Before joining White & Case in 2019, Axel Hellmann was Partner and Of Counsel of a large corporate law firm for several years. At the same time, he also served as Vice President and Managing Director of the Executive Board of Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. (from 2001-2012), was then Member of the Supervisory Board of Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball AG (from 2003-2012). Since June 1, 2012 he is a Member of the Executive Board of Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball AG and currenlty serves as Vice-Chairman of the Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball AG.