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Christina

Christina Valdini LL.M. (King’s College London)

Counsel
Hamburg
About

Christina Valdini represents clients in litigations, arbitrations, mediations and in out-of-court dispute resolution proceedings. She advises national and international companies and financial institutions in all areas of business and commercial law. Her focus is on insolvency, commercial and corporate disputes, financial services disputes as well as defence in mass claims proceedings and collective actions.

Due to her many years of experience with mass claims proceedings, she has extensive and recognized expertise in handling the challenges of such proceedings, for example efficiency improvements, process and team management.

Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsCorporateFinancial ServicesRestructuringReal EstateIndustrials
Professional QualificationsRechtsanwältin admitted with Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg

EXPERIENCE

  • Representing a property development company in a dispute with creditors after an international insolvency related restructuring.
  • Representing a crowd investment broker against investor claims.
  • Advising and representing a global OEM in its worldwide defence against compliance-related customer claims brought against the OEM and its dealers (with a special focus on the law of legal services).*
  • Conducting a major internal investigation for a global financial institution in connection with US cross border business.*
  • Representing a German airport in a dispute about claw-back of payments received against the insolvency administrator of an airline.*
  • Defending a leading German financial institution against claw-back action.*
  • Defending a leading international financial institution in litigation proceedings relating to complex international financial transactions.*
  • Advising and representing a leading German insurance company in a dispute against a former insurance agent.*
  • Representing an international start-up company in a contract-related dispute with its former subsidiaries.*
  • Defending a German chemical company against a claw-back action.*

*Denotes experience from a previous firm.

Languages
  • German
  • English
Education
  • Hanseatic Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht), Bar Exam, 2013
  • King’s College London, Master of Laws –LL.M, commercial law designation, 2011
  • University of Hamburg, State Examination in Law, 2009

Publications and media

  • Herausforderungen an den Zivilprozess bei Massenverfahren – Ein Blick aus der anwaltlichen Praxis, Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) 2023, 420 et seq. (with Dr. Marcus Lerch)

Seminars

  • Moderation of panels on the problem landscape concerning mass claims and the evolution of collective redress at “Massclaim-Masterclass” 2024 (Bucerius Law School, https://www.law-school.de/massenverfahren-masterclass)

Prior Experience

  • 2022-2024: Co-Lead of a Magic Circle law firm's dedicated mass claims unit
  • 2014-2024: Principal Associate at a Magic Circle law firm in Hamburg, seconded to New York in 2015

My latest insights

News

Growth in Germany: DLA Piper expands significantly at counsel level

1 July 2024 .4 minute read

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Phone

+49 40 188 88 240
(Work, Hamburg)
+49 160 98 78 65 12
(Mobile, Hamburg)
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