Dr. Bernd Götze
Registered Foreign Lawyer
Dr. Götze is a German-qualified lawyer with more than 3 decades of experience, having practised predominantly in Tokyo and Singapore. German-native, with professional-level English and Japanese, he offers direct, hands-on legal counselling with a focus on cross-border matters.
Core Practice Areas
- Contract Law — Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad spectrum of commercial contracts, with particular depth in project-specific and transaction-driven engagements
- Construction & Project Law — Land-based infrastructure & industrial/power plant projects, and shipbuilding contracts; aircraft repurposing/refitting projects
- Corporate & M&A — Structuring and assisting in the execution of FDI transactions between Europe and the ASEAN region; legal due diligence, including environmental and on data protection; general corporate and corporate reorganisations across Singapore and South-East and East Asia
- Acting as counsel in international arbitration proceedings
Regional Reach
Dr. Götze’s client base spans European and Far Eastern corporates, with a practice that bridges Continental Europe, Japan and the broader S.E.A. region.
Publications & Recognition
- Author of the Dictionary of Legal Terms, German Japanese, and its companion volume Japanese German, alongside numerous articles in legal magazines and contributions in treatises on German and Japanese law.
- Most recent publications (in German) focus on Data Protection Law in Japan.
- Speaker at conferences and academic conventions; widely recognised as a Japan law expert.
Notable Appointment
Honorary Legal Counsel of the Embassy of the Swiss Federation in Singapore for 28 years (until 2025).