Having joined Brunswick in 2011, Niels spent five of his seven years with the firm in Beijing and Hong Kong before relocating to Berlin in 2018. He holds a master’s degree in Economics from Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and also studied political science.
At Brunswick, Niels supported numerous Chinese companies as they go global and international companies as they developed and protected their reputation in China. Now, he drives Brunswick’s Germany-China practice. He has advised several major transactions and crises including the largest Chinese outbound acquisition into Germany, the largest private fundraising of a tech company, as well as antitrust investigations and product recalls.