Prof. Dr. Renate Dendorfer-Ditges LL.M. MBA

Partner

Rechtsanwältin
Attorney-at-Law (New York, US Federal Courts)

Certified specialist lawyer for Labor Law
Certified specialist lawyer for Commercial and Corporate Law
Certified specialist lawyer in
International Commercial Law

Certified Mediator
(University of Hagen,
Harvard Law School, Boston/USA)

Languages

German, English

Contact

T +49 (0) 228 60460-0
F +49 (0) 228 6046040
E rdd@ditges.de

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Expertise

Individual and collective labor law, in particular advice on restructuring, outsourcing, and transfer of undertakings
Corporate law with intersections with labor law, in particular advice on matters relating to management and the board of directors
National and international arbitration law as party representative and arbitrator
National and international commercial mediation and other areas of alternative dispute resolution
International contracts and litigation, in particular with reference to US-American law

Vita

Since 2019, member of the Global Mediation Panel of the United Nations Ombudsman - The Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes.
Since 2013, Partner of DITGES RECHTSANWÄLTE WIRTSCHAFTSPRÜFER STEUERBERATER
2004 to 2022 Partner of HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Munich
Until 2004, Lawyer at PricewaterhouseCoopers Veltins GmbH, Munich
2001, Legal Counsel of Articon-Integralis AG, Ismaning near Munich
Until 2000, Legal Counsel, authorized signatory, and head of the legal department of the Finanzbau MARITIM group of companies and Managing Director of Gesellschaft für Vermögensverwaltung mbH, Bad Salzuflen
2000, Master of Business Administration (MBA, Maastricht University)
1996, Admitted to the bar in Germany and in the USA (New York)
1995, LL.M. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Law studies in Bielefeld (single-phase legal education), subsequently assistant at the University of Bielefeld

Lecturer activities

2020, Member of the Faculty Council of the EBS Executive School
Since 2010, Honorary Professor at EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Wiesbaden, for Dispute Resolution
2002 to 2023 Part-time professor, now lecturer, at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, Ravensburg location for commercial law
State Teaching Award 2005 for the best teaching at the vocational academies of the state of Baden-Württemberg; 2006 Best Lecturer Award of Maastricht University
Who's Who Legal since 2012, ongoing: Leading Mediator - Commercial Mediation Germany
Best Lawyers since 2014, ongoing: International Arbitration
Numerous lecturing and seminar activities, in particular on labor law including specialist attorney training, commercial mediation in Germany and abroad, and international business law

Memberships

Member of EUCON - European Institute for Conflict Management e.V.
Co-Chair 2023 bsi 2025 des International Mediation Committee der ABA International Law Section, bis 2018 Vice Chair der ABA International Section (Mediation/Private International Law)
Member DIS - German Institution of Arbitration e.V.
Member New York State Bar Association
Member of the Mediator Panel of the CPR, New York
Member of various professional associations and organizations
Rotary International, Rotary Distrikt 1841 Governor 2020/2021

News

Rückblick auf den Vortrag „Willkommen im Club der Fehlbaren“ vom 30. April 2025 in München

30.06.2025

Am 30. April 2025 fand in München ein Anwaltstreffen außergewöhnlicher Art statt. Während der Anwaltsstand traditionell für Unfehlbarkeit steht, stets auch in der Kollegenschaft um besten Ruf und Ruhm bemüht, öffnete die von Prof. Dr. Volker Römermann initiierte Veranstaltungsreihe „Anwaltsfehler – und wie man sie vermeiden kann“ der Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) den Blick hinter die Kulissen.

Handlungsbedarf bei Zielvereinbarungen

30.06.2025

Zielvereinbarungen sind ein Führungsinstrument zur leistungsorientierten Entlohnung der Mitarbeiter. Dort werden Ziele für einen bestimmten Beurteilungszeitraum definiert, deren Erreichen einen variablen Vergütungsanteil ausmachen. Das können individuelle, durch die Arbeitnehmer zu verwirklichende und/oder übergeordnete Unternehmensziele sein.

Inclusion in Mediation – Article in the Mediation Newsletter of the UN Office of the Ombudsman

22.04.2025

Our partner Prof. Dr. Renate Dendorfer Ditges recently contributed an article entitled “Inclusion in Mediation: Considerations for Disabled Parties” to the latest edition of the Mediation Newsletter published by the UN Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes.