Dr Christiane Zedelius > Dentons > Munich, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
JUNGFERNTURMSTRASSE 2
80333 MÜNCHEN
Germany

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Dr. Christiane Zedelius is a Partner in Dentons’ Munich office. She has many years of experience in the areas of distribution and commercial law, with a special focus on advising consumer goods companies in the development of international multichannel systems, including online distribution. Her practice includes franchise, agency and licensing agreements as well as sourcing and quality agreements. Christiane Zedelius has considerable experience in setting up selective distribution systems for luxury brands, including the management of European brands in Asia.

Career

  • Partner, Dentons, 2020 to date
  • Co-founder of the start-up mimeno, 2018-2020
  • Partner, Noerr LLP, 2009-2017
  • Associated Partner, Noerr LLP, 2004-2009
  • Junior Partner, Linklaters, 2002-2004
  • Senior associate, Linklaters, 1997-2002
  • Associate/Senior associate, Noerr LLP, 1993-1996

Memberships

  • Member of Jury WECONOMY
  • Mentor UnternehmerTUM
  • Mentor Axel Springer Porsche Accelerator
  • Member of the Board, Stiftung Kinderklinik München Schwabing

Education

Admitted to the bar, Germany, 1992

Ruhr-University Bochum, 1992, PhD

Legal clerkship, 1987-1990, Dusseldorf

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 1986, Legal studies

Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, 1983, Legal studies

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics

Dentons‘s commercial and distribution law team draws on the expertise in IT and contract law and advises on matters pertaining to general terms and conditions, data protection as well as supply chain due diligence. Practice head Christiane Zedelius covers franchise law and is regularly instructed on the structuring of franchise systems. Zedelius is also well versed in project work pertaining to selective and online distributiom systems. Counsel Christine Seiz complements this with IP law advice on commercial and supply contracts.