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Dr. Anna Ricarda Gerlach

Your law firm for national and international business law

The law firm of Dr Anna Ricarda Gerlach primarily advises German and Italian clients in the areas of labour law, corporate law and commercial & distribution law.

With us, you can expect a highly specialised business law firm with boutique character and a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary range of legal services. We place great emphasis on providing our clients with professional and personalised support, and cultivate long-term relationships based on mutual confidence. Our aim is to provide focused and high-quality solutions, also in international legal matters – in particular with regards to Italy – and, if necessary, in close co-operation with long-standing local partners.

Sectors and legal areas

Our sectors

Our main focus sectors are fashion, food, cosmetics and sports. Each of them has its specific characteristics and  requirements, which we take into particular consideration when finding solutions stemming from our in-depth knowledge and many years of expertise.

Our legal areas

We advise our clients on a broad tangent of subjects, from day-to-day business and individual projects to high-end, complex solution concepts and processes. This also includes representation in court, not only locally but nationwide.

As a multilingual law firm, we offer competent advice and sustainable support in German, Italian, English and French. In addition to Germany-based companies, we focus in particular on Italian clients.

Our law firm is widely recognised and appreciated for the rapid development of pragmatic and efficient strategies that are perfect for the matter at hand.

Our legal advice focuses on the areas of labour law, corporate law as well as commercial & distribution law, including compliance aspects.

Founder of the law firm

Dr. Anna Ricarda Gerlach

As a lawyer with more than 16 years of professional experience, I always prioritise the successful support and enforcement of my clients’ legal interests. In doing so, I attach great importance to a trusting relationship and a co-operation characterised by fairness and respect – for me the basis of our mutual success.

Due to my many years of expertise in international legal relations, my focus is not only on advising national clients but also on international matters. Legal matters involving Italy are a particular area in which I specialise.

Italy is of special significance to me, both professionally as well as personally. I have a fluent command of Italian, and having had the opportunity to spend extended periods of time to study and work in Italy, I am able to appreciate the particularities of Italian culture: I always feel at home in Italy.

  • Studies of law at the University of Passau with specialized foreign language qualification in Italian and French law
  • Academic stays in Italy and France
  • Legal clerkship in Munich
  • Elective stage with a law firm in Rome
  • 2008 Admission to the bar
  • More than 16 years as a lawyer in internationally focussed law firms, specialising in German-Italian legal relations
  • 2009 Specialist lawyer course for labour law
  • 2013 Doctorate (Dr iur.) at the University of Augsburg
  • 2019 Specialist lawyer course for commercial and corporate law
  • 2019 Foundation of Dr Anna Ricarda Gerlach law firm
  • 2023 Certified Compliance Officer (C. H. Beck)
  • Since 2024 Lecturer at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT)
  • Since 2024 Legal Advisor of the Jane Goodall Institute – Germany

  • German-Italian Lawyers Association/Association for the exchange of ideas between German and Italian lawyers (DIJV)
  • Member of ITALCAM – Italian-German Chamber of Commerce
  • German
  • Italian
  • English
  • French
“Law helps the vigilant, not the dreamers.“
S. Cod. Just. 7, 40, 2 pr. g. A. (Justinian)

Legal areas

Our range of advisory services covers various areas of law – at national and international level – which require a high degree of understanding of the perspective of companies and business players. This includes in particular:

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We are looking forward to supporting you with your matters, issues and concerns – please feel free to reach out to us promptly!

Irmgardstraße 15 

81479 München

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