Background
Oltmanns, Michael J. was born in 1956 in Nürnberg, Germany.
Oltmanns, Michael J. was born in 1956 in Nürnberg, Germany.
Universities of Erlangen, Freiburg im Breisgau and Geneva. University of Illinois (Master of Laws, 1987). Spoken languages: German, English and French.
Worked at Menold Herrlinger & Partner (Frankfurt/Main) specializing in Corporate, Commercial, Tax and Business Law Practice, including: Mergers and Acquisitions, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law, Intellectual and Industrial Property Law, Reorganization and Bankruptcy, Labor Law and Redundancy Plans (Sozialpläne), Private Wealth Planning, Trusts, Foundations and Estate Law, Environmental, Waste and Administrative Law, The Laws of the East European Countries, Business Law for Japanese Clients (Düsseldorf), Restitution of Property in the East German Federal States (Dresden), General Civil Law and Civil Litigation, European Community Law. Assistant, Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, Freiburg University, 1982-1984. Internship with Rogers & Wells, San Diego, California, 1985.
German Bar Exam 1986.
Assistant of the Dean, University of Illinois Law School, 1986-1987. Certified Tax Adviser (Steuerberater), 1993.
Author: Numerous articles on Corporate Law and Tax Law since 1988. Member: German Bar Association.
German-American Lawyers Association.
Illinois Law School Alumni Association (Germany). German Tax Advisers Association. The firm springs from a merger of the law firms Menold Herrlinger Maulbetsch Schick & Oltmanns (Stuttgart), Bezler & Partner (Stuttgart), Reith & Battke (Dresden) and Reinking, Frings & Drude (Düsseldorf).
Member: German Bar Association. German-American Lawyers Association. Illinois Law School Alumni Association (Germany).
German Tax Advisers Association.