Gregor Pannike is the founder and managing partner of Pannike+Partners and a German qualified attorney-at-law admitted to the courts in Germany. He has more than 17 years of profound legal advisory experience in various legal fields including M&A and JV advisory work, distributorship and franchise laws, IP Laws, Corporate Governance, investment structuring, compliance, and financial sanction advice, corporate restructuring and market entry advice with a focus on Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, among others.

Expertise & Experience

• Political and economic risk advisory with focus on the Middle East and East Africa
• Due diligence, M&A and JV transaction advisory work
• Corporate and commercial matters
• Litigation strategy and negotiation advisory
• Corporate (re-) structuring, (family/ corporate) governance
• Compliance, sanction and regulatory and risk advisory work
• Advising on investment and distribution structures
• Structuring and advising on optimal market entry strategies and corporate structuring

Educational Qualifications

Gregor holds an MBA from London Business School, Masters of Laws from Suffolk University Law School in Boston and JW Goethe University in Germany. He is admitted to the German bar association and a lawyer admitted to the courts in Germany. He is a native German speaker and speaks French, English and Arabic.

Ratings & Awards

Gregor Pannike has been named as one of the top general counsels in the region in the Legal 500 GC Powerlist Middle East 2019.

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