Overview
Matthias Distler has in-depth litigation experience in all major German courts and assists clients in cross-border disputes and transactions.
He focuses his practice on national and international litigation and arbitration regarding complex and high-value damage claims with a special emphasis on directors and officers (D&O) liability disputes as well as conflicts arising from merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions and insolvencies. His experience also encompasses corporate and commercial litigation as well as the defence against class action lawsuits.
Matthias represents clients from the industrial and the financial sector in large-scale and cross-jurisdictional litigation as well as in out-of-court dispute resolution and pre-trial negotiations.
In addition to a wide range of national and international companies, his clients include board members, supervisory board members, managing directors and insolvency administrators.
Results
Matthias advised:
- A major Chinese investment company in a multi-million euro cross-border dispute regarding the acquisition of a German private bank
- A major Chinese Investment company in enforcement proceedings
- A former managing director of a German stock company in a multi-million Euro D&O-dispute
- A director of a GmbH in an international multi-million Euro dispute
- An investment company in international construction proceedings regarding claim for damages
- A major global real estate services provider in asserting and enforcing brokerage fees against a well-known international restaurant franchise company at first instance and on appeal
Recognitions
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™, “Ones to Watch” in Germany: Litigation, 2024-2025
Community
- DIS (German Arbitration Institute)
- DIS40 (German Arbitration Institute)
- ICC Germany (Commission on Arbitration and ADR)
- ICC Germany, Editorial Advisory Board
