Thomas Wax

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Partner

D&O Insurance, Corporate

+49 160 8864 175

Expertise

Dr Thomas Wax is an experienced solicitor specialising in D&O insurance matters, with more than 25 years’ experience as a lawyer and in other roles, such as advisory work and D&O insurance product development.

Thomas Advises

on D&O coverage issues for insured directors and officers facing jurisdictional proceedings (civil, criminal or supervisory).

Experience Highlights

Advising German clients as well as multinational corporate clients on D&O insurance and D&O liability issues.

Career History

Previous Law firms

  • Since 2013: Own Practice (D&O Law), Munich
  • 2013 – 2023: Wittig Ünalp Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Munich, supra-regional law firm, Contract Lawyer
  • 2011 – 2012: CYRUS Rechtsanwälte, Frankfurt/Munich, Contract Lawyer

Education

  • Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich
  • University of Lausanne
  • Paris Lodron University, Salzburg

Publications

  • “Was Sie schon immer als Aufsichtsrat fragen sollten”; Series: “Praxiswissen für Aufsichtsräte und Beiräte”; Editors: Dr. Harald Schönfeld, Andreas Renner, Diplomatic Council Publishing, Steinbeis Augsburg Business School, 2024, Co-author
  • “D&O-Versicherung mit internationalen Bezügen, 2. Auflage, Verlag C.H. Beck, 2019, Co-author
  • “Wer oben steht braucht ein starkes Seil”, Journal “Der Unternehmensjurist”, 2016
  • “Allheilmittel D&O-Versicherung? – Segen und Sorgen in der Unternehmenspraxis, CFO aktuell, Journal for Finance und Controlling, 2015
  • “D&O-Versicherung – Grundlagen und aktuelle Rechtsfragen”, Journal for Tax Advisors and Auditors, NWBVerlag, 2013
  • “D&O-Versicherung mit internationalen Bezügen”; Systematische Erläuterung der Grundlagen und Besonderheiten der D&O-Versicherung, Verlag C.H. Beck, 2012
  • “Konzepte zur Versicherung des D&O-Selbstbehalts”, Law Journal Die Aktiengesellschaft (AG), 2010, 851 ff., Co-author
  • “Wer ist zum Abschluss einer D&O-Versicherung zuständig?”, Law Journal Wirtschaftsrechtliche Blätter (wbl), 2010, 169 ff., Co-author

Lecturing assignments

  • Visiting Lecturer Steinbeis Augsburg Business School on D&O Insurance and supervisory board liability issues

 

 

 

Thomas 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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Dr Thomas Wax is an experienced solicitor specialising in D&O insurance matters, with more than 25 years’ experience as a lawyer and in other roles, such as advisory work and D&O insurance product development.

Thomas Advises

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on D&O coverage issues for insured directors and officers facing jurisdictional proceedings (civil, criminal or supervisory).

Experience Highlights

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Advising German clients as well as multinational corporate clients on D&O insurance and D&O liability issues.

Career History

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Previous Law firms

  • Since 2013: Own Practice (D&O Law), Munich
  • 2013 – 2023: Wittig Ünalp Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Munich, supra-regional law firm, Contract Lawyer
  • 2011 – 2012: CYRUS Rechtsanwälte, Frankfurt/Munich, Contract Lawyer

Education

  • Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich
  • University of Lausanne
  • Paris Lodron University, Salzburg

Publications

  • “Was Sie schon immer als Aufsichtsrat fragen sollten”; Series: “Praxiswissen für Aufsichtsräte und Beiräte”; Editors: Dr. Harald Schönfeld, Andreas Renner, Diplomatic Council Publishing, Steinbeis Augsburg Business School, 2024, Co-author
  • “D&O-Versicherung mit internationalen Bezügen, 2. Auflage, Verlag C.H. Beck, 2019, Co-author
  • “Wer oben steht braucht ein starkes Seil”, Journal “Der Unternehmensjurist”, 2016
  • “Allheilmittel D&O-Versicherung? – Segen und Sorgen in der Unternehmenspraxis, CFO aktuell, Journal for Finance und Controlling, 2015
  • “D&O-Versicherung – Grundlagen und aktuelle Rechtsfragen”, Journal for Tax Advisors and Auditors, NWBVerlag, 2013
  • “D&O-Versicherung mit internationalen Bezügen”; Systematische Erläuterung der Grundlagen und Besonderheiten der D&O-Versicherung, Verlag C.H. Beck, 2012
  • “Konzepte zur Versicherung des D&O-Selbstbehalts”, Law Journal Die Aktiengesellschaft (AG), 2010, 851 ff., Co-author
  • “Wer ist zum Abschluss einer D&O-Versicherung zuständig?”, Law Journal Wirtschaftsrechtliche Blätter (wbl), 2010, 169 ff., Co-author

Lecturing assignments

  • Visiting Lecturer Steinbeis Augsburg Business School on D&O Insurance and supervisory board liability issues

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Thomas 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).