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Wilhelm J. Ziegler
Associate

404.873.8180  direct
404.873.8181  fax
wilhelm.ziegler@agg.com



Mr. Ziegler is a transactional attorney in the firm’s International Group and Mergers and Acquisitions/ Strategic Alliances Team. He focuses primarily on international transactions, both inbound and outbound, international and domestic mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances, and general corporate law. He has significant experience in counseling foreign-owned and domestic companies during the formation and operation of various operating and investment entities.

Mr. Ziegler holds law degrees from both the United States and Germany and is admitted to practice law in both countries. His practice extends beyond legal issues of the U.S. common law system to a broad range of legal matters pertaining to the civil law systems of the European Union and Germany, thereby frequently representing clients in legal matters and contractual negotiations overseas. Mr. Ziegler maintains a close professional relationship with major law and accounting firms in Europe, and he is an active member of the German-American business community.

Professional Activities
  • American Bar Association, Section of International Law
          Vice-Chair, Europe Committee     
  • State Bar of Georgia
  • German Bar Association / Rechtsanwaltskammer München / Munich, Germany

Education
  • J.D., Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
  • J.D., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität School of Law, Munich, Germany
  • Judicial Clerk (Rechtsreferendar), Court of Appeals, Munich, Germany 
  • German Bar Examinations I & II, (Bayrisches Erstes und Zweites Juristische Staatsexamen), Munich, Germany
Admitted to Practice
  • Germany
  • State of Georgia, USA
  • Georgia Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Superior Courts
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Additional Information
Languages
  • English
  • German


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