Lawyer Stefanie Sommermeyer

salaried lawyer

Fields of Legal Practice

Investment law
Consumer credit law

Languages

English
 French
Spanish

Email Address:

sommermeyer(at)mzs-recht.de

Ms. Sommermeyer counsels investors regarding the rescission of failed investments. One main focus of her practice is the representation of investors who participated in closed-end funds, especially real estate and life insurance funds. Additionally, Ms. Sommermeyer represents investors who purchased certificates and want to enforce claims against those who took part in the purchase.

Curriculum Vitae

Stefanie Sommermeyer, born in 1973, studied law at the university in Kiel. She did her legal clerkship in Kleve. Ms. Sommermeyer has been admitted to the legal profession since 2006 and worked initially for a medium-sized law firm in the field of consumer credit law. She has been working for mzs lawyers as a salaried lawyer since 2010. Ms. Sommermeyer already completed the theoretical part of her education as an “Officially certified specialist lawyer for banking and capital markets law” („Fachanwältin für Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht“) successfully.

Memberships

Deutscher Anwaltverein (German Bar Association), ARGE Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht (working group Banking and capital markets law)

Düsseldorfer Anwaltverein (Lawyers’ association Düsseldorf) 

Publications

  • „Aufklärungspflicht der beratenden Bank beim Verkauf von Indexzertifikaten („Lehman Brothers“) “, Anmerkung zu BGH, Urteile vom 27.09.2011 (XI ZR 178/10 und XI ZR 182/10), in: BKR 2012, 27 f.

  • „Aufklärungspflicht der Bank über ihre Verkäufereigenschaft bei einem Festpreisgeschäft“, Anmerkung zu OLG Köln, Urteil vom 4.5.2011 
    (13 U 165/10), in: EWiR 2011, 481 f. 

  • „Nachbelehrung über das Widerrufsrecht nur bei erkennbarem Bezug zur früheren Vertragserklärung“, Anmerkung zu BGH, Urteil vom 15.2.2011 
    (XI ZR 148/10), in: EWiR 2011, S. 371 f.

  • „Lehman-Zertifikate: Widerrufsrecht nach den Vorschriften über den Fernabsatz“, Anmerkung zu LG Krefeld, Urteil vom 14.10.2010 (3 O 49/10), in: VuR 2011, S. 20 f.

 
 
* salaried lawyer