Thomas M. Buhl

Thomas M. Buhl’s practice focuses on domestic and cross-border litigation, domestic and international arbitration and internal investigations. 

His practice has also encompassed German and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings.

His litigation experience before the German courts is broad-based, ranging from interim relief including freezing of assets to the enforcement of domestic and foreign judgments and arbitral awards, appeals against court orders and judgments, and vacatur proceedings against arbitral awards. Thomas’ litigation experience is focused on commercial and financial litigation, including involving sovereign states and state entities as defendants. He also has substantial experience in civil antitrust litigation proceedings in the German courts. His matters frequently include cross-border aspects involving parallel domestic and international litigation and arbitration proceedings both in German and abroad. In international arbitration matters, Thomas has acted as counsel for European, U.S. and other multinational corporations in commercial, M&A post-closing, intellectual property and other areas. His internal investigation experience is wide-ranging, from allegations of accounting fraud to subsidy fraud in various industries.

Thomas joined the firm in 1982 and became a partner in 1990. From 1983 to 1991, he was resident in the Paris office, from 1991 to 2003 in the Frankfurt office, and from 2004 to 2007 in the Cologne office before returning to Frankfurt.