Background
Apel, Jürgen was born on July 1, 1949 in Lüdenscheid, Germany.
Apel, Jürgen was born on July 1, 1949 in Lüdenscheid, Germany.
Universities of Freiburg, Geneva and Münster (Juris Doctor, 1973). Spoken languages: German, English and French.
Worked at Rinsche & Partner (Hamm) specializing in Company Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial Law, Banking and Finance, Intellectual Property, Real Estate Transactions, International Contracts, International Private Law (including Inheritance), European Community Law, International and German Taxation, Competition Law, Franchise and Licence Agreements, Labour Law, Bankruptcy, Building and Architect Law, Property Liability Law, Matters arising from the Reunification of Germany. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Germany. Author: "Genossenschaften zwischen Personal und Kapitalgesellschaft," 1977.
"Meistbegünstigungsklauseln und Wettbewerb," 1976.
"Die Stellung des Genossenschaftsvorstandes," 1977. Company-Author: "Becksches Handbuch Leasing," 1994.
Assistant, Münster University, 1973-1975. Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, 1975-1977.
Member: German Institute of Business Law Section of the DAI (Chairman).
Westphalia/Lippe Registered Joint Working Party on Unfair Competition (Vice-Chairman). The practice was founded in 1965 by Franz-Josef Rinsche and now has twenty-eight lawyers, twenty-three of whom are in Hamm, four are at the office in Potsdam and one lawyer is at the Brandenburg office, which was opened in 1995. Whilst our main activities lie with Civil Law cases handled by the Regional Court of Appeal in Hamm (which also has jurisdiction over the Ruhr industrial area) and at the State Court of Appeal in Brandenburg, we also act as lawyers and notaries public to individuals both in Germany and abroad.
Member: German Institute of Business Law Section of the DAI (Chairman). Westphalia/Lippe Registered Joint Working Party on Unfair Competition (Vice-Chairman).