Kers­tin Schul­ze-Ket­el­hut

La­wy­er, As­so­cia­te

+49 40 - 37 47 78 - 24

Kers­tin ad­vi­ses and re­pres­ents our cli­ents in all mat­ters of ship­ping law.

Thanks to her trai­ning as a ship­ping pro­fes­sio­nal and her stu­dies in in­ter­na­tio­nal trans­port ma­nage­ment, she knows ship­ping from the in­si­de.

Be­fo­re be­gin­ning her law stu­dies at Bu­ce­ri­us Law School in Ham­burg, Kers­tin work­ed in ma­ri­ti­me claims sett­le­ment wi­th a Ham­burg-ba­sed ge­ne­ral avera­ge ad­jus­ter.

Be­cau­se of her in­te­rest in ship­ping Kers­tin spe­cia­li­zed in ma­ri­ti­me law du­ring her stu­dies, spen­ding time in Hong Kong and Cape Town to this end.

Fol­lo­wing her law de­gree, Kers­tin work­ed at LE­BUHN & PUCH­TA in par­al­lel to her le­gal trai­ning and re­tur­ned to LE­BUHN & PUCH­TA ha­ving ful­ly qua­li­fied wi­th com­men­da­ti­on

  • Work ex­pe­ri­ence as crew ope­ra­tor on the Is­le of Man
  • Trai­ning as a ship­ping pro­fes­sio­nal from 2005 to 2008
  • In­ter­na­tio­nal Trans­port Ma­nage­ment Stu­dies at the Ja­de School of Hig­her Edu­ca­ti­on in Els­fleth from 2008 to 2011 (B.Sc.) wi­th time in Hong Kong
  • Work ex­pe­ri­ence wi­th a Ham­burg ship­ping firm
  • Work ex­pe­ri­ence wi­th a Ham­burg-ba­sed GA ad­jus­ter
  • Law stu­dies at the Bu­ce­ri­us Law School in Ham­burg from 2011 to 2016 (LL.B.) wi­th time in Cape Town
  • Le­gal re­se­arch as­sistant wi­th in­ter­na­tio­nal com­mer­cial law firms in­clu­ding LE­BUHN & PUCH­TA
  • Le­gal trai­nee­ship in Ham­burg
  • Ad­mit­ted to the Ger­man bar in 2021
  • Joi­n­ed the firm in 2021

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