German Attorney at Law, Certified Public Manager

About
Ms. Petra Oberbeck is specialized in the fields of nonprofit tax law and the law of nonprofit associations and limited liability companies. She mainly focuses on advising charitable organizations (with a special focus on religious organizations, churches, and environmental organizations) and business leagues on all relevant legal questions that come up. As an expert in sports law and as a licensed boxing coach, Ms. Oberbeck also represents numerous sports clubs and sportsmen. With regard to the latter, Ms. Oberbeck is specifically committed to represent boxers and their managers with respect to typcial legal issues they have to deal with as members of the German and the international boxing scene.

After obtaining her degree as a Certified Public Manager from Mayen University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration, Ms. Oberbeck studied law at the University of Mannheim and the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer. During her studies, she set a strong focus on European and international law.

After finishing her studies, Ms. Oberbeck worked at the European Parliament in Brussels and for GLOBE Europe, a non-governmental organization which operates mainly in the field of environmental law. Prior to joining Winheller Attorneys at Law, Ms. Oberbeck worked freelance as an attorney for an established law-firm in the city of Ludwigshafen and as an in-house lawyer for a religious organization in Berlin. Since spring 2006 Ms. Oberbeck is in charge of the sports and nonprofit law department of Winheller Attorneys at Law.

On a regular basis, Ms. Oberbeck gives lectures in her legal fields of specialty.

Practices
- Nonprofit Tax Law
- Nonprofit Associations
- Nonprofit Limited Liability Co.
- Succession Planning
- Sports Law

Associations and Volunteering
Member of the German Attorneys´ Association, Member of the ISLA International Sport Lawyers Association, Member of Amnesty International, Secretary and member of the board of American Friends of Germany, Inc., USA, Licensed boxing coach of the German Boxing Association; Member of the Anti-Doping Arbitration Court of the German Boxing Association, Member of the board of the Amateur Boxing Association of Southwestern Germany.

Languages
German, English, French