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About Sonja Vidal
Sonja specialises in litigation and arbitration. She advises and represents national and international companies in complex disputes arising out of all areas of business and commercial law. She is a member of our Insolvency Disputes Skills Group and our Real Estate Litigation Skills Group.
Sonja speaks German and English.
Recent work
- Representing the joint representative of a group of bondholders in an insolvency-related dispute with shareholders.
- Advising a hotel group in a dispute involving claims brought forward by an insolvency administrator resulting from a real estate transaction.
- Advising and representing a global manufacturer of home appliances in a multi-jurisdictional post-M&A dispute arising out of the insolvency of a commercial customer.
- Advising and representing a global OEM in its worldwide defense against compliance-related customer claims brought against the OEM and its dealers.
Qualifications
Sonja completed her legal education at Humboldt University Berlin and University of Copenhagen. She served her legal traineeship (Referendariat) at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg with stages at the Federal Ministry of Justice and an international law firm in London, UK. She was admitted to the bar as Rechtsanwältin in 2019.
- Rechtsanwältin (2019)
- Legal traineeship (Referendariat) at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, Germany
- Humboldt University Berlin, Germany and University of Copenhagen, Denmark