Dr Alexander Retsch

Alexander Retsch is a partner at GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ in the CORPORATE and LITIGATION practice. He advises his clients on all aspects of corporate and capital markets law as well as on disputes in and out of court. In addition to advising on day-to-day business, he focuses on the field of dispute resolution and corporate litigation, including litigation at first and second instance, inter alia in investor lawsuits, in complex mass and test cases as well as in post-M&A and shareholder disputes.

Alexander Retsch studied law at the University of Cologne with a focus on corporate law. In 2013 he received a doctorate degree in law (Dr. jur.) with a thesis on capital markets law questions.

During his legal clerkship, Alexander Retsch worked at the German Consulate General in Miami, USA, as well as at the cologne office of a leading international law firm. In 2017 he worked several months at a British law firm in London.

Alexander Retsch is the author of numerous publications in the field of corporate and capital markets law and regularly lectures on these topics. In addition, he has been a lecturer for the Master's programme in "Business Law" at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster for many years. Alexander Retsch has been listed by Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers in the category "Germany's Best Lawyers" in corporate law since 2023. JUVE lists Alexander Retsch in its 2024/25 handbook as one of a total of six up-and-comers in corporate law and has also included him in the list of ”Top 40 under 40’ (corporate).

As well as his native German, Alexander Retsch is fluent in English. In his leisure time, Alexander Retsch likes to spend time with his wife and his two children as well as with sports (soccer, golf).