Tilmann Hertel
Partner
Frankfurt
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Overview
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Experience
Introduction
Tilmann helps banks, financial investors and corporates achieve positive outcomes in high-stakes domestic and cross-border litigation and arbitration.
Tilmann Hertel is a commercial litigator, advising and representing clients in domestic and cross-border disputes. He specifically focuses on banks and financial service disputes as well as corporate litigation, representing banks, financial investors, funds, and fintech's, amongst others. He also represents clients in arbitration proceedings.
Tilmann has been recognized in Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers™ as one of the best lawyers in Germany for Litigation as part of the Germany's Best Lawyers since 2024. He has further been recognized as top litigator by Wirtschaftswoche in 2022, 2023, and 2025.
He studied law at Frankfurt University, Université Paris Nanterre, and at the University of Edinburgh (LL.M.). He was admitted to practice in Germany in 2010. Prior to joining Ashurst Perkins Coie in 2021, he worked in the Frankfurt office of another international law firm.
- Fund boutique firm | Partner | Representing German fund boutique firm in various parallel shareholder actions and high-value contractual disputes.
- Leading international bank | Partner | Defending leading international bank against damages claim by institutional investor relating to real assets in England.
- PE Investor | Partner | Successfully defended a London based PE investor against a EUR 80 Million claim relating to a joint-venture real estate investment through all three instances up to the German Federal Court of Justice.
- PE Investor | Partner | Representing a PE Investor in parallel shareholder action and post-M&A arbitration proceedings in connection with an investment in the tech sector.
- Leading international bank | Partner | Representing leading international bank in damages action in the context of the Wirecard complex before the Frankfurt courts.
- Fintech | Partner | Represented fintech start-up offering a crowd-funding real estate platform in relation to claims brought by consumer organization before the German courts.
- Fintech | Partner | Represented and advised leading online and social trading platform in relation to consumer claims brought before the German courts.
- Financial Services Company | Partner | advised financial services company in relation to dispute regarding development of an end-to-end wealth management platform.
- Rolling stock | Partner | Represented and advised passenger rail services company in-court and out-of-court in dispute with manufacturer.
- Fashion | Partner | Represented and advised an apparel company in cross-border litigation proceedings in Germany, Belgium and the US, including enforcement proceedings, relating to alleged abuse of dominance and cartel infringements.