Attorney | Specialized Attorney for Commercial and Corporate Law
Areas of expertise
Commercial and company law
Mergers and acquisitions law
Venture capital / private equity
Business start-up advice
Contract design
Crypto law
Client focus
Manufacturing sector (particularly mechanical engineering, sensor technology and semiconductors)
Information technology company
Biotechnology & pharma
Medium-sized businesses, including those with an international focus
Start-ups
Short biography
Studied law at the Free University of Berlin
Master's degree at the Institute for Legal Further Education, Hagen, with a specialisation in „General Terms and Conditions and Contract Law“.“
2008 Legal traineeship at the Berlin Higher Regional Court
2010 Establishment of a private law firm in Berlin
2010 Freelance consultant at audalis Schick Struß & Partner Rechtsanwälte
2011 Completed DAV attorney training
Since 2012 Coach and expert in various start-up networks, including:
Berlin universities (B! founded)
Bosch Start-Up Harbour (Berlin)
Bosch Innovation Hub (Stuttgart)
StartUp Incubator Berlin
SIBB (Berlin-Brandenburg Digital Association)
UnternehmerTUM (Munich)
MIT Enterprise Forum CEE (Poland)
Audi Denkwerkstatt (Berlin & Ingolstadt)
2013 Founding member of the „Bundesverband Deutsche Start-ups e. V.“
2014 Appointed as a partner at the law firm audalis Schick Struß & Partner Rechtsanwälte
Since 2018 Specialized Attorney in Commercial and Company Law
2021–2025 Lecturer in start-up law at the Berlin School of Economics and Law
Awards
In addition, Patrick Geißler is listed in the kanzleimonitor.de ranking as Hidden Champion Corporate Law 2017/2018, as Recommended Lawyer 2018/2019 and as one of the Top 100 Lawyers for corporate law in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024
Three things that pull me out of everyday life at any time
Basketball – on or off the court, it’s all about the moment
A wine with character to accompany a deep conversation