Dr Joerg Heyer and Dr Arnim Powietzka, Gowling WLG

Joerg Heyer and Arnim Powietzka

Dr Joerg Heyer and Dr Arnim Powietzka, Gowling WLG

International firm Gowling WLG has appointed two senior consultants in its corporate and M&A team in Germany. Dr Joerg Heyer and Dr Arnim Powietzka join the firm’s Stuttgart office, which was opened by Dr Andreas Woelfle in March 2017.

Heyer is a leading corporate and M&A lawyer with more than 20 years of experience. He started his legal career at Wessing before joining Clifford Chance’s corporate team. For the past 17 years he has been a corporate partner at Seitz in Cologne where he built a successful corporate and commercial practice group with an excellent reputation for national and cross-border M&A. Joerg’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial law as well as corporate sports law.

Powietzka is a renowned employment specialist who has been practicing in Stuttgart, Heidelberg and Mannheim for the last 18 years. His focus is on the employment/HR aspects of M&A transactions, executive compensation schemes and pensions. He has also assisted clients with strategies for restructuring measures, including post-deal reorganisations.