Dr. Dorothee Gierth
Member of the Federation of Corporate Lawyers
Dr. Gierth was admitted to the bar in 2004. In her academic career she worked at the chair of Prof. Dr. Ingo Saenger in Münster. After long-term-work in a supra-regional law firm specialized in corporate law, she was founding partner of HuP in 2011.
In addition to her long-standing experience in litigation, Dr. Gierth is also specialized in out-of-court dispute resolution. For this purpose she represents our clients before national and international arbitration courts.
Furthermore, Dr. Gierth has particular expertise in assisting in the general meeting of shareholders under stock corporation law and in representing stock corporations in special legal proceedings under stock corporation law (action for avoidance, appraisal rights proceedings, release proceedings). Besides her work as a lawyer, Dr. Gierth regularly publishes academic articles and comments on judgements in specialist journals.
Education and training:
State examinations in Münster and Düsseldorf 2000 and 2004
Admission to the bar 2004
Doctorate (Dr. iur.) from the Faculty of Law of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster 2005
Professional background:
Chair of Prof. Dr. Saenger, Münster 2000 - 2003
Bezzenberger Rechtsanwälte, Berlin 2004 - 2011
Hahn und Partner Rechtsanwälte, Berlin since 2011
The submission procedure according to the KapMuG
WM 2007, pages 482-485
Content and scope of civil prospectus liability
DB 2006, pages 1664-1669
Judgment annotations:
Requirements for a conciliation body in accordance with § 204 Para. 1 No. 4 BGB, comment to BGH of 28.01.2016, III ZB 88/15
WuB 2016, 444-447
Applicability of the KapMuG only to actions for performance or also to actions for declaratory judgement, comment to the Court of Appeal of 15.10.2014, 24. ch. 1/14
WuB 2015, 181-184
On the reopening of proceedings wrongfully suspended under Section 7 KapMuG, comment on Munich Higher Regional Court of 13 October 2011, 5 W 1832/11
WuB 2012, 177-178
Suspension of proceedings pursuant to section 7 para. 1 sentence 1 KapMuG; proceedings against investment advisors and investment brokers, note to OLG Munich of 30 September 2008, 19 U 3510/08
WuB 2009, 421-422
Scope of application of the KapMuG; model assessment application, prospectus liability in the broader sense, note to BGH of 30.10.2008, III ZB 92/07
S&E 2009, 363-366
Scope of application of the KapMuG and admissible content of model proceedings applications, comment to BGH of 10.06.2008, XI ZB 26/07
WuB 2009, 151-154
Treatment of the ordinary cooperative society in the capital investor model proceedings, comment on BGH of 21.04.2008, II ZB 6/07
WuB 2009, 147-149
Inadmissibility of a model application when it is ready for decision according to § 1 (3) sentence 1 no. 1 sentence 2 KapMuG, comment to BGH of 03.12.2007, II ZB 15/07
S&E 2008, 477-478
Applicability of § 32 b) ZPO for investments in the so-called grey capital market, note to OLG Munich of 27.07.2006, 31 AR 70/06 and OLG Munich of 10.11.2006, 31 AR 114/06
SCO 2007, 319-320
On the seller's obligation to provide information in negotiations on the purchase of a company or shares in a GmbH, note to the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) of 04.04.2001, VIII ZR 32/00
(with Prof. Ingo Saenger)
WuB IV A. § 276 BGB 3.01