Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wilhelm

Freelance lawyer

* 12.01.1949, Cologne

 

Practice areas

• International Business & Trade law
• Corporate Law

Foreign languages spoken

• English
• French
• Spanish

Educational Background

• 1970 – 1973: Studied law at the University of Cologne
• 1974: First State Examination in Law (graduated with honours)
• 1974 – 1976: Legal traineeship completed in the district of Cologne’s Higher Regional Court
• 1977: Second State Examination in Law (graduated with honours)
• 1980: Awarded a doctorate in Law by the University of Cologne

Career

• 1977 – 1979: Academic Assistant in the Criminology Institute of the University of Cologne
• 1977 – 1979: Lawyer at the District Court of Cologne
• 1979 – 1982: Legal Consultant with the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Bonn: developmental projects of churches
• Since 1979: Representative in the Regional Assembly of Rhineland, Cologne
• 1980, 1983, 1987, 1990: Constituency Candidate for the German Bundestag
• 1981 – 1994: Chairman of the AK foreign and developmental policy for the Mittelrhine District of Cologne; Member of the Commission Internationales with the SPD Executive Committee
• 1982 – 1983: Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy & Safety Division at the Federal Chancellor’s Office
• 1983 – 1997: Deputy Head of Division in the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ): South East Asia, the Near East, Central Asia, Eastern Europe; after 1990: Sectorial policy, physical Infrastructure, city development, water supply, waste water disposal, waste management, residential construction
• 1984 – 1999: Chairman of the Regional Assembly of Rhineland, Cologne
• 1989 – 1998: First Deputy Head of the Rhine-Bergisch District authority
• 1996: Awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1997 – 1998: Head of Division in the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ): Legal & Confidentiality affairs, Personnel – Ministry Director
• Since 1998: Member of the Willy Brandt Commission (known today as the “One World Forum”) with the SPD Executive Committee
• 1998 – 2010: Executive Director of the German Development Service (DED)
• Since 2001: Lecturer at the University of Bonn, lectures and speeches at different other universities (among others the University of Trier and the Humboldt University in Berlin)
• 2002: Awarded the title Commendatore of the Italian Republic
• 2003: Awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, First Class
• Since 2008: Lecturer at the Heinrich-Heine-University of Dusseldorf
• 2010: Appointed as Ministry Principal
• 2011 – 2012: Member of the Executive Board of the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ) in Bonn and Eschborn
• Since 2014: Freelance lawyer at WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE in Cologne

Membership

• Cologne Chamber of Lawyers (Rechtsanwaltskammer Köln)

Other activies

• Chairman of the Regional Assembly of Rhineland
• Chairman of the Executive Board of the Cologne Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation
• Chairman of the Executive Board of Max Ernst Foundation
• Member of the Executive Board of ZERO-Foundation, Dusseldorf
• Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Publications

Numerous publications on different developmental, socio-political and cultural topics