Arved Deringer (4 June 1913 – 25 October 2011) was a German

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and

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for the CDU. He was a member of the

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from

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and

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. In 1952, Deringer partnered with Alfred Gleiss in a law firm that is now

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. He left the firm in 1961, and partnered with Claus Tessin in

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. The firm, later known as Deringer Tessin Herrmann & Sedemund, merged with Freshfields and Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Loeber to form

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in 2000.

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