Birgitta von Dresky
Areas of practice
Amongst other things, Birgitta von Dresky mainly advises German and Swiss clients in relation to the proper structuring of their business, financial and fiscal affairs both in Singapore and regionally. Typically, this would include advice and guidance on M&A, Venture Capital, Private Equity, the setting up of corporate structures for the region, corporate restructuring, as well as drafting and negotiating the relevant contracts. Birgitta von Dresky is a board member a number of German and Swiss companies with interests in South East Asia. Birgitta von Dresky is an active member of the Singaporean-German Chamber of Commerce and is a committee member of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Singapore.
Vita
Birgitta von Dresky studied law at the University Bonn with a focus on private international law. Subsequently, she worked as an in-house lawyer for several years for two well-known companies in Germany in the chemical/cosmetics industry, namely, Sasol and L’Oréal. Since 2003, Birgitta von Dresky has been based in Singapore, working in private practice as a lawyer for internationally operating, multidisciplinary German law firms, becoming a Partner of Luther LLP in 2008. Birgitta von Dresky has been a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Singapore since 2003.
Honors and distinctions
- kanzleimonitor.de (2016/2017): Listed as top law firm in Southeast Asia
Clients
- German venture capital companies: advice regarding their investment in startup companies in Singapore and the region
- German and Swiss SMEs: advice in regard to their business activities in Singapore and the region (e.g. acquisition of companies)
- Advising on private equity investments
Publications
- Der Top-Standort Asien im Aufbruch, in: Asia Bridge, Ausgabe 10/2023, S. 34ff
- Die Distanz überwinden, in: ASIA BRIDGE vom 20. April 2016
- Neue EU-Erbrechtsverordnung: Einschneidende Änderung des Rechts für in Singapur lebende Europäer, in: Impulse - The Magazine for the German-speaking Community in Singapore, Ausgabe 12/2015
- Auf die eigenen Stärken konzentrieren, in: Asia Bridge, Ausgabe 11/2015, Seite 38 f. (gemeinsam mit Pascal Brinkmann, LL.B. , LL.M.)
- 50 Years Singapore, 50 Years Partnership with Germany, in: Veröffentlichung der Singapore-German Chamber of Commerce zum 50. Geburtagsjahr Singapurs vom 13. Oktober 2015
- Nichts an Anziehungskraft verloren, in: Asia Bridge, Ausgabe 9/2015
- Gemeinschaft will Harmonisierung vorantreiben, in: Nachrichten für Außenhandel vom 19. November 2014
- Datenschutz, Kartellrecht und Zollabgaben, in: Asia Bridge Special - ASEAN Economic Community 2014, S. IV-V
- Newcomer Myanmar - Neues Investitionsgesetz endlich in Kraft, in: UnternehmerEdition, Ausgabe 6/2012
- Das Ringen geht weiter, in: Asia Bridge, Ausgabe 10/2012, S. 22 f.
- Gesetz: Präsident und Parlament suchen Kompromiss, in: Nachricht für Außenhandel vom 17. Oktober 2012, S. 5
Lectures
- 10.05.2017: Legal Aspects of doing business in Singapore and ASEAN, good experiences and pitfalls, Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce
- 24.02.2017: Singapore Budget Talk 2017, SBA Swiss Business Association - Singapore Budget Talk 2017
- 05.05.2016: Riding the Asean Elephant - Legal & Tax frameworks for investment opportunities in the ASEAN Region, Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica
- 22.04.2016: Update on tightened rules for work permit applications and on significant Employment Act changes, Swiss Business Association, Singapore - HR Legal Breakfast talk
- 09.06.2015: Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen für den Energieeffizienzbereich im Vergleich, Südostasien: Energieeffizienz in Gebäuden – Singapur und Thailand im Fokus
- 09.10.2014: Rechtliche Aspekte Singapur, IHK Vortragsveranstaltung China und Singapur
- 23.06.2014: Integration, Connectivity and Financing, The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
- 12.03.2014: Update: Marktchancen in Myanmar, IHK Rhein-Neckar
- 05.03.2014: Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen und regulatorische Beschränkungen, Round Table Myanmar
- 03.03.2014: Rechtsgrundlagen und Investitionsbedingungen in Myanmar, Vortragsveranstaltung "Marktentwicklung und Investitionspotentiale in Myanmar und Thailand
- 15.01.2014: Doing Business in Myanmar, EuroCham Talk Series: How European companies can tap into Myanmar: Key strategies, opportunities and pitfalls to investing in this greenfield
- 17.10.2013: Doing Business in Myanmar, SGC Breakfast Briefing
- 06.09.2013: Ländersprechtag Myanmar: Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen und Geschäftspotentiale für deutsche Unternehmen, IHK Hannover
- 28.08.2013: Business-Frühstück Myanmar, IHK Köln Business-Frühstück
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Partner
Hanover
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Counsel
Cologne
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Dr Thorsten Becker
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
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Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Counsel
Hamburg
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Michael Pfeiffer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Munich
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Jacqueline Dutz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
David Martiny
Partner
Singapore
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Charlotte Buck
Senior Associate
Hanover
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Anne Biebler
Partner
Leipzig
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Counsel
Essen
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.