Thorsten Makowka, LL.M.

Thorsten Makowka, LL.M. read law at the University of Kiel, the University of Hamburg and LUISS University in Rome.

He obtained his Master of Laws (LL.M.) in 2012 with a thesis on the lawyer’s role in advising on company acquisitions (M&A).

Following his Referendariat (post-graduate practical legal training) at the Landgericht Lübeck (Lübeck Regional Court), he was admitted to the bar in Munich in 2008.

He began his career acting for international clients of PwC Legal AG in Frankfurt am Main and completed a secondment with Siemens AG in Munich during that time.

He then worked as in-house counsel for PVH Corp., one of the largest apparel groups in the world.

Since 2011 he has held the title of Fachanwalt für Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht (certified specialist in commercial and corporate law), conferred by the Rechtsanwaltskammer (bar association) Frankfurt am Main; in 2018 the Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf conferred on him the title of Fachanwalt für Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht (certified specialist in international business law).

His commercial law work covers the drafting and negotiation of domestic and cross-border contracts, distribution law, and the representation of clients before authorities, notaries, commercial registers and the courts.

In corporate law his practice ranges from ongoing advice to mid-sized businesses (“corporate housekeeping”), the preparation and conduct of shareholders’ meetings, the formation and purchase of companies (including shelf companies), liquidations, share transfers and reorganisations, through to company acquisitions.

He also acts in corporate disputes out of court and before the courts.