Speaker
Sabine Pittrof
Trading with Australia: Background briefing on Trade and Investment relations with, Germany, the EU and the UK
Sabine Pittrof is a partner at international law firm Squire Patton Boggs’ Frankfurt office. Sabine specialises in M&A, private equity and corporate law with an industry focus on renewable energies, having worked in her field for more than 20 years. Sabine also heads up Squire Patton Boggs’ Australian Desk in Germany.
Sabine’s association with Australia goes back more than 25 years. In addition to her German law degree, she holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales in Sydney; her PhD thesis focused on Australian constitutional law. In 1997, she established DeAN – Deutsch-Australisches Netzwerk e.V., the German-Australian Alumni Association.
Sabine has been a member of the German Australian Business Council for over 20 years, joining the board in 2010. Sabine has held the Chair for twelve years, which predominantly involves corporate and international liaison and raising the profile of the German Australian Business Council, demonstrated inter alia in two interviews with Deutsche Welle and three hearings at the Joint Standing Committee for Trade of the Australian Parliament.