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Dr. Thomas J Meyer

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Stadthausbrücke 1-3
20355 Hamburg
Germany
Languages German, English

For more than 30 years, Thomas J. Meyer has been a member of the CMS Private Clients practice, working on numerous complex national and international cases with a focus on advising and representing families, entrepreneurs and private individuals on estate and succession planning. He served on the board of various foundations and is regularly called upon to execute wills. If required, he also represents his clients in court.

Real estate law is Thomas’s second area of expertise.

In its section on private clients, the JUVE law firm guide has been listing Thomas for years as a “frequently recommended lawyer”.

Thomas joined CMS in 1987 (then: Fischötter, Micheli & Partner).

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"Recommended" for Company Succession and Trusts

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)

"Dr. Thomas Meyer has great expertise in the law of inheritance and the execution of wills. He is full of ideas and is very oriented towards the needs of the client.", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Memberships & Roles

  • STEP Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
  • German Academic Scholarship Foundation alumnus
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Education

  • Trainee lawyer in Hamburg
  • PhD in antitrust law under the supervision of Prof. Dr. J. F. Baur
  • Research assistant at the Department for Commercial, Maritime and Business Law of the University of Hamburg
  • German Academic Scholarship Foundation scholar
  • Law and philosophy studies in Hamburg
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01/09/2021
Private Clients: Our Expertise
Our Private Clients Team specialises in wealth and succession planning. We provide cross-dis­cip­lin­ary advice to private clients, entrepreneurial families, their advisers and family offices on any legal...

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