{"id":2815,"date":"2020-12-04T18:59:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T16:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bfw.law\/?page_id=2815\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:37:42","slug":"prof-dr-sabine-otte-of-counsel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bfw.law\/en\/prof-dr-sabine-otte-of-counsel\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. Sabine Otte (of Counsel)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"kontakt\">\n<li style=\"width: 270px; height: 240px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-357\" style=\"margin-right: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bfw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Sabine-Otte.jpg\" alt=\"BFW-080_sw\" width=\"250\" \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"width: 240px; padding-top: 270px; height: 140px;\">\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<p>T +49 211 20 06 78 00<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:otte@bfw.law\">otte@bfw.law<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Of Counsel<\/h3>\n<p>Prof. Dr. Sabine Otte is not admitted to the bar and is not a partner in the partnership. She is Of Counsel at Berner Fleck Wettich, in this function she only works internally for the partnership and does not advise clients.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Profile<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Of Counsel at <a title=\"\u00dcber uns\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bfw.law\/ueber-uns\/\">Berner Fleck Wettich<\/a> since 2020<\/li>\n<li>Professor of Civil, Commercial, and Corporate Law at D\u00fcsseldorf University of Applied Sciences since 2015; also a visiting lecturer at the University of Genoa in March 2022 and April 2023, at the University of Turin in April 2025 and March 2026, and at Bocconi University (Milan) in November 2025<\/li>\n<li>Before FPS Rechtsanw\u00e4lte, D\u00fcsseldorf (2012-2015)<\/li>\n<li>Before Baker McKenzie, D\u00fcsseldorf (2008-2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Publications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Member of the Advisory Board of the Business Law Department of &#8220;Betriebs-Berater&#8221; magazine<\/li>\n<li>Co-author of handbook Wachter\/Heckschen (publisher), &#8220;Praxis des Handels- und Gesellschaftsrechts&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>as well as in the commentary by Semler\/Stengel\/Leonard, Umwandlungsgesetz (Conversion Act)<\/li>\n<li>Author of various law review articles on commercial and corporate law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Universities of M\u00fcnster, Germany, Paris II (Panth\u00e9on-Assas), France, and Cologne, law studies<\/li>\n<li>University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, Master of Laws (LL.M.)<\/li>\n<li>University of Cologne, Germany, doctorate degree in law (Dr. iur.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact T +49 211 20 06 78 00 otte@bfw.law &nbsp; Of Counsel Prof. Dr. Sabine Otte is not admitted to the bar and is not a partner in the partnership. 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