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Quarterly German-language newsletter “Zur Information”: Provides practical overviews and guidance on US legal topics relevant to doing business in the US.
Steven H. Thal
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Steven Thal has an extensive practice in international corporate and commercial transactions, with a particular concentration in U.S. and European cross-border transactions. Steven advises German, Swiss and Austrian companies and individuals on cross-border transactions and United States legal issues. He has represented numerous large and mid-sized, German-based multinational corporations. At Offit Kurman, he heads up our German practice area. The German Practice Area attorneys and German legal assistants provide seamless representations to clients from the German-speaking countries of Europe.
Steven is both a U.S. and German citizen, speaks German fluently and has been a visiting lecturer within the Faculty of Law at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (University of Munich) and Ruprecht-Karls -Universität Heidelberg (University of Heidelberg) where he conducts seminars on international business transactions. Additionally, he is a frequent speaker in the United States, Germany, Switzerland and Austria on various matters relating to international investments, corporate matters, and U.S. litigation issues. He has lectured at Euroforum Deutschland, Europäisches Forum Alpach, The Council of American States in Europe, The Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V. and U.S. Embassies and Consulates. He is also a Trusted Attorney to the German and Swiss Consulates in New York and the Austrian Trade Commission in New York.
Steven received his J.D. and B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan. He also studied law at Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (University of Tübingen) in Germany as a Fulbright, DAAD and Ford Foundation Scholar and political economics at the New School for Social Research in New York. He is admitted to practice in New York and is also admitted as a foreign legal consultant in Frankfurt, Germany, on matters of U.S. and international law.
Steven served as President of Der Deutscher Verein in New York from 2008 until 2010.
Steven is also a co-founder, current General Counsel and Director of the German-American Partnership Program, which is the largest student exchange program between the United States and Germany, and is President of Städel Friends, Inc., organized in the United States to support the world-famous Städel Museum in Frankfurt, Germany.
Steven is listed in Who’s Who and Who’s Who in American Law. He is also a member of the American Council on Germany, The German American Chamber of Commerce in New York, The Swiss Chamber of Commerce, The German American Lawyers Association, The International Bar Association (Committee on International Sales), the New York State Bar Association (Committee on International Law) and The European Association of Lawyers (AEA – EAL).
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- German
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Quarterly German-language newsletter “Zur Information”: Provides practical overviews and guidance on US legal topics relevant to doing business in the US. Please click here to find all issues.
- “BOI Reporting”, Zur Information Nr.43 , Winter 2022-2023
- “By-laws und Satzung im Vergleich”, Zur Information Nr. 42, Summer 2022
- “Wettbewerbs und Abwerbeverbote im US Recht”, Zur Information Nr. 41, Winter 2021-2022
- “Die Optimale Rechtsform LLC Branded”, Zur Information Nr. 40, Summer 2021
Additonal Publications
- “Markenanmeldung in den USA”, Zur Information Nr. 39, Winter 2020-2021
- "Die optimale US-Gesellschaftsform für ausländische Unternehmer," Zur Information Nr. 38, Summer 2020
- "Force Majeure: Höhere Gewalt in Zeiten des Coronavirus," Zur Information Nr. 37, Spring 2022
- "Equitable Relief - Billigkeitsrecht und Einstweiliger Rechtsschutz in den USA", Zur Information Nr. 36, Winter 2019-2020
- "Discovery - Das Tatsachenermittlungsverfahren im US-Recht," Zur Information Nr. 35, Fall 2019
Veröffentlichungen
- Vierteljährlicher deutscher newsletter „Zur Information“: Enthält praktische Überblicke und Tipps zu US-rechtlichen Themen für deutschsprachige Geschäftsleute mit US Geschäft. Bitte klicken sie hier für alle Ausgaben.
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