Sebastian practices in all areas of business law, with a particular focus on corporate and insolvency law.
He also represents clients in civil litigation, drawing on his extensive academic and practical experience. For several years, Sebastian worked at the Chair of Civil Law, Civil Procedure, European Private Law and Procedural (Prof. Dr. Beate Gsell) and at the Munich Center for Dispute Resolution at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. He also gained valuable experience at a law firm specializing in cases before the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof). In addition to his legal practice, Sebastian publishes on current issues in civil and procedural law, including from a comparative law perspective.
Career path
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- 2011 – 2016 Studies at the LMU Munich
- 2013 – 2015 Licence en Droit and Master Droit International at the Université Paris II (Panthéon Assas), France
- 2017 – 2020 Research Assistant at the Chair of Civil Law, Civil Procedure, European Private Law and Procedural at LMU Munich (Chair of Prof. Dr. Beate Gsell)
- 2019 – 2021 Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Munich
- 2021 Dr. iur., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
- Since 2022 KJK Kolmann Jakobs Kramer
Special competences / references
- Various (former) managing directors/board members regarding the defense against liability claims, in particular regarding liability for mass reduction regarding the insolvency estate (Masseschmälerungshaftung)
- French companies and individuals in asserting and defending claims, as well as in the formation and dissolution of German (subsidiary) companies
- Various companies in asserting claims against (insolvent) contractors and customers
- Advising corporations and individuals on the assertion and defense of claims arising from real estate transactions (including hereditary building rights and preliminary legal protection)
More about me
Memberships
- Association for the Support of the Munich Center for Dispute Resolution at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (e. V.) [in German: Verein zur Förderung des Munich Center for Dispute Resolution an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München e.V.]
- DIS40 – German Arbitration Institute’s Young Arbitration Practitioners Group ·
- German Lawyer‘s Association (Deutscher Anwaltsverein)
Awards
Year of joining KJK
2022
Selection of Publications
- Die Obligation im deutschen und französischen Leistungsstörungsrecht – eine dogmatisch-konzeptionelle Untersuchung und Gegenüberstellung, Mohr Siebeck, 2022.
- BeckOK Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), edited by Gsell and Meller-Hannich, Commentary on the Financial Dispute Resolution Bodies Regulation (Finanzschlichtungsstellenverordnung) as well as the procedural rules of several dispute resolution bodies in the banking sector; Overview of the landscape and operations of dispute resolution bodies in Germany (co-authored with Lukas Hundertmark), Munich, since 2022
- Rapport allemand (co-authored with Prof. Dr. Beate Gsell), in: Ancel, Pascal/Prüm, André (eds.), Réformer le droit des contrats? Analyse comparée autour du droit luxembourgeois, 2020, pp. 609-625.
- Le principe dispositif Da mihi factum: rapport général (co-authored with Prof. Dr. Beate Gsell), in: Bolard, Vincent/Pierrat, Myriam (eds,), Les principes directeurs du procès en droit comparé à l’aune de la pensée de Motulsky, 2019, pp. 311-327.
- Zur Frage der Zustimmung der übrigen Wohnungseigentümer zur sofortigen Instandsetzung gravierender Mängel des Gemeinschaftseigentums im Wege der Beschlussersetzung, BGH, Urt. v. 4.5.2019 – V ZR 203/17, ZfIR 2018, S. 557 f. (Entscheidungsanmerkung; gemeinsam verfasst mit Jan Singbartl).
- Zum nachbarrechtlichen Ausgleichsanspruch bei vom Grundstückseigentümer beauftragten Handwerker verursachtem (Brand-)Schaden, BGH, Urt. v. 9.2.2018 – V ZR 311/16, ZfIR 2018, S. 318-320 (Entscheidungsanmerkung; gemeinsam verfasst mit Jan Singbartl).
- Mietwohnungsüberlassung an Touristen: Wimdu, Airbnb & Co. aus zivilrechtlicher Perspektive – Neues von der „kollaborativen Wirtschaft“, NZM 2018, S. 1-6 (gemeinsam verfasst mit Jan Singbartl und Dr. Josef Zintl)