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Henning von Zanthier

Henning is a founding partner of the law firm VON ZANTHIER & DACHOWSKI, which was established in Berlin in 1992 with a focus on commercial law, in particular cross-border business activities between Germany and Poland. In 1995, he founded the first German law firm in Poznań.

Henning studied law in Germany and France (Diplôme Supérieur, Strasbourg) and subsequently obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Tulane University in the USA. After being admitted to the Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law in Berlin in 1991, Henning worked for a major international law firm. In 2003, he was admitted as a foreign lawyer in Poznań and was the first non-Polish lawyer (radca prawny) to be admitted to the Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law in Poznań. From 2004 to 2009, he was a lecturer in Polish law at the Free University of Berlin. In 2021-2014, he also regularly lectured on international sales law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

Henning is one of the founders of the League of Lawyers, an association of medium-sized law firms in Europe and Asia, of which he was President from 2014-2020. He has been a member of LAWASIA since 2006 and has headed the Asian-European Subcommittee since 2016.

He specialises in commercial and corporate law, in particular advising medium-sized and large companies investing in Germany and Poland. A particular focus of his practice is German and Polish renewable energy law, especially geothermal law, where the firm also advises some of the world's largest geothermal companies in Germany and Poland. Henning is actively involved in the promotion of renewable energies and supports large European companies in this area, including as Chairman of the Board of the German-Polish Wind Energy Club based in Berlin.

Memberships

  • berliner wirtschaftsgespräche e.v.
  • BWE - German Wind Energy Association
  • German-Polish Wind Energy Club (Chairman of the Board)
  • EGEC - European Geothermal Energy Council
  • IGA - International Geothermal Association
  • LAWASIA
  • League of Lawyers e.V. (Former President)
  • Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law in Poznań
  • Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law in Berlin
  • SIBB e.V.
  • VBKI e.V.

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Henning von Zanthier
VON ZANTHIER & DACHOWSKI

Partner in Berlin and Poznań, Attorney at Law, LL.M.

Expertise
Corporate law, Data protection law, Renewable energies law, Contract law

Languages
German, English, Polish, French

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