Areas of Activity and Professional Career

Philipp Bremer recently led the Rule of Law Programme Middle East & North Africa of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V., based in Beirut, from 2021 to 2025. In this capacity, he was responsible for rule of law projects from Morocco through the Gulf to Iraq. He thus brings legal experience from across the Arab world into his legal practice. He began his career as a commercial lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in Düsseldorf, where he worked for 3 1/2 years in dispute resolution. During that time, he spent 6 months as a secondee in the PR Litigation department of Volkswagen AG.

His work combines legal analysis with political and economic understanding. He handles all matters of commercial law and focuses on the Middle East and Gulf region. His practice also includes the strategic support of sensitive mandates requiring high levels of communication and coordination, serving as an interface between law, the public, and political actors.

His advisory work is regularly conducted in close cooperation with colleagues at various locations as well as with local partners and institutions on the ground.

Activities and Memberships

• Düsseldorf Bar Association
• Alumni Association of the Kulturkreis Scholarship
• Association of Former KAS Scholarship Recipients
• ABSOLVENTUM Mannheim
  

Admission

Philipp Bremer was admitted to the bar in Düsseldorf on July 21, 2017.

Education

Philipp Bremer grew up in an international environment and lived in the Middle East throughout his childhood.

From 2008 to 2014, Philipp Bremer studied law at the University of Mannheim. In parallel, he studied political science and public administration for two years at the FernUni Hagen. Alongside his studies, he worked for Prof. Jochen Taupitz at the Chair for Civil Law, Civil Procedure, Private International Law and Comparative Law. In 2014, he completed his law studies with the First State Examination in Law.

From 2014 to 2016, he completed his legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe, finishing in 2016 with the Second State Examination in Law. During his clerkship, he completed stations at, among others, the litigation firm Quinn Emanuel in Mannheim, with attorney Axel Voss, MEP at the European Parliament in Brussels, and in the office of Minister of State, Prof. Dr. Maria Böhmer, Member of the Bundestag, at the Federal Foreign Office.

Because people are always the central starting point of any case, and work in an international context requires particular sensitivity, understanding and empathy, Philipp Bremer also completed a three-year part-time training as a Gestalt therapist.

Languages

Philipp Bremer is a native speaker of German and English. He also speaks French, has basic knowledge of spoken Hebrew, and has been learning Arabic (with Lebanese dialect) for several years.