Jan Kordes, LLM, is a partner in the Financial Lines Department at the Cologne office. He is a Specialist Insurance Lawyer. His focus is on advising and representing clients in court in D&O insurance/liability, monitoring major claims and insolvency law, especially at the interface with liability insurance law. Due to his many years of experience with insurers, Jan Kordes has a deep understanding of the market and the internal processes and requirements of our clients, who rely on his cost and risk awareness as well as his solution-oriented approach. Examples of his work in recent years include assisting in the defence of D&O liability claims in the wake of several major insolvencies, as well as advising D&O insurers in connection with the diesel emissions scandal and the Wirecard insolvency.
Jan Kordes, LL.M.
- D&O / E&O
- Insolvency and Foreclosure
- Credit Insurance
- Product Liability and Recalls
- Professional Indemnity Insurance
1997 – 2003
Law studies, including foreign law program (English), University of Muenster and University of Sheffield
2003 - 2005
Scientific assistant, University of Cologne
2006 - 2008
Legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Duesseldorf
2008 - 2009
Lawyer in a law firm in Duesseldorf, focusing on corporate law, corporate litigation and M&A
2010 - 2013
Lawyer in a law firm in Bremen, focusing on insolvency law, corporate law, liability and insurance law
2011 - 2013
LL.M. program insurance law,
University of Münster
since 2013
Lawyer at BLD
2019 - 2021
Counsel at BLD
since 2022
Partner at BLD
Jan Kordes, LL.M.
Lawyer | Partner | Specialist Insurance Lawyer
Theodor-Heuss-Ring 13-15
50668 Cologne
Tel +49 221 944027-946