Dr. Alexander Seitz, LL.M. (Tel Aviv)
- Lawyer
- Associated Partner
Alexander advises companies, managing directors, board members and shareholders on matters of civil, commercial, and insolvency law. He acts as counsel in state courts and arbitration. His practice focuses on complex commercial law matters in a national and international context. He draws on his many years of experience as a lawyer, which he gained at two international law firms.
His work as a lawyer focuses on liability issues involving suppliers and customers in supply chains. Furthermore, he provides strategic advice on enforcing and defending against price adjustment claims and represents clients in the event of losses. In addition, he advises on claw back actions and on liability-related aspects of insolvency law. This includes advising managing directors in crisis situations and defending former managing directors against claims by third parties.
Career path
Heading
- 2008 – 2013 Law studies at LMU Munich
- 2013 – 2015 Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court Munich
- 2016 – 2017 LL.M., Tel Aviv University, Israel
- 2020 Dr. iur., Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
- 2017 – 2018 Simmons & Simmons LLP
- 2018 – 2020 EBA Endrös-Baum Associés
- Since 2021 KJK Kolmann Jakobs Kramer, Associated Partner
Special competences / references
Extensive litigation experience:
- Representation of a railway company in a DIS arbitration proceeding regarding the enforcement of claims
- Representation of a Danish plant manufacturer against a US/German supplier regarding the enforcement of claims for damages in an ICC arbitration proceeding
- Defense of former managing directors against claims by the insolvency administrator
- Defense of companies against claw back actions
- Advice on serial defects affecting multiple properties in a real estate portfolio
Extensive extrajudicial experience on civil and commercial law issues:
- Advising suppliers with regard to the enforcement of price adjustments claims
- Advising a German chemical company on the assessment of damage to its leased fleet of chemical tank cars
- Advising a German manufacturer of laser equipment regarding the defense against claims for damages
- Advising several transport service providers regarding defects affecting their vehicle fleets
Extensive out-of-court consulting experience on insolvency law issues:
- Advising managing directors in crisis situations (e.g., on permissible actions)
- Advising a British automotive supplier regarding the insolvency of its German supplier with the aim of securing the release of tools
- Insolvency advice to a leading hotel group with regard to the Thomas Cook insolvency
More about me
Memberships
- DIS
- DIS40
- YAAP
Awards
Best lawyers – Ones to Watch in the field of litigation (since 2023).
Year of joining KJK
2021
Selection of Publications
- The liability for Acts of God in civil law – a dogmatic distinction from the liability for random damages (original title in German: Die Zufallshaftung im Bürgerlichen Recht – eine dogmatische Abgrenzung zur Haftung für zufällig eintretende Schäden), Ergon/Nomos Verlag, 2020.
- The right of access and reproduction of digital images of the marriage period – family law limitations of copyright (original title in German: Zugangs- und Vervielfältigungsrecht an digitalen Bildern der Ehezeit – Familienrechtliche Schranken des Urheberrechts; together with Dr. Nadja Danninger), Neue Zeitschrift für das Familienrecht (NZFam) 19/2016, pp. 868-872.
- The Limitations of the Binding Effect of Joint Wills (original title in German: Die Grenzen der Bindungswirkung gemeinschaftlicher Testamente; together with Dr. Felix Wobst), Juristische Arbeitsblätter (JA) 7/2015, pp. 494-497.
- No Prohibition of Dissemination of Information of Prescription-Only Medicinal Products on a Manufacturer’s Website – ECJ C-316/09, European Journal of Risk Regulation (EJRR) 3/2011, S. 447-449