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Published: October 19, 2021

Board of Trustees

President

  • Anette Kramme, MdB,Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection

Vice Presidents

  • Ramona Pisal, President of the Potsdam Regional Court (retired), German Women Lawyers Association
  • Prof. Dr. Stephan Wernicke,  Chief Counsel and Head of Legal Affairs, German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK), Berlin

Further members of the Board of Trustees

  • N.N., President of the German Bundestag Budget Committee
  • Dr Daniela Brückner, Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice for Nordrhein-Westfalen
  • Dr Birgit Grundmann, lawyer, former State Secretary
  • Dirk Feuerberg, Secretary of State, Senate Department for Justice and Consumer Protection Berlin
  • Dr h.c. Edith Kindermann, lawyer and notary
  • Christiane Knoop, Chairman of the Association of German Judges for Administrative Law
  • Joachim Lüblinghoff, former presiding judge at the Hamm Higher Regional Court
  • Prof. Dr. Katharina Lugani, Chair of German European and International Private and Procedural Law, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
  • Eva Maria Meyer, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance
  • Dr Heike Neuhaus, Ministerial Director, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, Berlin
  • Prof. Dr. Ralf Poscher, Managing Director of Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Department of Public Law
  • Dr Angela Reitmaier, Expert on International Anti-corruption Agreements, Transparency International Deutschland e. V.
  • Dr Christian Rupp, President of the German Association of Notaries e.V.
  • Dr Kirsten Scholl, Ministerial Director, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy
  • Oliver J. Süme, lawyer, Chair of the Board, eco – Association of the Internet Industry
  • Dr Lovro Tomasic, Notary, notary's office Giehl & Tomasic, Erlangen
  • Björn Tschöpe, Council of State, The Senator for Justice and Constitution of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
  • Tania von Uslar-Gleichen, Ministerial Director, Federal Foreign Office
  • Dr Ulrich Wessels, lawyer, President of the German Federal Bar
  • Martin Wimmer, Head of Subdivision, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development
  • N.N., President of the German Bundestag Legal Committee

The Board

  • Alexandra Albrecht, General Director
  • Dr. Stefan Hülshörster, Director

Members of IRZ

  • Bayer AG
  • Dr Frauke Bachler, Managing Director of juris GmbH
  • Professor Dr. Wilfried Bernhardt, Staatssekretär a.D.
  • Annette Böringer, Bundesanwältin beim Bundesgerichtshof
  • Bund Deutscher Rechtspfleger e.V.
  • Bund Deutscher Verwaltungsrichter und Verwaltungsrichterinnen (Association of German Judges for Administrative Law)
  • Bundesnotarkammer (Federal Chamber of Notaries)
  • Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (German Federal Bar)
  • Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. (Federation of German Industries)
  • Bundesverband deutscher Banken e.V. (Association of German Banks)
  • Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V. (German Bar Association)
  • Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag e.V. (German Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
  • Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V. (German Institution of Arbitration)
  • Deutscher Juristinnenbund e.V. (German Women Lawyers Association)
  • Deutscher Notarverein e.V. (German Notaries' Association)
  • Deutscher Richterbund e.V. (German Association of Judges)
  • Lujo Fadé, Ministerialdirigent a.D. (Assistant Secretary)
  • Rainer Funke, lawyer, former Parliamentary State Secretary
  • Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V. (German Insurance Association)
  • Dr. Birgit Grundmann, lawyer, former State Secretary
  • Dr. Christian Johnson, Abteilungsleiter, Bundesamt für Justiz Head of Division Federal Office of Justice
  • Veronika Keller-Engels, President, Federal Office of Justice
  • Dr. Christoph Konrad, Member of the Board, Verein zur Förderung der Wettbewerbswirtschaft e.V.
  • Markenverband e.V. (German Brands Association)
  • Dirk Mirow, Assistant Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
  • Dr. Anke Morsch, President of the Finance Court of Saarland
  • (Chamber of Notaries of Koblenz)
  • Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations e.V.
  • Dr. Irene Pakuscher, former State Secretary
  • Patentanwaltskammer München (Chamber of Patent Attorneys of Munich)
  • Dr. Wolfgang Schmitt-Wellbrock, ormer Director-General
  • Alexander Straßmeir, President of Berlin’s State Office for Health and Social Affairs
  • Professor Dr. Stefan Zimmermann, former notary, Honorary President of German Notaries' Association e.V.
  • Brigitte Zypries, former Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy
  • N.N., Member of the German Bundestag, CDU/CSU
  • N.N., Member of the German Bundestag, AfD
  • N.N., Member of the German Bundestag , SPD
  • N.N., Member of the German Bundestag, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
  • N.N., Member of the German Bundestag, DIE LINKE

Advisory Council for “Law and Economic Transformation”

At its meeting on 16 November 2020, the IRZ Board of Trustees resolved to appoint an Advisory Council for “Law and Economic Transformation” in accordance with § 32 sentence 1 of the Statues.  The aim of the Advisory Council will be to strengthen the role of IRZ in the long term to a social market economy in the current transformation processes, and to attract new members from associations and business to IRZ.

The Advisory Council, which also includes external expertise, will advise IRZ on its role in current transformation processes in foreign countries, and focus on supporting reform projects for a social market economy and all the economic aspects relating to a strengthening of legal centres, in particular with respect to project selection and design. It will submit proposals to realise and implement the promotion of the social market economy.

Members of the Advisory Council

  • Dr Birgit Grundmann (spokeswoman), lawyer, Law Office Berburg, Berlin
  • Justizrat Richard Bock, former notary, chief representative for international affairs at the Federal Chamber of Notaries, Berlin
  • Dr Jenny Dvorak, Head of Legal Affairs, OWG Beteiligungs AG
  • Thomas Fischer, Head of Department Policy Affairs and Social Policy, German Trade Union Confederation, Berlin
  • Stefan Hienzsch, General Authorised Representative, BMW Bank GmbH, München
  • Götz Kaßmann, Head of Legal Affairs and Chief Compliance Officer, Schüco International KG, Bielefeld
  • Niels Lau, Head of Department Legal, Competition and Consumer Policy, Federation of German Industries e.V., Berlin
  • Dr. Norbert Schultes, Undersecretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
  • Dr Oliver Vossius, former notary
  • Prof Dr Stephan Wernicke, Chief Counsel and Head of Legal Affairs, German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK), Berlin

IRZ Statutes