Prof. Dr. Christoph Ph. Schließmann

Prof. Dr. Christoph Ph. Schließmann studied law at Erlangen/Nürnberg and Munic, Germany and post graduate business economics in St. Gallen, Stanford and London. He is doctor of law at the University of Frankfurt / Main and has taught for 16 years in St. Gallen / Swiss at the University of Salzburg/Austria. He is a Bar-Approved Specialist Lawyer in Labor Law, as well as one of the first few Bar-Approved Specialist Lawyers in International Business Law in Germany. His core competence is international Contract Law and Yacht Law. He is a Member of the famed Frankfurt Union International Club and a Rotarian. He is also the author of many articles and books on his main field of competence. 

Prof. Dr. Christoph Schließmann guides internationally operating family-held businesses and VIPs and Yards investing in Superyachts around the world. 

Prof. Dr. Schließmann founded the law firm “CPS Schließmann. Wirtschaftsanwälte“ in 1994, based on a close relation to his lecturing and cooperation to St. Gallen Business Schools / SWISS. Right from the beginning, the core competence and focus was on guiding entrepreneurs and corporations operating within the international markets. The legal work of Christoph Schließmann and his team is in transnational law and compliance, especially contract and corporate law, procurement and sales law, transactions and risk management. After 2002, the Yacht- and Superyacht- Department was set up as a second mainstay out of growing mandates in this branch. Prof. Dr. Schließmann linked his passion for maritime sports and boats together with international business and maritime law and offered a unique expertise, which helped his law firm to develop to one of the leading Yacht Law Firms in EU today. 

When the firm receives client queries, its expert advisers conduct a full appraisal, arriving at the recommended service approach, which then leads to an offer and clear briefings handled by Prof. Dr. Schließmann – best placed as owner of the firm, and also a well-renowned specialist who will ensure a personalised service and a close eye on the matters of many VIP clients. 

Such clients include: Family Hold Corporations with international business activities; Yacht and SuperYacht Owners; and Yards and Manufacturers as well as Sellers. 

CPS Schließmann differentiates itself from its competitors in that it occupies a very clear and unique branch in a niche market, offering expert knowhow and practice experience to a diverse and broadly based clientele. 

Specifically for Yacht-Law, the firm’s all-round, worry-free and full-service package for owners, manufacturers and dealers ensures that: 

· It makes sure a build or purchase of a yacht is as trouble-free and unproblematic as possible, and that owners take possession of their yacht quickly and in a legally sound manner. 

· It handles the entire life cycle of a yacht, and accompanies you through it. 

· CPS Schließmann is not a seller, agent or broker. Instead, CPS Schließmann is comprised of reputable commercial lawyers and nominated appointees, which guarantees absolute loyalty and reliability with regard to the client, whose interests are of the utmost importance.