Hanns-Eberhard Schleyer is a senior counsel in the firm’s Regulatory and Government Affairs Department, and a member of the German Legal Strategy and Public Policy Group. He joined WilmerHale in November 2008.
Practice
Mr. Schleyer was first associated with law firm Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander (New York). He later joined Haver & Mailänder (Stuttgart), where he was a partner, before serving as representative of the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate to the upper house of the federal parliament (Bundesrat) in Germany and then as Secretary of State and Chief of the Prime Minister’s Office of Rhineland-Palatinate. From 1989 until 2009, Mr. Schleyer has held the position of elected Secretary-General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts and Small Business (ZDH).
Mr. Schleyer has been closely involved in the development of the media industry in Germany. He served as chairman of a commission charged with identifying the financial needs of broadcasters, and contributed significantly to the establishment of private broadcasting in Germany (SAT 1, RTL plus). He has also been a member of numerous reform commissions, such as the federal government reforms which were oversaw by the Hartz Commission and appointed by the European Commission’s High Level Group on Benchmarking.
Professional Activities
Mr. Schleyer is a member of various supervisory boards. He also serves as Chairman on the Board of Trustees of children's charity Plan International Germany.