. Steffen holds a Ph.D. from Goethe University of Frankfurt.

Steffen speaks German and English.

Experience (Excerpt)

Representing the insolvency administrator of an insolvent industrial company in an ICC arbitration concerning corporate law claims against its former international parent company following an M&A transaction
Representing a financial investor in a DIS arbitration concerning claims arising from a share transaction
Representing a German financial institution in corporate liability proceedings
Representing a listed German construction company in corporate liability claims against several D&O insurers
Advising an international pharmaceutical company in a licensing and distribution dispute
Advising an international automotive supplier in litigation with customers and material suppliers in connection with a cross-border recall of defective parts

Qualifications

Rechtsanwalt (Germany)
University of Freiburg (Germany)
University of Frankfurt (Germany)
Legal Training (Referendariat), Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt, Regional Court of Wiesbaden (Germany)
Teaching and research assistant, University of Frankfurt (Germany). Steffen coached the University of Freiburg’s successful teams in the 19th/9th Willem C. Vis Moot 2011/2012 and in the 21st/11th Willem C. Vis Moot 2013/2014.

Publications

“Witness preparation in German civil court proceedings” (Zeugenvorbereitung im Zivilprozess), Dissertation, 2020
“Litigation financing in the USA” (Prozessfinanzierung in den USA), ZIP 2019, 1461 (with Joachim Zekoll)
Commentary on Art. 28, 29 CISG, in Gsell/Krüger u.a. (Hrsg.), beck-online Großkommentar Zivilrecht (with Chris Thomale)