Dr Sven Ufe Tjarks

Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer) and Partner

Certified Specialist in Corporate and Commercial Law

Dr Sven Ufe Tjarks has been working as a lawyer in our Freiburg office since 2011 and became a partner in 2026. He primarily advises clients on trade and distribution law, corporate law, general conditions and contract drafting. M&A transactions, and international business law. In addition, he has particular expertise in the field of life sciences, with a focus on pharmaceutical law, and in advising start-ups.

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Italian

Practices

Publications

  • Rechtsklarheit in Bezug auf die Haftung des Geschäftsführers (Legal clarity with regard to the liability of the managing director), review of Federal Court of Justice (BGH), judgment of March 14, 2023 – Case No. II ZR 162/21, Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, Issue 18, August 2023 (together with Stephan Fischer)
  • Zuständigkeit für Klage auf Aufhebung einer Grundstücksschenkung wegen Geschäftsunfähigkeit (Legal jurisdiction regarding an action for annulment of a property donation due to legal incapacity), comment on a judgement of the Federal Cour of Justice (BGH) of 16 November 2016 – C 417/15 (IWRZ 3/2017, 131)
  • Besprechung zu OLG Naumburg: Persönliche Haftung des GmbH-Geschäftsführers wegen Verstoßes gegen interne Zuständigkeitsregelungen [Comment on the decision of the Higher Regional Court Naumburg: Personal Liability of the director of a limited liability company due to breach of internal competences regulations], Betriebs-Berater 2014, 2260
  • Co-author of the handbook Manz/Mayer/Schröder: Die Aktiengesellschaft [The German Stock Corporation], 7th edition, Haufe Verlag 2014
  • Das „Venezianische” Stadtrecht Paduas von 1420 – zugleich eine Untersuchung zum statutaren Zivilprozess im 15. Jahrhundert [Padua’s “Venitian” Town Charter of 1420 – at the same time an examination of statutory civil procedure in the 15th Century], Berlin 2013
  • Internationaler Gerichtsstand und Incoterms 2010 [International Jurisdiction and Incoterms 2010], in SteuerConsultant 2012, p. 12

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