Thorsten H. Stuecklin

Thorsten H. Stuecklin represents our clients on a range of corporate transactions and restructurings, and advises corporate and private equity investors in both the United States and Europe.  

Clients benefit from Thorsten’s particular experience in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, financing, corporate restructurings, and corporate joint ventures. Thorsten assists them in structuring, negotiating, and drafting transaction documents; advising on complex regulatory and cross-border legal issues; and considering legal risk and restructuring issues with respect to the documentation and deal structures.

Embodying our firm’s commitment to social responsibility, Thorsten was part of the team responsible for the following successful pro bono outcome:

On June 28, 2011, Fried Frank won a final grant of asylum for Ms. S., a gay woman from Germany. Ms. S. arrived in the United States in 1998 after fleeing homophobic persecution in southern Germany, where police put her name on a "pink list," used to track gays and lesbians, and repeatedly searched her apartment and detained her without charges due to her sexual orientation. Ms. S. suffered from deep depression and post-traumatic stress from her persecution at the hands of the police, and, after she arrived in the United States, she lived a marginal life in hiding for over a decade.

In 2009, Ms. S. was detained in a bus station in Florida by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who barred the doors and demanded proof of immigration status from those present. Congressman Jerry Nadler was instrumental in getting Ms. S. released from detention in Florida. Although Ms. S. did not seek asylum within one year of her arrival as is required, the immigration judge credited compelling testimony from Ms. S.’s treatment psychologist, a trauma specialist, who established that her mental state effectively prevented her from coming out of the shadows and seeking asylum protection before she entered psychiatric treatment. Our team was thus able to prove that extraordinary circumstances prevented timely filing.

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