Partner until 2023, now Of Counsel
Admitted to the bar in 1986
Dr Jan W. Petersen works in the field of business law with a particular emphasis on commercial law and company law.
His special field is the law governing distribution. This focuses on franchise, authorised dealer and commercial representative law. His work also covers legal areas relevant for distribution, such as real estate law,commercial rent law and issues relating to cartel law.
Dr Jan Petersen was for many years the trusted standing legal counsel and representative for a series of international and medium-sized companies. He was also in demand as an expert lawyer in business law matters in many individual cases.
Dr Jan Petersen studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg and Hamburg. His thesis addressed an environmental law issue at the interface between civil law and public law. Directly after completing his training in 1986 he began to work as a lawyer in a leading Hamburg law office, where he soon became a partner. In 2003 he moved to Cyrus Makowski Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft.
Dr. Jan Petersen is a member of the German Society for Distribution Law and the Joint Committee on Commercial and Company Law of the German Bar Association.
He speaks German and English.
