Prof. Dr. Renate Dendorfer-Ditges LL.M. MBA

Partner

Rechtsanwältin
Attorney-at-Law (New York, US Federal Courts)

Certified specialist lawyer for Labor Law
Certified specialist lawyer for Commercial and Corporate Law
Certified specialist lawyer in
International Commercial Law

Certified Mediator
(University of Hagen,
Harvard Law School, Boston/USA)

Business Coach & Legal Coach

Languages

German, English

Contact

T +49 (0) 228 60460-0
F +49 (0) 228 6046040
E rdd@ditges.de

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Expertise

Individual and collective labor law, in particular advice on restructuring, outsourcing, and transfer of undertakings
Corporate law with intersections with labor law, in particular advice on matters relating to management and the board of directors
National and international arbitration law as party representative and arbitrator
National and international commercial mediation and other areas of alternative dispute resolution
International contracts and litigation, in particular with reference to US-American law

Vita

Since 2022 Member of the Global Mediation Panel des Ombudsmanns der Vereinten Nationen – The Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes
Since 2013, Partner of DITGES RECHTSANWÄLTE WIRTSCHAFTSPRÜFER STEUERBERATER
2004 – 2022 Partner and cooperation partner at HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Munich
Until 2004, Lawyer at PricewaterhouseCoopers Veltins GmbH, Munich
2001, Legal Counsel of Articon-Integralis AG, Ismaning near Munich
Until 2000, Legal Counsel, authorized signatory, and head of the legal department of the Finanzbau MARITIM group of companies and Managing Director of Gesellschaft für Vermögensverwaltung mbH, Bad Salzuflen
2000, Master of Business Administration (MBA, Maastricht University)
1996 Admitted to the bar in Germany and the United States (New York), and subsequently admitted to practice before the U.S. federal courts
1995, LL.M. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Law studies in Bielefeld (single-phase legal education), subsequently assistant at the University of Bielefeld

Lecturer activities

In 2020 Member of the Faculty Council at EBS Executive School
Since 2010, Honorary Professor at EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Wiesbaden, for Dispute Resolution
2002 to 2023 Part-time professor, now lecturer, at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, Ravensburg location for commercial law
State Teaching Award 2005 for the best teaching at the vocational academies of the state of Baden-Württemberg; 2006 Best Lecturer Award of Maastricht University
Who's Who Legal since 2012, ongoing: Leading Mediator - Commercial Mediation Germany
Best Lawyers since 2014, ongoing: International Arbitration
Numerous lecturing and seminar activities, in particular on labor law including specialist attorney training, commercial mediation in Germany and abroad, and international business law

Memberships

Member of the Advisory Committee of the DIHK Court of Arbitration (SGH)
Member of EUCON - European Institute for Conflict Management e.V.
Member of the International Mediation Institute (IMI)
Member of the Mediator Panel of the CPR, New York
CEDR Accredited Mediator
Member DIS - German Institution of Arbitration e.V.
Member of the New York Bar Association and the American Bar Association (formerly Chair of the ABA Mediation Committee, Section International Law)
ABA Mediation Committee, Section International Law)
Rotary International: Past District Governor (2020/2021) and Delegate to the Council on Legislation (District 1841)
CARE Deutschland e.V.: Ombudsperson and Ethics Officer

News

DITGES Recognized by Handelsblatt as One of Germany’s Best Law Firms for 2026

20.10.2026

DITGES has been recognized by Handelsblatt in its Germany’s Best Law Firms 2026 ranking. The awards ceremony took place on October 8, 2026, at the Handelsblatt Media Group headquarters in Düsseldorf.

DITGES vom Handelsblatt als „BESTE Kanzlei 2026“ ausgezeichnet

20.10.2026

DITGES wurde vom Handelsblatt im Rahmen des Rankings „Deutschlands BESTE Kanzleien 2026“ ausgezeichnet. DITGES wurde vom Handelsblatt im Rahmen des Rankings „Deutschlands BESTE Kanzleien 2026“ ausgezeichnet. Die feierliche Preisverleihung fand am 8. Oktober 2026 im Gebäude der Handelsblatt Media Group in Düsseldorf statt.

Akkreditierung als Mediatorin am Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC) des Einheitlichen Patentgerichts

19.10.2026

Unsere Partnerin Prof. Dr. Renate Dendorfer-Ditges ist seit dem 1. Juni 2026 als Mediator und Associated Mediator des Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC) des Einheitlichen Patentgerichts (EPG) akkreditiert.