PROFILE
Christian Meyer advises on directors and officers liability, D&O claims, M&A, corporate law, and compliance. Christian Meyer specializes in directors and officers liability and D&O insurance law. He also regularly handles transactions of various sizes. He worked as a lawyer at Hengeler Mueller in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt before joining orka in 2007. He has been a partner since 2014.
Christian Meyer studied law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn and subsequently worked for six months at the law firm Société d’Avocat Vogel & Vogel in Paris. In 2002, he received his doctorate from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
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REFERENCES
Listed continuously for several years in the JUVE Handbook as a recommended lawyer in the Corporate/M&A practice area, most recently in 2026/2027.
- “Often recommended lawyer” (corporate law); “professionally excellent, good negotiator”, competitor, JUVE Handbook 2024/2025
- “excellent advisor in several long-standing proceedings with the highest success rate”, client, JUVE Handbook 2023/2024
“Recommended lawyer in the area of Corporate / M&A”, JUVE Handbook 2025/2026
- “Often recommended lawyer” (corporate law); “professionally excellent, good negotiator”, competitor, JUVE Handbook 2024/2025
- “excellent advisor in several long-standing proceedings with the highest success rate”, client, JUVE Handbook 2023/2024
- Recommended in the “Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market” category, Chambers Germany Ranking 2026
- Recommended lawyer for Corporate / M&A, Legal 500 Germany 2026
- Recommended lawyer for corporate law, Legal 500 Germany 2025
NEWSLETTER (IN GERMAN)
Newsletter: Direktanspruch gegen den D&O-Versicherer – Darlegungs-/Beweislast und Rolle des ehemaligen Organmitglieds
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