Dr. Carsten Witzke is a German Rechtsanwalt and partner in the legal department of Ebner Stolz in Hamburg, where he heads the Litigation and Arbitration Practice Group Carsten specializes in complex commercial litigation and arbitration, both domestic and cross border, with a particular focus on corporate and insolvency related disputes He regularly represents domestic and international clients in proceedings following M&A and joint venture transactions and also acts in shareholder disputes Besides  his corporate and insolvency related disputes work, Carsten regularly represents clients in collective redress proceedings, in particular in the automotive industry and the financial sector In this context he has gained significant experience advising clients in the emerging German and European collective redress regimes Moreover, Carsten has extensive court room experience He has appeared in nearly all German district and appellate courts several times Who’s Who Legal has ranked Carsten as a Future Leader Litigation in 2018 and 2019 Legal 500 Germany recommends him for Commercial Litigation In its 2021 edition, The Best Lawyers in Germany ranked Carsten in its category Litigation Also in 2021 Lawdragon recognized Carsten in the category Global Litigation as one of only 500 practitioners worldwide Before joining Ebner Stolz, Carsten spent ten years in the Litigation Trial Department of Latham Watkins LLP and three years atQuinn Emanuel Urquhart Sullivan, LLP