Sophia Schlief Associate
Qualifications
Lawyer
Areas of expertise
Special sector knowledge
- Wholesale / retail trade
Languages
- German
- English
- French
Brief biography
- Since 2025 Forvis Mazars
- 2024 - 2025 Research Associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Düsseldorf (arbitration law)
- 2021 - 2023 Legal clerkship in the Hamm Higher Regional Court district, with placements in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Toronto
- 2015 - 2021 Studied law at the Universities of Münster and Bordeaux
Profile
Sophia Schlief has been working as an associate at Forvis Mazars in Dr. Thiemo Schäfer’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution team in Cologne since 2025. Prior to that, she worked in the International Arbitration practice group of an international commercial law firm, where she assisted with several arbitration proceedings.
Sophia Schlief represents clients in disputes involving litigation, corporate law, and commercial law.
She gained international experience during her studies in Bordeaux and during her legal clerkship in Toronto.