Felix Thiede

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Expertise

Felix Thiede is a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) specialising in dispute resolution and crypto-assets and blockchain, with additional experience in corporate and commercial matters.

Felix has extensive experience in complex, high-value and predominantly international disputes, acting for both claimants and respondents. He advises and represents clients throughout the full lifecycle of proceedings — from pre-litigation strategy and interim relief to representation before state courts and arbitral tribunals, as well as enforcement. His work includes cross-border litigation, including mass claims, investment treaty and international commercial arbitration, civil fraud and asset tracing, shareholder and post-M&A disputes, cartel damages actions, and supply chain disputes in the automotive and aviation sectors.

In the crypto space, Felix advises on regulatory compliance under MiCAR, token offerings and exchange listings, security token prospectuses, and the structuring of digital asset projects.

During his time as Senior Legal Counsel at an MDAX-listed company, Felix was involved in large-scale M&A transactions, capital measures and a range of finance-related agreements.

In addition to his legal qualifications, Felix studied philosophy, which enhances his interdisciplinary approach to complex matters. He has also founded two companies.

Felix Advises

  • Stock corporations and company groups
  • Medium-sized companies and start-ups
  • Banks, funds, and private equity
  • Board members and managing directors
  • Shareholders
  • Crypto and blockchain companies, token issuers, and digital asset platforms
  • High-net-worth individuals

Experience Highlights

Dispute Resolution

  • Representation of online gaming operators in German and Austrian proceedings, defending mass recovery claims by players seeking reimbursement of gambling losses, including cross-border strategic coordination.
  • Representation in automotive and aviation supply-chain disputes, including representation of a major car manufacturer in a EUR 1 billion DIS arbitration against a U.S.-based automotive supplier and representation of suppliers in damages claims in the automotive and aviation industries.
  • Representation and advice in matters involving board liability and D&O insurance, inter alia representation of a bank in a dispute with former board members regarding cum/ex transactions and out-of-court representation of a hospital operator group against former managing directors and their D&O insurers.
  • Representation in shareholder disputes, including representation of a stock corporation against actions for the avoidance of resolutions of the general meeting, petitions for information, and requests to convene a general meeting by a minority shareholder.
  • Representation of a legal services provider bundling claims for a group of sawmills in EUR 1 billion+ cartel damages litigation against five German federal states.
  • Representation of a U.S. factoring company in a cross-border dispute with a German buyer concerning multiple international supply contracts, including claims arising from a personal guarantee by a shareholder.
  • Representation of a U.S. medical device manufacturer in a post-M&A DIS arbitration concerning various claims for damages, as well as out-of-court representation regarding related earn-out claims.
  • Representation of a high-net-worth individual in an international tort claim connected to digital assets, addressing asset tracing, jurisdiction, and coordination with public prosecutors.
  • Representation of a billionaire in a dispute against a trustee in a case of alleged multi-million-euro fraud.
  • Representation of an international sports federation against claims by players’ agents for injunctive relief under antitrust law with respect to a players’ agent regulation.
  • Representation of a broker inter alia in interim relief against a stock exchange for market abuse.
  • Representation of a DAX company against an Asian distributor regarding claims for damages.
  • Representation of a company from the film industry in a lawsuit for copyright infringements.
  • Representation of a company in a dispute over participation entitlements arising from a crypto project.
  • Advice on parallel ECT/BIT expropriation claims in the energy sector, covering merits and quantum strategy across counsel and experts in multibillion-euro proceedings, as well as advice on two ICC arbitrations (EUR 1 bn.+) in the energy sector.
  • Advice on potential proceedings under the ECHR regarding alleged fair trial violations by an Eastern European state on behalf of a high-net-worth individual.

Crypto & Digital Assets

  • First in Germany to utilise the exemption under Art. 4(3)(1)(c)/(d) MiCAR for his client’s white-paper-based public token sale, and ongoing advice on exchange listing of crypto-assets under MiCAR.
  • Preparation of a security token prospectus in accordance with the EU Prospectus Regulation.
  • Advice on the structuring and issuance of further utility tokens.
  • Drafting of terms and conditions, legal opinions, and ancillary documentation for token projects.

Career History

Previous Law firms

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Frankfurt am Main
  • Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Hamburg
  • K+S AG, Kassel (Senior Legal Counsel)
  • Ashurst LLP, Frankfurt am Main

Education

  • First State Exam (Würzburg)
  • Second State Exam (Kassel)
  • LL.M. Eur. (Würzburg)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (Würzburg)
  • Master of Arts in Philosophy (Hagen)

Publications

  • Felix Thiede, German Private Law’s Approach to Intentionality, in: Seebaß/Schmitz/Gollwitzer (eds.), Acting Intentionally and Its Limits: Individuals, Groups, Institutions, De Gruyter 2013, pp. 85–120.
  • Felix Thiede, Verfassungspflicht zum optimalen Gesetzgebungsverfahren?, in: Hilgendorf/Eckert (eds.), Subsidiarität – Sicherheit – Solidarität, Festgabe für Franz-Ludwig Knemeyer zum 75. Geburtstag, Ergon Verlag 2013, pp. 673–694.

 

 

 

Felix is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

Expertise

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Felix Thiede is a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) specialising in dispute resolution and crypto-assets and blockchain, with additional experience in corporate and commercial matters.

Felix has extensive experience in complex, high-value and predominantly international disputes, acting for both claimants and respondents. He advises and represents clients throughout the full lifecycle of proceedings — from pre-litigation strategy and interim relief to representation before state courts and arbitral tribunals, as well as enforcement. His work includes cross-border litigation, including mass claims, investment treaty and international commercial arbitration, civil fraud and asset tracing, shareholder and post-M&A disputes, cartel damages actions, and supply chain disputes in the automotive and aviation sectors.

In the crypto space, Felix advises on regulatory compliance under MiCAR, token offerings and exchange listings, security token prospectuses, and the structuring of digital asset projects.

During his time as Senior Legal Counsel at an MDAX-listed company, Felix was involved in large-scale M&A transactions, capital measures and a range of finance-related agreements.

In addition to his legal qualifications, Felix studied philosophy, which enhances his interdisciplinary approach to complex matters. He has also founded two companies.

Felix Advises

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  • Stock corporations and company groups
  • Medium-sized companies and start-ups
  • Banks, funds, and private equity
  • Board members and managing directors
  • Shareholders
  • Crypto and blockchain companies, token issuers, and digital asset platforms
  • High-net-worth individuals

Experience Highlights

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Dispute Resolution

  • Representation of online gaming operators in German and Austrian proceedings, defending mass recovery claims by players seeking reimbursement of gambling losses, including cross-border strategic coordination.
  • Representation in automotive and aviation supply-chain disputes, including representation of a major car manufacturer in a EUR 1 billion DIS arbitration against a U.S.-based automotive supplier and representation of suppliers in damages claims in the automotive and aviation industries.
  • Representation and advice in matters involving board liability and D&O insurance, inter alia representation of a bank in a dispute with former board members regarding cum/ex transactions and out-of-court representation of a hospital operator group against former managing directors and their D&O insurers.
  • Representation in shareholder disputes, including representation of a stock corporation against actions for the avoidance of resolutions of the general meeting, petitions for information, and requests to convene a general meeting by a minority shareholder.
  • Representation of a legal services provider bundling claims for a group of sawmills in EUR 1 billion+ cartel damages litigation against five German federal states.
  • Representation of a U.S. factoring company in a cross-border dispute with a German buyer concerning multiple international supply contracts, including claims arising from a personal guarantee by a shareholder.
  • Representation of a U.S. medical device manufacturer in a post-M&A DIS arbitration concerning various claims for damages, as well as out-of-court representation regarding related earn-out claims.
  • Representation of a high-net-worth individual in an international tort claim connected to digital assets, addressing asset tracing, jurisdiction, and coordination with public prosecutors.
  • Representation of a billionaire in a dispute against a trustee in a case of alleged multi-million-euro fraud.
  • Representation of an international sports federation against claims by players’ agents for injunctive relief under antitrust law with respect to a players’ agent regulation.
  • Representation of a broker inter alia in interim relief against a stock exchange for market abuse.
  • Representation of a DAX company against an Asian distributor regarding claims for damages.
  • Representation of a company from the film industry in a lawsuit for copyright infringements.
  • Representation of a company in a dispute over participation entitlements arising from a crypto project.
  • Advice on parallel ECT/BIT expropriation claims in the energy sector, covering merits and quantum strategy across counsel and experts in multibillion-euro proceedings, as well as advice on two ICC arbitrations (EUR 1 bn.+) in the energy sector.
  • Advice on potential proceedings under the ECHR regarding alleged fair trial violations by an Eastern European state on behalf of a high-net-worth individual.

Crypto & Digital Assets

  • First in Germany to utilise the exemption under Art. 4(3)(1)(c)/(d) MiCAR for his client’s white-paper-based public token sale, and ongoing advice on exchange listing of crypto-assets under MiCAR.
  • Preparation of a security token prospectus in accordance with the EU Prospectus Regulation.
  • Advice on the structuring and issuance of further utility tokens.
  • Drafting of terms and conditions, legal opinions, and ancillary documentation for token projects.

Career History

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Previous Law firms

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Frankfurt am Main
  • Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Hamburg
  • K+S AG, Kassel (Senior Legal Counsel)
  • Ashurst LLP, Frankfurt am Main

Education

  • First State Exam (Würzburg)
  • Second State Exam (Kassel)
  • LL.M. Eur. (Würzburg)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (Würzburg)
  • Master of Arts in Philosophy (Hagen)

Publications

  • Felix Thiede, German Private Law’s Approach to Intentionality, in: Seebaß/Schmitz/Gollwitzer (eds.), Acting Intentionally and Its Limits: Individuals, Groups, Institutions, De Gruyter 2013, pp. 85–120.
  • Felix Thiede, Verfassungspflicht zum optimalen Gesetzgebungsverfahren?, in: Hilgendorf/Eckert (eds.), Subsidiarität – Sicherheit – Solidarität, Festgabe für Franz-Ludwig Knemeyer zum 75. Geburtstag, Ergon Verlag 2013, pp. 673–694.

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Felix is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

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