PERSONAL ISSUES

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Personal Issues of the Founder

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sick, born 1957, Attorney-at-Law and Mediator
Working languages: German
English
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sick

Education

Study of law and PhD at the university of Tübingen
  • First Examination (final university degree) 1981
  • PhD (Dr. iur.) 1984
Training as Junior Barrister at the District Court of Ulm/Donau
  • Second Examination (final degree after the training at the District Court) 1985

Career Development

1986-1991

Counselor in the legal department of Ferrostaal AG, Essen

1991

Admission to the Bar

1991-1993

Head of the Legal Department and member of the Management of Krupp Industrietechnik GmbH, Duisburg (also responsible for the patent and the insurance departments)

1994-2004

Member of the Management of Ericsson GmbH, Düsseldorf (as Head of the Legal Department, partially with international responsibility and additional areas of business responsibility)

2004-2006

President of Ericsson GmbH, Düsseldorf

since 1st July 2006

Owner of the Law Firm Dr. Sick, Dorsten (founded already 1991)

since 2009

Managing Partner of Professor Dr. Sick Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

In addition to the above functions several mandates as member of the Supervisory Board, member of the Board of Directors of a benevolent fund for an enterprise related pension scheme, member of the Board of Directors of BITKOM e.V., member of the Board of Trustees of a non profit making limited company and member of the Board of Directors of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Germany.

Business Travels

Extensive business travels for contract negotiations to and within
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • North and South America
  • Australia
  • Near and Middle East
  • Asia

Teaching Appointments

  • Lecturer (since 1999) and since 2008 Honorary Professor in the faculty of Business Law at Westfälische Hochschule (Universitiy of Applied Sciences) with teaching activities related to the subjects drafting of contracts, argumentation and negotiation technique, mediation and corporate law
  • Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences South Westphalia (lectures in English language for drafting and negotiation of contracts in English-spoken countries)
  • Appointment as lecturer for the education of business mediators
  • Seminars as Attorney-at-Law for various subjects
  • Inhouse education of employees for various subjects

Memberships

1991 – 1993

Member of the Legal Committee of VDMA

1994 – 2006

Representative of Ericsson GmbH in ZVEI and later BITKOM (thereof 6 years as member of the Board of Directors of BITKOM)

Since 1995

Member in Union Mittelständischer Unternehmen (UMU)

Since 1996

Initially member of the Advisory Board, since 1998 President of Verein Schwimmbad Lembeck e.V.

Since 2009

Member in the Regional Committee Recklinghausen of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce North Westphalia

2009 – 2019

Member of the Institut für Betriebsberatung, Wirtschaftsförderung und -forschung e.V. (IBWF)

2010 – 2013

Member of the Business Network International (BNI)

2011 – 2012

Chairman of the chapter „Stradivari“ of BNI in Essen

Since 2012

Member of ExpertenRing Rhein-Ruhr

2012 – 2014

Vice-Chairman in the Regional Committee Recklinghausen of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce North Westphalia

Since 2014

Chairman of ExpertenRing Rhein-Ruhr

Since 2016

Member of the Plenary Assembly of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce North Westphalia

Since 2016

Chairman in the Regional Committee Recklinghausen of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce North Westphalia

Since 2016

Member of the Executive Committee and Vice-President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce North Westphalia

Since 2018

Member of the Advisory Board of the Jewish Museum Westphalia

Since 2020

Member of Bundesverband der Mittelständischen Wirtschaft (BVMW)

Appointments as Lecturer and Publications

Numerous lectures on drafting of contracts, corporate law, mediation and negotiation techniques, law governing data protection, labor law, national and international business law, product safety, product liability

Numerous publications (4 books and many contributions on different subjects to different scientific periodicals)

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