Simon Crompton
Editor
Christoph Wolf is keen to learn. The co-head of the German legal team in the investment banking division at Morgan Stanley, he graduated from Heidelberg University and Montpellier University, holds an LLM from the London School of Economics and has a doctorate from the University of Berlin, as well as passing the bar exams in Heidelberg and Berlin.
When he looked for a law firm to work for, Wolf was offered places at some of the big firms in Germany. But he went for second-tier firm Feddersen Laule (which has subsequently become part of White & Case) because it gave him a broader experience and – most importantly – a steeper learning curve.
"Being at Feddersen Laule gave me the ability to do a much greater range of activities and learn in many different areas," Wolf remembers.
Much of that was cross-border corporate and M&A work, usually inbound into...