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Jan-Henrik Ellinghaus, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Jan-Henrik Ellinghaus, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)

Jan-Henrik Ellinghaus, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)

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Jan-Henrik is a lawyer specialising in commercial and distribution law. He advises national and foreign companies on all aspects of commerce and distribution.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Commercial & consumer contracts
Commercial disputes
Drafting and negotiating the full range of consumer (B2C) contracts
Distribution & competition law
Drafting and negotiating the full range of complex commercial (B2B) contracts
Regulatory issues affecting contractual arrangements
Global mobility

Sectors

Automotive & mobility
Manufacturing & industrials

CV

Since 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2020 - 2021 Research assistant in an international law firm
2023 - 2024 LL.M. International Trade Law (Stellenbosch University)
2023 Second state examination, Stuttgart
2021 - 2023 Legal clerkship in the field of antitrust law and in the developmental sector, Germany and Micronesia
2014 - 2020 Legal studies, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen

Career

Since 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2020 - 2021 Research assistant in an international law firm

Education

2023 - 2024 LL.M. International Trade Law (Stellenbosch University)
2023 Second state examination, Stuttgart
2021 - 2023 Legal clerkship in the field of antitrust law and in the developmental sector, Germany and Micronesia
2014 - 2020 Legal studies, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen

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