Hanno is a founding partner of Oppenhoff. He was a partner at Oppenhoff & Rädler/Linklaters LLP from 1978 to 2007. He studied law at the Universities of Cologne, Lausanne (Dr. iur. Soutenance de Thèse) and Bonn. Prior to commencing his career in Germany he worked for the law firm Bussy, Rusconi & Partners in Lausanne.
Experience
Hanno Goltz specialises in mergers and acquisitions, advising and representing domestic and foreign companies on the sale and purchase of companies and businesses and on the legal structures for cooperations between companies in Germany and abroad. He is also experienced within the insurance sector, including M&A transactions, the establishment of new insurance companies, insurance supervision law, the restructuring and the distribution of insurance products. He represents leading international insurance and reinsurance groups in major disputes before the courts and arbitration tribunals.
His excellent services in the insurance industry have earned him international recognition, amongst other things through his inclusion in the Guide to the World’s Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers published by the Legal Media Group and nomination as leading expert in national and international registers such as the JUVE Handbook, Legal 500 or Who’s Who Legal Germany. The US-American publishing company Best Lawyers voted him to be one of the best lawyers in Germany for Insurance Law. He has frequently given lectures and participated in international studies and publications within the scope of the IBA Insurance Committee.
Education
Dr. Hanno Goltz
PartnerRechtsanwalt
Languages
German, English, French
Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 23
50668 Cologne
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Books and Legal Commentaries
Co-author of the Nomos Commentary on the German Insurance Supervision Act [Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetz – VAG]
(1st edition 2017) on partial aspects of reinsurance supervision and the use of special purpose vehicles, as well as on several other provisions