Dr Marcus P. Lerch LL.M. (Cambridge)

Counsel
Marcus Lerch is deeply experienced in mass claims, insolvency, corporate and supply chain disputes, particularly those arising from the automotive and real estate sectors.
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About

Marcus P. Lerch advises and represents national and international companies in commercial and business law disputes in state courts, before arbitral tribunals, and in mediations. He is experienced with insolvency related disputes, supply chain disputes, as well as the defence against mass claims.

In May 2023, the Committee on legal affairs of the German Bundestag invited Marcus to present his expert opinion on how mass claims should be regulated. He regularly writes and contributes to articles on current trends in dispute resolution as well as German and European business and financial markets law.

Professional QualificationsRechtsanwalt 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.
  • Representing a property development company in a mediation with its partners.*
  • Representing an international fund manager in a dispute resulting from the insolvency of an international bank and contractual counterparty.*
  • Advising an international industrial corporation regarding risk mitigation after a cyberattack.*
  • Advising an international insurance company in a property development dispute involving a joint venture company.*
  • 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).*
  • Advising a global manufacturer of home appliances in a multijurisdictional dispute airing out of the insolvency of a commercial customer, including developing and implementing the defence against claw-back and tort claims brought forward by an insolvency administrator.*
  • Representing an industry supplier in an international mediation with a trade partner.*
  • Representing the joint representative of a group of bondholders in an insolvency-related dispute with shareholders.*
  • Representing a leading German financial institution in an ad hoc arbitration concerning various corporate law issues.*
  • Advising a hotel group in a dispute involving claims brought forward by an insolvency administrator resulting from a real estate transaction.*
  • Representing a real estate investment company in contract-related disputes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the hospitality sector.*
  • Representing an international industrial corporation in a post-M&A arbitration according to the rules of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS).*
  • Defending a building-material dealer and energy company in an action brought by shareholders seeking the annulment of resolutions of the Annual General Meeting.*

*Denotes experience from a previous firm.

Languages
  • German
  • English
Education
  • University of Cambridge, Peterhouse, Commercial Law Designation, Master of Law, LL.M., 2017

  • Hanseatic Higher Regional Court, Oberlandesgericht, Second State Examination, 2016

  • Bucerius Law School, Dr. iur., 2015

  • Bucerius Law School, Bachelor of Law, LL.B. and First State Examination in Law, 2010/2011

     

    Columbia University, New York, Exchange Program Fall Term, 2008

  • Bucerius Law School, Bachelor of Law, LL.B. and First State Examination in Law, 2010/2011

     

    Columbia University, New York, Exchange Program Fall Term, 2008

AWARDs

  • National Leader, Germany, Commercial Litigation, Who is Who Legal 2024
  • One to Watch, Litigation, Best Lawyers Magazine / Handelsblatt 2022-2024

  • One to Watch, Corporate Law, Best Lawyers Magazine / Handelsblatt 2022-2024

  • One to Watch, Arbitration and Mediation, Best Lawyers Magazine / Handelsblatt 2023 and 2024

Publications

Seminars

  • Moderation of panels on the problem landscape concerning mass claims and the evolution of collective redress at “Massclaim-Masterclass”, 2024 (Bucerius Law School, Massenverfahren Masterclass)

Prior Experience

  • 2017 - 2024: Principal Associate at a Magic Circle law firm in Hamburg with secondments to London and Duesseldorf

  • 2020: Secondment to Dr. Reiner Hall, attorney at the Federal Court of Justice (Karlsruhe)

Additional Qualifications

  • Business Mediator, Münchener Ausbildung – Eidenmüller/Hacke/Fries

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