Ex-Mayer Brown Corporate Lawyer Leads Race for German Chancellor in Snap Election
The top candidate in Germany’s February 23 election is a former senior counsel at Mayer Brown, who was also an ex-chief of Blackrock’s German advisory board. His rivals? Another lawyer and a former Goldman Sachs analyst.
January 07, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Former Mayer Brown corporate lawyer Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU), is the clear frontrunner and favorite to lead the next German government amid a wider anti-incumbent wave and Europe’s shift to the right.
Merz studied law at Bonn, the capital of West Germany at the time, and started his career as a regional judge in 1986.
After being elected to the European Parliament and then the Bundestag, Merz was seen as a rising star within the CDU before he was outmaneuvered by his longtime rival, former Chancellor Angela Merkel, and banished to the political bankbenches in 2004.
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