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Christoph Schalast
About Me
Christoph Schalast, lawyer and notary, born in Frankfurt am Main, studied law at the Universities of Frankfurt am Main and Lausanne, as well as European/international business law in Saarbrücken and Strasbourg.

Following his admission to the Bar, he began his career working at an M&A boutique law firm (now Mayer Brown LLP). In 1995 he founded Schalast in Frankfurt am Main.

The main focuses of his work as attorney and notary are M&A, Real Estate and Banking and Finance.

Christoph Schalast is since years recommended by the JUVE Corporate Law Firms Handbook and the Legal 500 Germany. The leading german financial magazine Wirtschaftswoche ranks him amongst the leading M&A and Real Estate advisors in Germany.

He is chairman of the supervisory board of milch & zucker AG, member of the supervisory board of Commerz Real Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Bank für Vermögen AG chairman of the advisory board of the German Loan Purchase and Servicing Association (Bundesvereinigung Kreditankauf und Servicing e.V.) and chairman of Deutsche Kreditmarkt-Standards e.V.

At the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management he heads the innovative M&A Master’s Degree Program (LL.M Degree). He is also chairman of the annual NPL Forum and M&A/Private Equity conferences.

Since the early 1990s, Christoph Schalast has advised ministries and state institutions on legal reform and the harmonization of national laws with those of the European Union. He is co-author of laws drafted for Slovenia, Lithuania, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Education
1979/80 - 1986 Law Degree (First State Exam), University of Franfurt
1987 – 1990 Legal Intern (Second State Exam), Regional Court Darmstadt
1987 - 1989 Diplôme Supérieur de Droit Comparé (Strasbourg)
1989 - 1990 Certificat of Europen Studin (Europen Institut Saarbrücken)
2001 Promotion at the University of Frankfurt “Magna cum laude”
Professional Associations
International Bar Association, Association for European Law, Association for banking law, Association for Antitrust Law
Published Articles
Several articles and presentations, especially in the field of deregulation of the infrastructure law, European law and banking law
Languages Spoken
English, French, German

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance
Corporate
Real Estate

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SCHALAST LAW I TAX
Office Address:
Mendelssohnstrasse 75-77
SCHALAST LAW I TAX
60325 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
GERMANY
Tel:
+49 69 9758310
Fax:
+49 69 97583120
Work phone:
+49 69 9758310
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