Prof. Dr. Roderich C. Thümmel, LL.M. (Harvard)
Lawyer, Attorney-at-law (New York)
Roderich C. Thümmel studied at the Universities of Tübingen and Munich and at the Harvard Law School (LL.M. ‘84’). In addition to his German licence, he has also been admitted as an attorney at law in New York. He is an honorary professor at the University of Tübingen for international commercial law and arbitral jurisdiction.
Roderich C. Thümmel specialises in advising on matters of corporate law, especially family-owned enterprises, compliance and avoidance of liability for executive managers, and supervisory boards. Further cores of his practice are insurance law, and D&O insurance in particular. He regularly represents executive managers and supervisory boards in liability proceedings. Additionally, he advises D&O insurers as monitoring or coverage counsel.
Another focal point of his practice is arbitral jurisdiction. He has served as an arbitrator in more than 100 national and international arbitration proceedings. These mainly concern post-M&A proceedings, corporate litigations (especially relating to joint venture relations), matters of (international) distribution, energy law, and other complex contractual agreements.
Roderich C. Thümmel is a member of various supervisory and advisory boards, especially those of family-owned enterprises. He acts as honorary consul for the Republic of Iceland in Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz, and Saarland.
Location
Stuttgart
Languages
German, English, French
Phone
+49 (0)711 1667 156
Email
roderich.thuemmel@tsp-law.com
Main areas of activity
- Worldwide Conflict Resolution
- Liability & Insurance
- Corporate & Commercial
- Arbitration
- Family-owned enterprises
References
- Regular lectures and seminars in stock corporation law, on corporate governance, especially on the tasks and rights of supervisory boards, on supervisory board liability, on international contractual and procedural law as well as arbitration.
- Roderich C. Thümmel was chosen as one of the 25 best German lawyers in stock corporation law in the magazine WirtschaftsWoche (29/2010). Additionally, the Handelsblatt regularly recommends him as an excellent business lawyer for corporate law and arbitration. He was honoured by the Handelsblatt as one of “Germany’s best lawyers” in the fields of corporate law, and arbitration/dispute participation/ mediation in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Memberships
- International Bar Association
- Association of German American lawyers
- Germany Legal Council
- German Institution for arbitration and other arbitral institutions
Publications
- Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift „Der Aufsichtsrat“
- Persönliche Haftung von Managern und Aufsichtsräten – Haftungsrisiken bei Managementfehlern, Risikobegrenzung und D&O-Versicherung, Richard-Boorberg-Verlag, 5. völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage, 2016
- Schiedsgericht und Schiedsverfahren (zusammen mit Prof. Dr. Rolf A. Schütze), C.H. Beck, 7. Aufl. 2021
- Die Europäische Aktiengesellschaft (SE), Leitfaden für die Unternehmens- und Beratungspraxis, Verlag Recht und Wirtschaft, 2005
