Birgit Kunze, Senior Associate
E-mail: b.kunze@correggio-consulting.eu
Tel: +49 (0) 941 2090 6054
Mobile: +49 (0) 176 8569 7040
SUMMARY //
Dr Birgit Kunze is Senior Associate at Correggio Consulting and an independent legal consultant in the energy-trading industry. She specialises in advising clients in the wholesale energy trading markets.
Birgit's extensive knowledge comes from over 15 years of working in the energy industry, more recently as executive director in the Legal & Compliance Division of Morgan Stanley in London, and prior to that as senior commodities-trading lawyer at RWE Supply & Trading GmbH in London and Essen, Germany.
Birgit is qualified in German and English law, and provides legal advice, documentation and regulatory counselling on day-to-day trading-related matters and commodities-related projects for electricity, natural gas, LNG, jet fuel and metals.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE //
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Regulatory compliance and implementation
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Contract negotiation
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Legal advice and support
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Energy and commodities markets
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE //
CORREGGIO CONSULTING - Regensburg, DE
Senior Associate - 2013-present
KUNZE LEGAL CONSULTING - Regensburg, DE
Managing Partner - 2013-present
MORGAN STANLEY - London, UK
Executive Director - 2010-2013
RWE SUPPLY AND TRADING - London, UK
Senior Legal Counsel - 2003-2010
RWE INNOGY - Swindon, UK
Senior Legal & Regulatory Counsel - 2002-03
RWE SYSTEMS - London, UK
Corporate Lawyer - 2000-2002
RWE ENERGY - Essen, DE
Corporate Lawyer - 1999-2000
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND //
LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL - London, UK
Executive MBA - 2005
BPP LAW SCHOOL - London, UK
English Law Studies - 2002
UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG - Regensburg, DE
Doctorate in Law - 1999
UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG - Regensburg, DE
LLM, Commercial Law - 1997
UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG - Regensburg, DE
First State Exam in Law - 1995
LANGUAGES //
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German (native)
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English (fluent)
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French (working proficiency)
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Turkish (basic)
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Mandarin (basic)
CERTIFICATES AND AFFILIATIONS //
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Qualified Solicitor for England and Wales
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Qualified German Lawyer