Practice
Wenzel advises high-net-worth individuals, family businesses, and foundations across all matters of private law. Admitted to practice in both Germany and New York, he specializes in complex questions of inheritance and corporate law for German and international clients, often with US-related issues. Wenzel has extensive experience in both out-of-court and in-court dispute resolution. A further focus of his practice is the capital markets regulation of family offices.
Holding a B.A. in art history, Wenzel brings a particular affinity for the fine arts to his work.
CV
- Joined POELLATH in 2026
- Associate at a major international law firm in Berlin (2024-2026)
- Admitted to the New York bar in 2025
- LL.M. at the University of Chicago Law School, USA (2024), Scholarship from Haniel Foundation and German National Academic Foundation
- Ph.D. in civil procedure under Prof. Dr. Jan Felix Hoffmann in Freiburg (2023)
- Associate at a major Federal Court of Justice law firm in Karlsruhe (2020-2023)
- Studied law and European art history in Heidelberg and Graz, Austria (Scholarship from Friedrich Ebert Foundation)
Languages
German, English
26.11.2025
Trump v. CASA, Inc. – How to Lose on the Merits but to Win on the Remedy
31.12.2024
Disposition of Facts in Civil Proceedings - A Study on the Procedural Circumvention of Mandatory Substantive Law
09.04.2021
The Federal Court of Justice’s First Landmark Ruling in the “Dieselgate” Case—Along with a Discussion of the Federal Court of Justice’s Ruling
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Dr.
Wenzel
Saha Kiehne
Senior Associate
Attorney-at-Law (Germany/New York) | Specialist lawyer for bank and capital markets law (Germany)
wenzel.sahakiehne@pplaw.com
+49 (30) 25353-132
Assistant:
Mandy Heiduschka, Katharina Kuhn, Sylvana Schwedler