\ DR. IUR. CHRISTIAN STEINER

RECHTSANWALT [GERMAN ATTORNEY AT LAW] BERLIN, GERMANY

ABOGADO [SPANISH ATTORNEY AT LAW] SEVILLE, SPAIN

Christian Steiner advises on the broad spectrum of cross-border corporate engagement between Europe and the MENA-countries, especially the Maghreb.

This includes risk management in the case of foreign investments, strategies to avoid litigations hazards, and compliance.

Christian gathered diverse experience throughout his international career at the intersections of economy, politics, law and civil society in Western Europe, South East Europe, Latin America and North Africa.

He has worked both as a corporate law attorney and rule of law consultant.

This background is an asset when advice is required both in international cooperation and cross-border corporate projects in States that face challenges when it comes to the effectiveness of law, the reliability of public authorities and transparency in corporate competition.

Law school at the Universities of Göttingen (Germany), Granada (Spain, Erasmus scholarship) and Freiburg i. Br. (Germany, First State Exam of Law | 1993-1998. Emphasis on European Union Law

Second State Exam of Law | 2001. Emphasis on international public law

PhD of Law (Dr. iur.) at the University Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt/M (Prof. Dr. Dr. Rainer Hofmann)

Associate professor of civil law at the University Pablo Olavide

State Bar Association of Berlin

German Federal Bar Association

Seville Bar Association, Spain

Member of the CBBL Practice Group Arbitration

Member of the German-Moroccan Chamber of Commerce (Casablanca)

Cooperating Partner of Rödl & Partner

Forum Sevilla, Association of German Entrepreneurs, Professionals and Directors (Presidency 2007/2008)

Honorary Member of the Colombian Centre for Constitutional Procedural Law

Country Report Morocco, in: Salger/Trittmann (eds.), Internationale Schiedsverfahren (International Arbitration), C.H. Beck, 2019.

Immobilienerwerb weltweit – rechtliche und steuerliche Besonderheiten in Marokko. Schwerpunktheft Immobilien & Finanzierung zum 2. Internationalen Immobilientag, May 2019.

Speaker at the CBBL conference, May 2019, Vienna, on Arbitration in the MENA region.

Geschäftsführerhaftung in Marokko
Online publication at www.cbbl-lawyers.de, February 2019.

Marokko: Neuerungen durch das Finanzgesetz 80-2018 für das Haushaltsjahr 2019.
Online publication at www.cbbl-lawyers.de, January 2019.

Speaker at the CBBL conference, May 2018, Hamburg, on director’s responsibilities under Moroccan company law.

Trend der Immobilienpreise in Marokko uneinheitlich. Der Rechtsrahmen bleibt unverändert.
Online publication at www.cbbl-lawyers.de, April 2018.

Neues Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen mit Tunesien. Stand der DBA mit den Staaten der MENA-Region.
Online publication at www.cbbl-lawyers.de, April 2018.

Neue Impulse für die Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit in Marokko.
Online publication at www.cbbl-lawyers.de, April 2018.

Die marokkanische Wirtschaft – und ihre Währung – bleiben stabil.
Online publication at www.cbbl-lawyers.de, March 2018.

Grundbuchvormerkung bei Teilungsklage in Marokko schützt nun bis zum Abschluss des Verfahrens.
Online publication at www.cbbl-lawyers.de, March 2018.

Speaker at high level conferences on judicial independence and integrity, organized by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Rule of Law Program, in Manila (Philippines), Arusha (Tanzania), Bucharest (Romania), and Strasbourg (France).

The Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Commentary, Sarajevo 2010
(also published in Bosnian/Serbo-Croat and German).

Power struggles in the Dayton framework. The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina as the driving force for regaining sovereignty?, in: Graf Vitzthum, W./Winkelmann, I. (Hrsg.), Bosnien-Herzegowina im Horizont Europas, Tübinger Schriften zum Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht (2003).

Speaker and moderator at numerous events in the capacity of Director of the Rule of Law Program for Latin America between 2009 and 2016.