Mr. Bartelsmeyer, a partner resident in the St. Louis office, began practicing with Bryan Cave in 1983. He conducted his international transaction practice from the Firm’s New York office from 1986 to 1989, having particular emphasis on work for Japanese and European clients. He maintained a European-based transaction practice and managed the Firm’s German office for six years beginning when he moved to Frankfurt in 1990. After he returned to St. Louis in 1996, his practice continued in international transactions and trade matters, and in particular since then he has extensively advised clients on matters in Asia, including China, Japan, India, Korea, Singapore and other Asian countries.

Mr. Bartelsmeyer has also been active in firm leadership, having managed at various times the firm’s offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong SAR and Paris, in addition to the 6 years he spent in Frankfurt, and being responsible from 2007-2016 for the overall coordination of the firm’s practice matters in Europe. Mr. Bartelsmeyer also served on the firm’s Executive Committee from 2008 to 2014, and chaired the committee responsible for promotion of partners.

Mr. Bartelsmeyer is recognized by The Best Lawyers in America in the area of international trade and finance law. He also is listed as one of America’s leading lawyers for business in Chambers USA. Mr. Bartelsmeyer regularly makes presentations and prepares articles on topics of international trade, transactions, technology investments and business law. He passed the CPA examination in 1979, and he worked on the audit staff of a large public accounting firm before attending law school. He also studied German and European law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.