Dr. Olaf von Gadow
ATTORNEY (GERMANY)
CERTIFIED AS EMPLOYMENT LAW SPECIALIST
+49 (0) 40 32 55 77 – 0
gadow@alp.de
Correspondence languages:
Primary legal fields:
- Employment law (specialist lawyer)
- Contract law
- General business law
- Commercial and corporate law (successful completion of the specialist course)
- Insolvency law
Education:
Born in Bonn in 1969. After passing his Abitur (German school leaving examination) and completing his military service, he completed a banking apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank AG, Bielefeld. Then completed a Law degree at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn. Passed the first state examination in law in Cologne in 1996. Legal clerkship in Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and Canada. Second state examination in law in Hamburg in 1999. Dissertation; doctorate in 2001.
Professional career:
Called to the bar in Hamburg in 2001. Worked for several years as a lawyer in the fields of corporate, real estate and insolvency law, international M&A and real estate transactions as well as corporate restructurings for a large global law firm founded in the USA. Starting in 2005, worked as a lawyer in the fields of employment law, contract law, general business law, commercial and corporate law and insolvency law for a highly specialised global law firm in Hamburg with a focus on medium-sized companies (as partner since 2010). Became a founding partner of the law firm A│L│P Rechtsanwälte in 2015.