Mr. Wefers, Partner & Head of European Offices, has extensive professional experience in the fields of financial and capital markets, banking and trade law, international litigation, and dispute resolution. He is a member of the Frankfurt Bar (Germany) and works mainly from DRRT’s German office in Frankfurt.
Mr. Wefers is a certified expert in financial and capital markets by Deutsches Anwaltsinstitut e. V. and assists DRRT’s clients in matters of banking and trade law as well as international litigation and dispute resolution.
He represents institutional investors in numerous Dutch Foundation proceedings, international bankruptcy matters, financial antitrust cases, and German private securities actions, among them Hypo Real Estate, one of the largest securities cases ever to be brought by institutional investors in Germany.
Mr. Wefers is also a Member of the FORsettlement Board, Fortis Steerco, and Committee of Representation for Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. (“SHINV”).
Background
Mr. Wefers obtained his law degree from the University of Düsseldorf and Cologne and completed his LL.M. at the University of Miami School of Law. He received certification as an expert in German banking and capital market law.
Mr. Wefers is a native German speaker and is fluent in English and Dutch.
Education
- J.D., University of Düsseldorf and Cologne, Faculty of Law
- LL.M., University of Miami
- Certification in German Legal Specialization Course for Banking and Capital Market Law (Deutsches Anwaltsinstitut e. V.)
Admissions
- Germany (Frankfurt Bar)
Lectures & Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, “Klagen institutioneller Anleger gegen Emittenten – ein Wertschöpfungspotenzial?” at 7. Liechtensteinischer Fondstag, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
- Speaker, “U.S. Recht,” at University Darmstadt, Germany
Articles & Publications
- “Now you see me – now you don’t!”, Newsletter of the Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V. (DAJV)
Memberships
- German-American Lawyers’ Association (Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristenvereinigung) (DAJV)