„Heavy fare, light
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Dr Conrad Grau

„Heavy fare explained in an easy-to-understand way.“

Dr Conrad Grau

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Matthias E. Grimme
Kristin Winkler
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Dr Conrad Grau, LL.M. (Canterbury)

Lawyer, specialised in corporate law

GWGL Lawyers & Tax Consultants
Hohe Bleichen 5
D-20354 Hamburg

Tel. 040 / 300 39 86 - 0
fax 040 / 300 39 86 - 66
Mail Grau@GWGL-Hamburg.de

Expertise

Conrad Grau is Lawyer and specialised in corporate law. He is responsible for corporate law at GWGL and primarily advises medium-sized companies, start-ups, private equity investors, business angels, shareholders and managing directors. Together with the clients, he structures the best possible solution for their projects - especially in strategic planning, in the drafting and implementation of contracts and in disputes.

Conrad Grau accompanies the entire life cycle of a company, from its foundation through financing and investment rounds, co-operations and joint ventures to exits or corporate succession.

Professional stations

Studied at the universities of Rostock and Freiburg
Postgraduate studies at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch / New Zealand
Doctorate on a topic related to group insolvency law
Legal clerkship in Hamburg specialising in commercial law - with stages at renowned commercial law firms and the Indo-German Chamber of Foreign Trade in Chennai / India
Admission to the bar as of 2007

Lawyer at the international commercial law firm Watson, Farley & Williams LLP in Hamburg
Own law firm since 2011, specialising in corporate law and contract drafting
Merger with Matthias Grimme, Kristin Winkler and Gitta Lübbert to form the law firm GWGL, since 2016

Languages and other...

German
English

Conrad Grau is married, has two daughters and is a keen ocean sailor. He also runs the Hamburg-based creative project Sandkontur, which produces murals from sand and other granular materials.

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Dr Conrad Grau, LL.M. (Canterbury)

Lawyer, specialised in corporate law

Expertise

Professional stations

Languages and other...

Reviews for lawyer in tax law in Hamburg

Contact form for non-binding mandate enquiries

After the reorganisation is before the structuring: Tax strategies after the contribution to the GmbH

Why it makes sense to convert a sole proprietorship into a GmbH with a view to selling the company at a later date

From sole proprietorship to limited liability company: paths, opportunities and pitfalls in the transformation

Changes due to the MoPeG: Does the GbR now have to be entered in the company register?

Reviews for lawyer
in tax law in Hamburg

Contact form
for non-binding mandate enquiries