Christian Dolff, LLM
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Partner
Christian Dolff specialises in national and international litigation. Christian advises clients and represents their interests in complex disputes, often with a cross-border dimension, focusing mainly on corporate, liability and insurance matters. Christian is a regular author of articles and publications on these topics.
Projects
- Providing ongoing advice and representing companies and members of governing bodies before the courts, including D&O monitoring, in cross-border D&O liability cases
- Advising on an insolvency-related dispute regarding claims for damages on account of payments made after insolvency and unlawful contracts with members of the supervisory board (2017-2021)
- Advising and representing an automotive supplier on the enforcement of claims for damages against a former managing director due to irregularities at a US subsidiary (2013-2020)
- Advising on an insolvency-related post-M&A dispute involving claims for damages due to a breach of sellers’ warranties (2019)
- Advising and representing the former CFO of a publicly listed company in a cross-border D&O liability dispute on account of alleged tax irregularities in Turkey (2014-2019)
- Advising on an insolvency-related dispute concerning damages claims arising from contract manufacturing (2017, 2018)
- Advising and representing a trading company in a cross-border D&O liability dispute on account of prohibited derivatives transactions in Gibraltar (2015-2017)
- Advising and representing the client in company, distribution, and antitrust law-related litigation in the automotive sector; value of claim €3.5 billion (2016)
Distinctions
- "We see him often, really up and coming", Competitors, Juve Ranking
- "I appreciate the full commitment to the matter, the goal-orientated thinking and the creativity in achieving the desired objectives. In particular, I would like to emphasise the cooperation with Christian Dolff, which is characterised by the high level of content, effectiveness and foresight with regard to the issues." - client, legal500 2025 (commercial litigation)
- “Technically very adept, pleasant to work with“, client, JUVE Handbook 2024/2025 (Dispute Resolution)
- Recommended as „Ones to watch” in Arbitration and Mediation, International Arbitration, Litigation, Handelsblatt/ Best Lawyers 2024/2025
My insights
Career
Studied law at the University of Münster
Assistant with a major international law firm in Düsseldorf
Research assistant at the Institute for Corporate and Capital Markets Law (Prof. Rüdiger Veil)
Doctoral studies at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg
Postgraduate studies, Master of Laws (LL.M.) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK)
At Noerr since 2013
Admitted to the Düsseldorf Chamber of Lawyers
Publications
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