Christoph Schröder advises companies on commercial and corporate law.

He is an expert in supply chain compliance. This includes the German Supply Chain Act as well as Europe-wide and foreign regulations on corporate due diligence and reporting obligations. In this area, he supports clients, for example, in determining the applicability of legal regimes, setting up a risk management system, conducting risk analyses, drafting contracts and internal guidelines, as well as in infringement and liability cases.

Another focus of Christoph’s work is the China business. He has been assisting German and Chinese companies with their investments and other activities in the respective other country for many years. He is familiar with the typical expectations and business customs in both countries and brings his experience to bear in mutual communication. This is often of decisive importance for the successful conclusion of a transaction. He often negotiates, presents and communicates in Chinese.

Christoph has been a lawyer at CMS in Hamburg since 2006. From 2012 to 2020, he worked in our Shanghai office.

He gives presentations and publishes articles, in particular on investments in Germany and on supply chain compliance.

As a member of the firm’s China Desk, Christoph Schröder advises companies on commercial and corporate law.

He supports in particular Chinese state-owned and private enterprises in relation to their outbound investments and other overseas business activities, which primarily includes acquiring German companies as well as setting up joint ventures with German partners. Moreover, Christoph coordinates complex international projects for his Chinese clients, such as plant engineering or mandates involving multiple jurisdictions.

Having worked in the firm’s Hamburg office, he also has special shipping and transport expertise as well as extensive experience in German and international dispute resolution.

Christoph joined CMS in 2006 and has been a counsel since 2012. In the same year, he also relocated from Hamburg to Shanghai.