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Steven Thal acts as international counsel to the firm. Mr. Thal has an extensive practice in international corporate and commercial transactions, with particular concentration in U.S. and European cross-border transactions. Mr. Thal advises German, Swiss and Austrian companies and individuals on cross-border transactions and United States legal issues. He has represented numerous large and mid-sized German-based multinational corporations and is a frequent speaker in the United States, Germany, Switzerland and Austria on international investments, corporate matters and U.S. litigation issues.
Mr. Thal speaks German fluently and is a visiting lecturer within the Faculty of Law at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (University of Munich) and Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg (University of Heidelberg) where he conducts seminars on international business transactions. He is also a Trusted Attorney to the German and Swiss Consulates in New York and the Austrian Trade Commission in New York. Mr. Thal is a co-founder and general counsel to the German-American Partnership Program, which is the largest student exchange program between the United States and Germany.
Mr. Thal received his J.D. and B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan. He also studied law at Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (University of Tübingen) in Germany and political economics at the New School for Social Research in New York. Mr. Thal is admitted to practice in New York, and is also admitted as a foreign legal consultant in Frankfurt, Germany on matters of U.S. and international law. In May 2008, Mr. Thal was elected President of Der Deutscher Verein in New York. He is a member of the International Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association (International Section) and The American Council on Germany.
Prior to joining Phillips Nizer, Mr. Thal was of counsel in the New York and Frankfurt offices of Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Professional Memberships:
- New York State Bar Assn.
- International Bar Assn.
- The American Council on Germany
- Der Deutscher Verein (New York)
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