#Press Releases

9 October 2024

GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ has appointed Jens Poll as Salary Partner with effect from October 1, 2024. Dr. Marco Sustmann, Partner of the firm, comments on the appointment as follows: “We are very pleased to continue the excellent cooperation with Jens Poll as Salary Partner. For many years, he has contributed significantly to the success of the firm through his great commitment. He is an essential pillar of the corporate/litigation team due to his successful work in the area of capital markets and corporate litigation.” Dr. Alexander Retsch, Partner of the firm, adds: “The appointment of Jens Poll as Salary Partner confirms the positive development of the litigation practice in our firm, to which he contributes greatly. Thereby, GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ underlines the firm’s striving for organic growth and sustainable development opportunities.” 

Jens Poll studied law at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen with stays abroad at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and the University of Warsaw, Poland. During his doctoral studies, he worked as a research assistant at the chair of (†) Prof. Dr. Gerald Spindler in Göttingen and in a leading German law firm. He received his doctorate from the Georg-August University of Göttingen in 2018.

He began his professional career in October 2018 as an associate at GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ. Prior to that, Jens Poll worked as a trainee lawyer at GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ and at the German Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar.

Jens Poll advises German and international clients on all aspects of corporate and commercial law. His practice focuses on corporate and capital market disputes as well as comprehensive advice and representation of companies, associations and their bodies in (extra-)judicial disputes.

GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ, with currently approx. 30 lawyers and a total of approx. 60 legal and non-legal employees, specializes in the areas of Corporate & Competition. In addition to its traditional advisory services, the firm has also made a name for itself in the fields of M&A, litigation and compliance. As a focused boutique law firm, GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ advises, nationally and internationally, companies listed on the DAX, MDAX or TecDAX, medium-sized companies as well as foreign, globally active groups and investors in corporate law, on mergers and acquisitions, on restructuring and reorganization, in cartel fine and merger control proceedings as well as on compliance issues. In the area of litigation, the focus is on resolving conflicts under corporate law, capital markets law and antitrust law.

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