Dr. Holger Jacobs
Associate
Frankfurt am Main

Dr. Holger Jacobs
Associate
Frankfurt am Main
Contact Details
Holger advises clients in all areas of dispute resolution both in and out of court. A major focus of Holger’s work is cross-border civil litigation.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as Rechtsanwalt, Germany, 2021
Admitted as Assessor, Germany, 2016
Admitted as Referendar, Germany, 2014
Academic
Dr. iur., Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, 2021
Magister Juris, University of Oxford, UK, 2018
Magister rerum publicarum, Speyer, Germany, 2017
Second German Law Degree, Germany, 2016
First German Law Degree, Germany, 2014
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Publications: 28 June 2021
Germany’s New Supply Chain Act – Part 3 of 4 – Litigation
The Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (the “Act”) does not create any new civil liability for in-scope companies. The Act does, however, increase the risk to companies of litigation under the existing…

Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as Rechtsanwalt, Germany, 2021
Admitted as Assessor, Germany, 2016
Admitted as Referendar, Germany, 2014
Academic
Dr. iur., Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, 2021
Magister Juris, University of Oxford, UK, 2018
Magister rerum publicarum, Speyer, Germany, 2017
Second German Law Degree, Germany, 2016
First German Law Degree, Germany, 2014
Published Work
- Jacobs H. (2020): Commentary on Articles 41-44 of the European Insolvency Regulation, in: Ahrens/Gehrlein/Ringstmeier (eds.), Insolvenzrecht, Kommentar, 4th edition 2020
- Jacobs H. / Gillen, N. (2020): Case comment on BVerfG, decision dated 6 May 2020 – 2 BvR 331/18, Zur Einstufung des Zwangsumtauschs von (hier: griechischen) Staatsanleihen durch den Gesetzgeber des emittierenden Staates als hoheitlicher Akt, EWiR 2020, p. 749-750
- Jacobs H. (2017): „Der Zwischenstand zum geplanten Haager Anerkennungs- und Vollstreckungs-übereinkommen – Der vorläufige Konventionsentwurf 2016“, ZfRV 2017, p. 24-30
- Jacobs H. (2017): “Why international commercial contracts should include express choice-of-law clauses for non-contractual obligations”, Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional 2017, Vol. 9 No 1, p. 153-160
- Jacobs H. / Netzer, F. (2016): „Die Anerkennung und Vollstreckung von Entscheidungen nach der neuen Brüssel Ia-VO“, in: Seibel u.a., Zwangsvollstreckungsrecht aktuell, 3rd edition 2016, p. 245- 269
- Jacobs H. (2015): „Die Notwendigkeit der Wahl des auf außervertragliche Ansprüche anwendbaren Rechts in internationalen Wirtschaftsverträgen“, IPRax 2015, p. 293-297