Attorneys / Notaries

In the course of his legal education Dr. Giermann studied and worked in Germany, Australia, Canada, the United States and France. His studies took him to the Universities of Bonn, Cologne and Hamburg, Monash University in Melbourne and McGill University in Montréal. Prior to joining FPS in 2006, Dr. Giermann worked in commercial law firms in Hamburg and Paris. He completed his training as a specialist lawyer for tax law and is a specialist lawyer for transport and forwarding law.

Since 2007, Dr. Giermann has been the author of three commentaries on the German Commercial Code and a number of scientific articles and books in German and English. He is a lecturer at Westfälische Hochschule, a university of applied sciences and had previously been a speaker at legal seminars for many years. Dr. Giermann was also a guest lecturer at Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf. He is a deputy member of the examination committee for specialist lawyers for transport and forwarding law at the Dusseldorf Bar Association. Dr. Giermann was a member of the supervisory board of a listed stock corporation for several years. He is involved in various non-profit organizations, inter alia as a member of the executive board of the German-Israeli Economic Association.

Before studying law, Dr. Giermann completed training as a naval officer. He is a graduate of the German Navy Academy in Mürwik and, among other things, was officer of the watch on corvettes. His current rank is Lieutenant Commander (res.).