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Prof. Dr Alexandra von Bismarck is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and advises on all intellectual property rights, in particular in the areas of Trademark and Design Law, as well as Copyright and Competition Law. She advises national and international companies from a wide range of sectors. Her particular expertise lies in the field of Intellectual Property Law with a focus on Trademark and Design Law as well as Competition Law. In the course of assisting start-ups as well as global brand portfolios, she supports her clients in finding trademarks, designs and company names, conduct corresponding availability searches and advises on the development of application strategies as well as on the securing, exploitation and enforcement of IP rights in Germany, the EU and worldwide. She advises on agreements on the delimitation of prior rights, on licensing as well as on purchase and merchandising agreements and regularly represents national and international companies in proceedings before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) and in appeal proceedings before the Federal Patent Court (BPatG) in Munich, as well as in proceedings before German courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) in trade mark, design and competition law actions. Her expertise is regularly mentioned in JUVE, Who's Who Legal Trade Marks, Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt, Chambers Europe and Chambers Global.

Alexandra Mützelburg

Alexandra Mützelburg is a Counsel in Fieldfisher´s Munich office and advises on Corporate and Energy Law. As part of the Energy and Natural Resources group, she is responsible for the German regulatory aspects of this group. She focuses on providing comprehensive advice to project developers, financial investors, banks, insurers and utilities on the realization of national and international energy and infrastructure projects. She assists our clients in due diligence processes, prepares energy regulatory expert opinions on individual business solutions of our clients and drafts corresponding contracts. In addition, she supports our clients in the financing of renewable energy projects.

Alexandra Bäumer

Alexandra Bäumer is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Dusseldorf office and advises on all aspects of Labour Law. She advises national and international clients in all matters of individual and collective Labour Law and represents them nationwide in court and out-of-court proceedings. She specialises in advising clients on issues relating to the conclusion, structuring, and termination of employment relationships. Furthermore, she advises on collective bargaining issues such as co-determination in companies.

Alice Zinnecker, LL.M.

Alice Zinnecker, LL.M. (Glasgow) is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and advises in the Commercial sector. She advises national and international companies on all issues of Commercial and Distribution Law. Her work focuses on the contractual relationships of our clients within the supply chain and with customers. In particular, she advises on the drafting and negotiation of distribution, framework and supply agreements as well as general terms and conditions (GTC) for dealings with companies and/or consumers.

Alina Roch

Alina Roch is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher's Munich office and advises on all areas of Employment Law. She represents clients both in and out of court in all matters of individual and collective Employment Law. In addition, she offers tailor-made lectures and training in Labour Law and Labour Migration Law for our clients, their managers and HR departments.

Amelie Meider, LL.M. (USYD)

Amelie Meider, LL.M. (USYD) is a Counsel in Fieldfisher´s Munich office and advises on Litigation, both out of court and before state courts or arbitration tribunals. A particular focus of her practice is on contract and corporate disputes. She advises and represents clients not only in (arbitration) court proceedings, but also in other dispute resolution options such as mediation or settlement. Our clients are national and international companies and groups from various industries as well as shareholders and entrepreneurs. She always finds solutions for our clients that are in line with their interests and makes economic sense by tackling complex issues in an efficient, structured and committed manner.

André Suttorp

André Suttorp is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Frankfurt am Main office and avises on all aspects of Tax Law. As a German lawyer, tax advisor and former tax inspector, he has a deep insight into German and international Tax Law. His area of practice includes Corporate and international tax matters. He advises his national and international clients in particular on tax matters in connection with M&A, private equity and real estate transactions. Furthermore, he has extensive experience in the area of tax-optimised restructuring and reorganisation of corporate groups. He also represents clients in tax audits, tax disputes and tax fraud proceedings. References London-based Trayport Limited on the acquisition of Tradesignal GmbH BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe acquires shares in games manufacturer Limbic Entertainment GmbH LaSalle Investment Management on the sale of commercial real estate to BNP Paribas Real Estate Corpus Sireo Real Estate in the sale and acquisition of numerous real estate projects in Germany Hitachi Solutions Europe acquires Implexis GmbH Megatech Industries AG on the acquisition of automotive companies and factories from Toyota Boshoku as well as on the restructuring of the group of companies after the M&A process

Andreas Driver, LL.M. (Georgetown University)

Dr Andreas Driver, LL.M. (Georgetown University) is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Munich office and advises on Merges & Acquisitions (M&A) and Private Equity as well as Banking and Finance Law. A particular focus of his advice in this regard is on transactions such as corporate acquisitions, financings and restructurings, as well as advising companies and investors in the FinTech and Life Science sectors. In addition to more than 20 years of experience in advising on private equity transactions and financings, he brings expertise in Banking and FinTech as a long-standing General Counsel of a FinTech bank. Recently, he has advised Intersect ENT and ResMed on acquisitions and disposals in the Life Science sector and FinTech companies on financing rounds. He also advised Vivid Money on its market launch in Germany and Europe and various other FinTechs on regulatory and other strategic issues.

Anita Malec

Anita Malec is a Counsel in Feldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on all areas of Antitrust Law and Investment Control. She advises on all aspects of German and European Antitrust Law. Her many years of experience include cartel investigations by the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office, the preparation and submission of leniency applications, support during searches by the cartel authorities and comprehensive compliance training. She also advises our clients on the abuse of dominant market positions, antitrust damages actions, German and European merger control and distribution antitrust issues. She also regularly advises on Antitrust Law aspects in connection with horizontal cooperation agreements, such as research and development agreements and licence agreements, as well as Antitrust Law issues in connection with the use of industrial property rights.

Anke Saßmannshausen

Anke Saßmannshausen is a Counsel in Fieldfisher’s Hamburg office, providing advice on commercial contracts related to the distribution of products and services. With extensive experience in contract drafting, she helps German and international companies establish legally compliant and efficient contractual relationships for their business in Germany, as well as optimize existing contract structures. She works across various industries, including consumer goods, medical devices, digital services and platforms, software and SaaS applications, and financial services. A significant part of her practice involves assisting international clients with entering the German market. Drawing on her international experience, she understands the challenges companies face when expanding into new markets and can help identify and mitigate legal risks, contributing to their market success. Focusing on sustainability and ESG, she supports companies in structuring their contractual relationships for innovative and sustainable business models. Her goal is to create contractual frameworks that not only meet legal requirements but also align with the growing demands for transparency and sustainability. She focuses on developing legal frameworks that strengthen companies' long-term competitiveness, reduce risks, and foster sustainable partnerships. She also advises on ESG compliance, particularly regarding the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz – LkSG) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). By integrating ESG criteria into contractual relationships, she aims at future-proofing our clients' business models and helping them to position themselves as sustainability leaders. She has published the following articles in legal journals: Exclusion of Sections 445a, 445b German Civil Code in B2B supply chains under German terms & conditions law (with Sara Bandehzadeh, LL.M.), Betriebs-Berater 2018, pages 1738 et seq. Regarding the admissibility of regulations on contract terms in franchise agreements pursuant to German general terms and conditions law (with Dr. Tom Billing), in: ZVertriebsR 2015, pages 139 et seq.

Anna Neumann

Anna Neumann is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Munich office and advises on Energy Regulatory and Corporate Law issues. She advises, among others, project developers, investors and utilities on the implementation of national and international energy and infrastructure projects in the field of renewable energies. A particular focus of her work is the assessment and appraisal of energy regulatory issues and the drafting of corresponding contracts. She also assists with transactions in the Energy and Infrastructure sectors.

Anne Bremer

Anne Bremer is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on all aspects of Employment Law. She advises national and international clients on all issues of individual and collective Labour Law. She represents our clients nationwide in judicial and extrajudicial proceedings. A particular focus is on advising on individual law issues relating to the conclusion, continuation and, in particular, termination of employment relationships. In addition, she advises on collective bargaining issues such as Co-Determination Law. In addition, she provides Labour Law advice on restructuring, transfers of businesses and company acquisitions.

Axel Hoppe

Dr Axel Hoppe is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises clients on all topics of Corporate and Capital Market Law. He provides ongoing advice to managers and board members, especially pertaining to the identification, prevention and defence of risks of liability (Corporate Compliance). Furthermore he advises issuers, investors and persons discharging managerial responsibility on all topics of capital market law (Capital Market Compliance). In addition he focuses on strategic and conceptual advice in the context of the implementation of manager and employee bonus plans. A core area of his work is the support and organization of shareholders' meetings of listed and unlisted companies (Corporate Housekeeping). In this context he advises strategically and conceptually not only on amendments of the statutes, capital increases, issuance of participating certificates and convertible bonds, share buyback programmes but also on group law topics and corporate restructuring, in particular on mergers and changes of corporate form, e.g. in a Societas Europaea (SE). Moreover he advises clients in Corporate law suits, particularly in recission and nullification proceedings pertaining shareholders resolutions, or in proceedings pertaining shareholder compensation claims as well as in liability and damage suits.

Aylin Cremers, MLE.

Aylin Cremers, MLE. is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on Patent Litigation and all aspects of Patent Law. A particular focus is on strategic advice to national and international clients from various industries as well as litigation, in particular in patent infringement proceedings. In addition, she advises on contracts concerning patents as well as on legal issues that lie at the interface between Antitrust Law and Intellectual Property Law. Our team was named as a top law firm for Patent Law in 2021 by Wirtschaftswoche. In 2020, we were recognised by Managing Intellectual Property as part of the cross-border Telecoms Patent team.

Bahne Sievers, LL.M. (LSE)

Dr Bahne Sievers, LL.M. (LSE) is a Counsel in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and advises on IP, Commercial and Data Protection matters. With over 12 years of experience, he advises in particular on digital commerce, AI systems, SaaS and PaaS solutions and smart devices. Our clients include both established (international) companies and start-ups. He also advises platform providers in particular on Media and Copyright Law.

Benjamin Grzimek

Benjamin Grzimek is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on all matters of Patent Law. The focus of his practice is on advising and representing companies in patent infringement cases. His clients include small and medium-sized enterprises as well as global corporations from the pharmaceutical, medical technology, telecommunications, consumer electronics, mechanical engineering and other industries. He has particular experience in assisting and coordinating cross-border disputes, both in the strategic preparation and implementation of patent enforcement measures and in defending against such attacks. He is therefore familiar with the basic features of the essential legal and other frameworks for patent infringement proceedings in more than a dozen countries. He has also gained experience in patent and licensing arbitration proceedings, both as party representative and as arbitrator. He has particular experience in the area of disputes concerning standard-essential patents. In more than 50 cases, he has advised patent owners and defendant companies on the specific patent, procedural and antitrust aspects of such disputes, in particular on the factual and legal circumstances giving rise to a possible compulsory licence defence (FRAND defence). He is recommended by various professional magazines and platforms: Our team was named as a top law firm for Patent Law in 2021 by Wirtschaftswoche. In 2020, we were recognised by Managing Intellectual Property as part of the Cross-border Telecoms Patent team.

Bettina Geuder

Bettina Geuder is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Dusseldorf office and advises on all aspects of Commercial and Corporate Law. A particular focus of her work is on cross-border transactions with a special focus on private equity investors as well as group restructurings. In addition, she supports our clients in asset and project financing, in particular in ship and aircraft financing as well as real estate and infrastructure projects.

Carolin Wagner

Carolin Wagner is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and advises on Data Protection and IT Law. A particular focus is on advising on large outsourcing and compliance projects as well as on international data transfer issues. In addition, she has experience in the field of Ad Tech and supports clients in the implementation of clinical trials.

Carsten Lamberth

Carsten Lamberth is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises in particular on Corporate Law, Finance Law and Restructuring. He advises our clients on financial and corporate restructurings and reorganizations with national and international implications. In addition, he assists clients in particular in the structuring and restructuring of (real estate) financing, in all matters of Corporate Law as well as in connection with NPL projects and other transactions.

Caspar Barthel, LL.M. (Cape Town)

Caspar Barthel, LL.M. (Cape Town) is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher´s Munich office and advises national and international companies in the areas of Corporate and Energy Law with a focus on Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). He advises on transactions, both on the buyer and on the seller side, as well as on (intra-group) restructuring and transformation processes, including cross-border mergers, corporate restructurings, joint ventures and venture capital. His particular expertise lies in advising on projects in the field of renewable energies. Our clients include: KGAL - Real investments for institutional investors LHI - Investments for institutional investors HANSAINVEST - Investments in infrastructure for institutional investors Joh. Berenberg & Gossler & Co. KG Accenture

Celin Fischer, LL.M. (Tilburg)

Celin Fischer, LL.M. (Tilburg) is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Munich office and advises on various areas of IT Law. A particular focus is on advising national and international clients in the area of Data Protection Law. This includes the implementation of data protection requirements as well as the support of regulatory procedures. Furthermore, she advises on the use of new technologies and help to implement them in accordance with the applicable legal situation, e.g. in the area of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Christian Schultz, LL.M. (King's College London)

Christian Schultz, LL.M. (King's College London) is a Senior Associate in the Fieldfisher's Hamburg and Munich offices and advises on Tech Litigation and Software Copyright Law. He advises our clients primarily in disputes and court proceedings in which technology and software play a special role. This area of tech litigation includes both proceedings concerning the infringement of intellectual property rights in our clients' products as well as commercial disputes in which a special understanding of the IT sector is required.

Christian Bahr

Dr Christian Bahr is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office. Following his admission to the bar in 1997 he worked as competition lawyer in Brussels, Dusseldorf and Hamburg. He advises his clients on all aspects of EU and German competition law, including cartel investigations of the German Bundeskartellamt and the European Commission, leniency applications, abuse of dominance cases, private cartel damage claims, vertical and horizontal co-operations (including distribution, licensing and R&D agreements), as well as on German, EC and multijurisdictional merger control. Further to this he advises on the design and implementation of compliance programmes and represents clients before German and European courts. He is recognized by JUVE, Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Who’s who Legal Germany, GCR International Who is Who of Competition Lawyers as well as “Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt”.

Christine Charlotte Malla

Christine Charlotte Malla is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises various institutions on Public Law. A particular focus is on advising on Administrative and Administrative Procedural Law and representing our clients in proceedings before the administrative courts. In addition, she prepares expert opinions on public law issues. Many of the cases she advises on concern issues of state, federal and European Union law. Within the scope of her advice, she assists our clients from the very beginning, supports them with knowledge of the procedures in public authorities gained from her own experience and also takes into account implications that go beyond pure legal issues. Our clients include federal ministries, including the Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport, supreme federal authorities and constitutional bodies.

Claudia Schnurbusch

Claudia Schnurbusch is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and focuses on Corporate and Commercial advice. She advises domestic and foreign companies with a particular focus on M&A transactions, corporate housekeeping/compliance and intra-group restructuring measures under Corporate Law as well as on the formation of companies. In addition, she specialises in advising foreign companies on their expansion into Germany and on issues arising in this context, in particular of a Corporate Law nature. In addition, she supports our clients in drafting contracts, in particular in drafting various types of sales and service contracts, company contracts and general terms and conditions (GTC). She has many years of experience in consulting in the Banking and Finance, Retail and Healthcare sectors.

Claudio Mereu

Head of EU Regulatory, Competition & Trade practice Specialising in EU Regulatory law / Product Defence / Litigation / with particular focus on chemicals (REACH) / agrochemicals / biocides / life sciences (medical devices, pharma, cosmetics) industry sectors, as well as H&S / environmental laws (RoHS / WEEE / product safety / product compliance / CE mark / product recalls), including advocacy at EU and national levels.

Cord Willhöft, LL.M. (KCL)

Dr Cord Willhöft, LL.M. (KCL) is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Munich office and advises medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies on sector-specific matters, in particular Regulatory, Healthcare Compliance and reimbursement in SHI. His regulatory expertise covers the placing on the market of medical devices and medicinal products, including clinical evaluation and testing, conformity assessment procedures and authorisation, making available on the market, MDR compliance of economic operators, as well as the representation of companies' interests vis-à-vis authorities and courts. The area of Healthcare Compliance includes the legally compliant design of cooperation with healthcare professionals and patient organisations, as well as product-related sales promotion. He is a leading expert in the area of SHI reimbursement of medical devices in the outpatient and inpatient service area of SHI. In particular, we advise companies on medical device method assessment procedures (§ 137h SGB V) and testing procedures (§ 137e SGB V). We have advised numerous (US) companies on the implementation of MDR requirements, including ZOLL Medical Co, Asahi Kasei Medical, Starkey, Galvanize Therapeutics, Pulmonx, Saluda Medical, Procept, Corvia Medical, Route 92, Intersect ENT and ResMed. He gets recommandations from JUVE and Legal 500.

Daniel Kamke

Daniel Kamke is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on financial and corporate restructurings as well as alternative financing. He has been advising financial investors in special financing situations as well as in stressed and distressed debt transactions for 15 years, as well as companies in the context of their financial and corporate restructuring. His work in the area of restructuring takes place both within and outside of state regulatory proceedings. It includes, in particular, the restructuring of listed companies and financing instruments. He has also successfully advised on over 250 financing and restructuring transactions in the Real Estate sector. He is recommended by various professional magazines and platforms: "Daniel Kamke has a track record of impressive bond mandates." (JUVE) "Daniel Kamke combines an outstanding understanding of economic contexts with a high degree of pragmatism in the development and implementation of legal solutions. The financing structures he has developed have contributed significantly to the success in building our company." (CEO & Co-Founder, x+bricks Group)

Daniel Marhewka

Daniel Marhewka is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Munich office and Co-Head of Fieldfisher´s Energy and Natural Resources Group, focusing on Corporate and Energy Law. His particular expertise lies in advising on transactions in the Energy and Infrastructure sectors. He also regularly advises on M&A, private equity, venture capital and Real Estate transactions. These are mostly international, cross-border projects. He provides comprehensive support in corporate and energy law issues. His focus is on renewable energy, where he has advised on over 5,000 MW of solar, wind and other renewable energy projects in Europe and internationally. In addition, he has the exciting task of being jointly responsible for our advisory services in the Energy sector and setting priorities there. His clients include domestic and foreign investors, financial institutions and (family) businesses. As different as the clients are, as varied and diverse is the work he does for them. His work ranges from advising a joint venture for floating offshore wind projects, to the financing and acquisition of Europe's largest solar park with a capacity of 650 MW, to the mezzanine financing of various renewable energy portfolios in Germany, France and Poland. He is recommended by trade magazines and platforms, including JUVE: "Efficient, solution-oriented and pragmatic", (client), Fieldfisher | juve.de "Very good legal advice; solution-oriented and pragmatic" (client), Fieldfisher | juve.de

Danny Baron

Danny Baron is an Associate in the Fieldfisher offices in Hamburg and Frankfurt and advise on Tax Law. He specialises in all corporate tax matters and issues relating to international tax law. He advises our clients from a tax law perspective, primarily on M&A and real estate transactions as well as tax-optimised restructurings. In addition, he has experience in advising wealthy private individuals on tax law, in particular with regard to tax voluntary disclosures and inheritance tax planning.

David Haverbeke

David is a Partner, specialised in energy and related utilities’ law. Areas of practice include: - strategic advice and assistance in the liberalisation of the energy markets - drafting legal and regulatory frameworks relating to the liberalisation of the electricity and gas markets - drafting regulated and negotiated contracts in LNG, natural gas and electricity markets (construction, transit, supply, trading) and transport market (railway, air, road), including competition issues - assistance to the development of renewable energy projects (wind, solar, biomass, hydro) - advising on developments of water and waste legislations - related commercial/administrative litigation and arbitration. Specialties: Energy Law, Climate Change, Water and Waste Laws

Dennis Hillemann

Dennis Hillemann is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises companies and public bodies on Administrative Law, in particular Administrative Procedural Law, Subsidy Law - especially Corona bridging grants - and Licensing Law, and represents them before the administrative courts. As a specialist lawyer for Administrative Law, the focus of his work lies in advising and representing his clients in proceedings before the administrative courts and supervisory authorities. Furthermore, he advises on legislative procedures and on the design of cooperation projects in a public context, especially in the Energy sector and Science. Many of the mandates he handles touch on issues of state, federal and European Union law and are therefore highly complex. As part of his consulting services, he supports his clients with a deep understanding of processes in public authorities and ministries, develops the strategy in complex procedures with them and supports the digitalisation of the administration. In addition, we are currently intensively advising on the energy crisis as well as on the Corona bridging aid, in particular on the recovery of aid as well as the preparation of final invoices. He has represented clients in several hundred administrative (summary) proceedings before the German administrative courts and accompanied numerous cooperation projects and legislative procedures. He has also assisted clients in obtaining funding in the tens of millions. He is recommended as an expert in Public Commercial Law. Quotes from his clients: "Dennis Hillemann provided excellent public law advice on the implementation of a sustainable hydrogen infrastructure project, which will also be used on an interim basis for energy security through LNG imports.", Dr Jens Schmidt, Chief Technology Officer, Tree Energy Solutions (TES-H2) "Dennis Hillemann has been advising us on Public Law on an ongoing basis for years. We appreciate his fast, pragmatic and always client-interest oriented advice and are happy to recommend him.", Joachim Hoffmeyer, Managing Director Handwerkskammer Hannover Projekt- und Servicegesellschaft mbH

Dominic Weber

Dr Dominic Weber is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher's Dusseldorf office and advises on Corporate Law, Restructuring and Insolvency. He advises our clients on corporate law issues, in particular in connection with structural measures under corporate law. In addition, he assists nationally and internationally active companies in financial and corporate restructurings within and outside of state proceedings.

Dr Torben Lang

Dr Torben Lang is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Frankfurt am Main office and advises on Corporate, financial and insolvency matters. He advises clients on financial and corporate restructurings and reorganizations matters with national and international implications. In particular, he advises on transactions and financing issues in the context of bridge and Real Estate financing. Furthermore, he has experience resolving commercial disputes, in particular in the field of banking and finance, including complex insolvency disputes. In addition, he also has experience in advising on associated civil and criminal liability risks.

Elisabeth Noltenius

Elisabeth Noltenius is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Berlin office and advises on media, online platforms and digital business. In Media and Entertainment Law, she advises clients along the entire value chain, from financing to the utilization of productions, with many years of experience in drafting and negotiating contracts. She assists providers of entertainment offerings in the legal structuring of their business models, from the modification of utilisation concepts to their revenue streams. She also specialises in technological consulting for international tech companies and online platforms. She advises online platforms on the further development and design of their business models, project development and contract design as well as on the promotion of their offerings. A particular focus of her work is in the Digital Healthcare sector, where she supports companies in developing innovative solutions and implementing them in a legally compliant manner. Her expertise covers data protection, general terms and conditions, consumer protection, compliance, advertising and competition law, contract law and regulatory requirements. She is listed in the Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers among Germany's best lawyers 2020-2023 as a recommended lawyer in the category "Technology Law". She is also recommended in The Legal 500: Germany and The Legal 500: EMEA 2022-2024 in the categories "Information Technology: Data Protection" (2022-2024), "Information Technology: Information Technology and Digitalisation" (2022-2024) and "Information Technology: IT Transactions and Outsourcing" (2022-2024).

Enno von Helldorf

Enno von Helldorff is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Hamburg and Munich office and specialises in Dispute Resolution. He advises our clients on all areas of domestic and cross-border commercial and civil disputes (e.g. on the enforcement or defence of payment claims). In doing so, he supports them both in proceedings before the ordinary courts and arbitral tribunals and also in the run-up to court proceedings. Furthermore, he has experience in interim relief proceedings.

Eva Kasprowicz

Eva Kasprowicz is a Counsel in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on Data Protection, Competition Law, IT Law and Consumer Protection. She develops strategic and pragmatic legal advice for data-driven business models and has several years of experience advising international companies, especially from the digital industry (AdTech, social media, cloud). Her particular expertise lies in the areas of ad tech, digital marketing and international data transfers. Her professional experience includes: Working with the product teams to develop creative solutions to legal issues Practical legal advice on go-to-market strategies Data protection assessment of business models and drafting of necessary compliance documentation The monitoring of supervisory procedures, both at national and EU level Participation in extrajudicial and judicial proceedings related to data protection Management of a large number of GDPR compliance projects Review and negotiation of licensing, SaaS and IT project contracts, both for private sector companies and in the context of public tenders Her consulting work for companies ranges from start-ups to global advertising platforms to multinational manufacturers of communication technologies.

Fabian Reissinger

Dr Fabian Reissinger is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Munich office and advises on all matters of individual and collective Employment Law. His special expertise lies in the support of restructurings as well as in advising on the topics of Employee Leasing, Remuneration Systems, Employee Data Protection and Compliance. He has particular experience in the Automotive, Health Care, Financial Institutions, Aviation and Start-Up sectors. As a specialist in Labour Law, he represents his national and international clients both in and out of court.

Fabian Schumann

Dr Fabian Schumann is a Counsel in Fieldfisher's Dusseldorf office and advises primarily in the areas of Finance Law and Corporate Law. He advises our clients on financial and corporate restructurings and reorganisations with national and international implications. His work takes place both within and outside of state regulatory proceedings and includes, in particular, the restructuring of listed companies and financing instruments. A particular focus of his work is also advising on transactions and financing parties in the context of complex bridge and real estate financings. In the area of real estate financing, he supports senior and mezzanine lenders in the financing of Commercial Real Estate and project developers in the acquisition of commercial and residential real estate portfolios.

Felix Wittern

Dr Felix Wittern is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and Head of the Technology & Data Practice Group in Germany, advising in particular on all Data Protection Law issues. He has been working in the field of Data Protection since 1993 and has many years of experience - both in law firms and as in-house Counsel in the Technology industry. His specialities are negotiations - whether with authorities or contracts - and complex projects. He is very active internationally, especially in the US-American region as well as for Asian companies, and has also worked for several years as a partner in our office in the USA (Silicon Valley). He is the Data Protection Officer for a large number of companies in Germany and at EU level. He is particularly familiar with Data Protection Law in some sectors: AdTech, Hardware, Automotive, Finance, Social Media, Telecommunications and Cloud Computing. As another area, he likes to support new topics, advise the development in the area of Artificial Intelligence and digital services. Furthermore, he has been advising on IT contracts for many years and also accompany projects.

Felix T. Leopold

Felix t. Leopold is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Munich office and advises on Dispute Resolution, both out of court and before state courts or arbitration tribunals. He advises and represents our clients from various industries not only in (arbitration) court proceedings, but also in the area of alternative Dispute Resolution. A particular focus of his work is on contractual and corporate disputes.

Florian Streiber

Dr Florian Streiber is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and specialising in Capital markets and Corporate Law. He advises both German and multinational companies on a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions with a particular focus on German and cross-border M&A. He has particular expertise in connection with venture capital transactions and corporate transactions in the Real Estate sector where he advises companies on the acquisition and sale of real estate portfolios and the structuring of project developments. Besides his transactional practice, he advises his clients on general corporate matters such as group re-organisations, joint ventures and shareholder disputes as well as on corporate finance and restructuring transactions. Moreover, he consults medium-sized and family companies with respect to corporate structuring and succession matters. Finally, he has extensive experience regarding the legal structuring of closed-ended private equity funds in various sectors such as maritime shipping, Real Estate, private equity and renewable energies.

Franziska Huber

Dr Franziska Huber is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Munich office and advises on all regulatory issues in the Life Science sector. Our clients include national and international companies. Her particular focus is on advising pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers of medical devices on regulatory matters. She also provides support in the negotiation and drafting of various types of contracts in the Life Sciences sector. In addition, as part of the Life Science Regulatory Practice Group at Fieldfisher, she advises on market access, particularly with regard to reimbursement and pricing of medicinal products and medical devices in the inpatient and outpatient service sector of the SHI, including method assessment procedures before the G-BA as well as negotiations with statutory health insurance funds and the SHI-SV. The regulatory advisory practice includes in particular the placing on the market of medicinal products and medical devices (conformity assessment procedures, marketing authorisation, distribution, GDP, contracts between actors in the supply chain), wholesale authorisations, compassionate use and single importation, clinical trials and good manufacturing practice.

Friederike Pavese

Friederike Pavese is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and specialises in advising on Public Procurement Law. A particular focus is on advising companies, especially from the Health sector, that participate in public tenders as applicants or bidders. She has many years of experience in providing legal advice on both national and EU-wide procurement procedures. She advises and supports our clients in all phases of a public tender. She checks the tender documents for infringements, ambiguities and errors, draft questions for bidders and provides support in communicating with the contracting authority and in preparing applications for participation and bids in accordance with the contract. Of course, she also advises on the filing of complaints and represents our clients before the competent public procurement tribunals and higher regional courts in review proceedings. In addition, she has particular expertise in the areas of Medical Device Law, Healthcare Compliance, the law on the advertising of medicinal products and the professional law of doctors.

Georg Mertens

Dr Georg Mertens is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on Corporate Law issues as well as financing and restructuring topics. A particular focus of his advice is on financial and corporate restructurings in a national and international context. In particular, he advises on transactions and project financing in the context of complex bridge and Real Estate financing. He advises both mezzanine and senior financiers as well as borrowers, particularly in the acquisition of Commercial and residential Real Estate portfolios.

Gerd Hansen

Dr Gerd Hansen is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Munich office and has been advising on Copyright and Media Law for many years. As an experienced entertainment lawyer with a deep passion for media content, he specializes in production legal services covering all phases of the content production process. His expertise spans from the initial stages of development and financing, through the intricacies of film and series production, to the global distribution of both national and international film and TV productions. With extensive experience gained from his previous roles, including (inhouse) Legal Director Content Production at ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE and Head of Legal Affairs Sky Studios Germany, he possess a comprehensive understanding of the nuanced perspectives of producers, broadcasters, and streaming platforms. These unique insights into the commercial dynamics and processes of major media companies allow him to deliver tailored legal solutions that meet complex legal standards and industry best practices. Furthermore, he offers specialized legal advice concerning the use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the Entertainment sector.

Ilyas Maung

Ilyas Maung is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on all aspects of Real Estate Law. One focus is on project development including as well as on transactions and asset management. In particular, this covers public Construction Law, Corporate Law and Tenancy Law. Another focus is on representing our clients in legal disputes and court proceedings. Our clients include private and institutional investors, builders and project developers.

Isabel Schnitzer

Dr Isabel Schnitzer is a Counsel in the Fieldfisher's Munich office and advises in the area of Media & Entertainment. Since the beginning of her professional career, her focus has been on copyright and media law. She has many years of experience in the legal support of national and international film and series projects. She advises clients on film licence trading, content development and (co-)production through to the exploitation of film and television productions. Due to her work as Head of Business & Legal Affairs, as interim Co-Managing Director of TELEPOOL and as Co-Head of GLOBAL SCREEN, she is used to looking at legal issues from a holistic, entrepreneurial perspective and, thanks to her extensive market knowledge, she has a good feel for realistic, practical solutions that take the interests of her clients into account in the best possible way. Her international expertise stems from the large number of international film projects she has managed, her global distribution practice and her close cooperation with the US shareholder of TELEPOOL, Westbrook Inc. She is a Qualified Mediator IMI. This helps her to transform conflictual issues or negotiation situations into amicable solutions.

Jacob Feder

Jacob Feder is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises in particular on Intellectual Property, Data Protection and Litigation. In addition to providing strategic advice, he also represents our clients in contentious proceedings. For such tech litigation cases, we regularly work together with experts from other Fieldfisher teams. He also advises on complex software and technology contracts, often with an international element.

Jan Hartmann

Jan Hartmann is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and Head of the Corporate Practice Group in Germany, advising on M&A transactions, restructuring projects and contentious proceedings. His practice focuses on cross-border transactions as well as private equity and venture capital mandates. In addition, he regularly advises on restructuring projects, reorganisations and corporate disputes as well as in the area of directors' and officers' liability. Many of the transactions he advises on have a cross-border element or a high degree of structuring complexity. He also covers fundraising processes and the implementation of employee participation programmes. His clients include national and international corporations, financial institutions, private equity funds and private clients, especially from the Payment, Technology and Automotive industries as well as the Healthcare sector. His work is regularly recognised by JUVE, where he is recommended as an M&A expert.

Jan Wildhirth

Dr Jan Wildhirth is a Partner for Legal Technology and Operations and leads the Fieldfisher X unit from Berlin as the Managing Director. He has broad experience in delivering legal services at scale, including successfully operating a digital mass defence business working for major clients from the automotive and the FinTech industry. Furthermore, he has broad legal expertise in corporate and capital markets law with a focus on founders and start-ups. He advises start-ups regarding corporate law, employee participation programs and financing rounds, and works closely with founders and represented them in exit negotiations. In the last year, he worked mainly with crypto start-ups advising them on their product, corporate structure and regulatory framework.

Janik Veken

Janik Veken is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Dusseldorf office and advises on Labour Law. He advises national and international clients in all matters of individual and collective Labour Law and represents them nationwide in court and out-of-court proceedings. A particular focus is on advising on individual legal issues relating to the conclusion, continuation and, in particular, termination of employment relationships.

Jean Pascal Slotwinski-Michel, LL.M. (Edinburgh)

Dr Jean Pascal Slotwinski-Michel, LL.M. (Edinburgh) is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher's Dusseldorf office and advises on all aspects of German and European Antitrust Law. His experience includes a wide range of German, European and international merger control proceedings, antitrust transaction support, antitrust fine and antitrust damages proceedings, drafting leniency applications, advising on the establishment of online platforms and advising companies on compliance issues as well as vertical distribution issues.

Johanna Klingen

Johanna Klingen is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and specialises in the areas of Data Protection and IT Law. She advises technology-driven companies on issues relating to IT and Data Protection Law. On the one hand, this includes advising on in-house compliance programmes, international data transfers, direct marketing, e-commerce and health data protection. On the other hand, it also includes strategic advice on contract negotiations as well as international data protection projects, especially for data-driven business models. Her particular expertise lies in assisting with regulatory as well as judicial proceedings. An understanding of the client's business model and the commercial interests pursued is essential for goal-oriented advice. She attaches great importance to always presenting our clients with solutions that are tailored to them and that they can implement.

Johannes Züwerink

Johannes Züwerik is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Dusseldorf office and focuses on advising on Corporate Law and M&A transactions. A particular focus of his work is advising national and international companies on cross-border transactions, group restructuring and shareholder disputes.

Johannes Baur

Dr Johannes Baur is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on TV and Data Protection Law. Data Protection Law issues have accompanied him since before he started working as a lawyer in legal research. From this time, he also has in-depth knowledge of distributed ledger technologies (including blockchain, smart contracts and digital automation). His advice focuses primarily on technology-driven companies.

Johannes Voß-Lünemann

Johannes Voß-Lünemann is a Counsel in the Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and advises in the area of public law. A particular focus of his advice is in the area of public procurement law, in which he can already look back on more than 10 years of professional experience and which also includes the establishment and management of several public procurement offices. In addition, he advises on public procurement procedures under national and EU public procurement law, both for supplies and services as well as for construction services in all phases of the procedure. He also has expertise in advising project sponsors, clients and contractors on all issues relating to procurement and purchasing, including complaints and applications for review.

Johannes Knop

Dr Johannes Knop is a Counsel in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on all Corporate Law issues. He works for German and international clients and advises listed and non-listed companies as well as their boards and shareholders comprehensively on economically complex issues in Corporate, Group and Capital Markets Law. A major focus of his work is on assisting with M&A transactions, corporate restructurings and general meetings. In the field of M&A, his range of services therefore includes advising on the entire transaction process, conducting due diligence reviews and comprehensively drafting and negotiating all relevant contracts. In the field of Capital Markets Law, he assists our clients both in the conduct of general meetings and in the implementation of measures adopted at such meetings. In addition, he also provides support in contentious disputes. The range of services he provides in litigation covers the entire spectrum of Corporate Litigation, in particular shareholder disputes, post-M&A disputes, directors' and officers' liability claims as well as representation in actions for rescission under Corporate Law and status proceedings on co-determination.

Jonas Mark

Jonas Mark is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Munich office and has represented national and international clients in Litigation and Arbitration for over 18 years. The focus of his work is representation in complex commercial law disputes, in particular Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Tax Law and Insolvency Law. Furthermore, he represents and advises in insurance liability disputes in the area of advisor and manager liability. He has particular expertise in the management, defence and enforcement of mass claims. His clients are national and international companies and groups in all sectors, as well as shareholders and entrepreneurs. However, his clients also include insurers, managers and law and tax firms. Together with his team, he represents the interests of our clients with the utmost commitment and always fight for positive and fair solutions. In particular, he uses his negotiating experience from more than 2,500 court cases. Examples from his work so far: Representation of a shareholder in a corporate dispute and defence of claims in the high double-digit millions in various arbitration and ordinary court proceedings Representation of an international importer in the arbitral enforcement of the ineffectiveness of the revocation of a trade licence Representation of a shareholder in a corporate dispute in a joint venture, which ended with the redemption of the opposing shares. Representing a company in the aerospace industry in a corporate dispute and claiming damages in the hundreds of millions (various ordinary and arbitration proceedings) Representation of several investment funds in the enforcement of tax claims against the tax office in the hundreds of millions of Euros Representing an investment fund in the enforcement of several hundred individual claims against investors Representation of a company in the enforcement of assigned and bundled insurance claims in the hundreds of millions of euros Representation of various hotel chains in all contentious matters I am mentioned as a frequently recommended lawyer for Dispute Resolution in JUVE.

Jonas Klima, MBA

Jonas Klima, MBA is a Counsel in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and focuses on Corporate Law and M&A transactions. He advises national and international companies on general Corporate Law issues and assists in comprehensive M&A transactions. In addition, he supports our clients in project financing issues, in particular in the context of Real Estate transactions.

Jonna Aldick

Jonna Aldick is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on all aspects of Real Estate Law. A particular focus is on transactions and advising on (Commercial) Landlord and Tenant Law. In addition, her work covers all relevant interfaces with other areas of law, e.g. Public Building Law or Corporate Law, as well as representing our clients in court.

Jörn Peters

Dr Jörn Peters is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on intellectual property matters. A particular focus of his advice is in the area of Patent Law and the protection of know-how. In addition, he advises on various aspects of technical property rights and Employee Invention Law in corporate transactions. Our team was named as a top law firm for patent law by Wirtschaftswoche in 2021 In 2020, we were awarded by Managing Intellectual Property as part of the Cross-border Telecoms Patent Team

Joscha J. John

Joscha J. John is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on all matters of Public Law. One focus of his work is advising companies on Subsidy and EU State Aid Law. In addition, he advises public authorities and companies on other European law issues, freedom of information law and general administrative procedure and Litigation Law.

Judica Trieglaff

Judica Trieglaff is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and advises in the Commercial sector. The focus of her work is on Commercial and Distribution Law. She advises international companies on contractual relationships within supply chains as well as distribution to consumers. Here, her expertise lies in the negotiation and drafting of distribution, cooperation and supply agreements, the review and drafting of general terms and conditions as well as the drafting of service agreements. In addition, she advises companies from various industries in the field of e-commerce.

Julia Garbaciok

Julia Garbaciok is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher´s Munich office and advises national and international companies on all legal issues in Data Protection and IT Law, as well as Online Marketing and e-commerce Law. She primarily advises companies in regulated industries, such as healthcare, new technologies, telecommunications and financial services. Her particular focus is on advising on international data protection compliance projects, international data transfer, data protection in M&A transactions, employee data protection as well as all data protection officer activities, such as data protection impact assessments, data erasure concepts or data protection breach notifications. She also regularly advises on data protection issues relating to clinical studies, medical devices and medical apps and represents our clients in proceedings before the data protection supervisory authorities. Another focus is on advising on new technologies, such as autonomous driving and product developments, and privacy by design.

Julia Schmitz

Julia Schmitz is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher's Dusseldorf office advising national and international clients on M&A transactions and on general Corporate and Capital Market Law matters. She provides ongoing legal advice to managers and (supervisory) board members, in particular on identifying, preventing and defending against potential liability risks as well as on general corporate law matters, especially on stock corporation, limited liability company and company group law as well as compliance.

Julia Schafdecker

Dr Julia Schafdecker is a Senior Associate in the Fieldfisher's Berlin office in and advises on media and entertainment as well as online platforms and digital commerce. She advises national and international companies in the media and entertainment industry. Her advice covers the entire value chain - from the development and financing of productions to their realisation and production distribution. She has many years of experience in drafting and negotiating contracts. In the area of corporate communications, she advises clients comprehensively, e.g. on the organisation of their advertising campaigns and cooperations as well as their social media presence. In addition to her advice in the field of audiovisual media, she has particular expertise in international music licensing law. She also specialises in providing technological advice to media groups and online platforms. She supports them in the legal structuring of their digital market presence, the implementation of their business idea and the further development of their business model, e.g. through the use of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain. A particular focus of her advice is the healthcare sector, especially with regard to the development of new digital markets by healthcare players.

Julian Bassemir

Julian Bassemir is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Frankfurt am Main office and advises on all aspects of Banking and Capital Markets Law. His work includes advising national and international companies and credit institutions on issues of Banking Supervisory Law, including Compliance for financial institutions, Securities Supervisory Law, in particular Prospectus Law and the regulation of derivatives trading, and Capital Markets Civil Law, for example on master agreements for derivatives transactions.

Kai-Oliver Krüger

Kai-Oliver Krüger is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Frankfurt am Main office and advises on M&A transactions, Joint Ventures, as well as complex group reorganisations and restructurings, such as mergers or other transformation processes. The focus of his M&A advice in national as well as international transactions is on sustainable Real Estate transactions around the topics of ESG (environmental, social, governance), especially in impact investments as defined by Art. 9 of the Disclosure Regulation. In corporate transformations and group reorganisations, he advises in particular on the establishment of European Companies (Societas Europaea), corporate governance and corporate co-determination. He advises national and international funds as well as asset managers. His clients also include domestic and foreign investors, corporate groups and medium-sized companies.

Katharina Schlett

Katharina Schlett is a Counsel in Fieldfisher's Munich office and a member of the Life Sciences Regulatory team. Her clients include national and international companies. Furthermore, she advises pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers of medical devices in regulatory matters and negotiates and drafts various types of contracts in the field of life sciences.

Katharina A. Weimer, LL.M. (UNSW)

Katharina A. Weimer, LL.M. (UNSW) is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Munich office and advises on Data Protection Law. As a data protection expert, she helps her clients to find their way through the German and European legal jungle and to find solutions for their scientific and commercial proposals for data marketing. Her focus on the connection between Life Sciences and Data Protection is related to a plethora of complex questions about the collection and use of sensitive data. National and international companies entrust her with the structure and roll-out of their GDPR projects and engage her as a consultant on e-commerce websites and data flows, on personal data of employees and on the creation of consent forms for clinical trials. She not only helps on the data protection side, but also deals with the underlying commercial contracts and structures on a daily basis. Since every sector has to comply with the regulatory requirements in equal measure, her clients come from all sectors. However, a certain focus - obvious due to her practice - is on Healthcare and IT. From start-ups in the field of social media marketing to established pharmaceutical companies, her services are used as a trusted advisor. For a medical device manufacturer, she acts as European legal counsel on almost all legal issues, including reimbursement strategies as well as health advertising, competition advice and research collaborations.

Katja Michel

Dr Katja Michel is a Counsel in Fieldfisher´s Frankfurt am Main office and advises on Regulatory and Capital Markets Law. A particular focus is on advising on digital business models (FinTech). She also advises on Compliance, in particular AML. She has extensive experience in supporting market entry and regulatory change projects, advising on outsourcing in the financial sector and providing regulatory support for FinTech M&A transactions. Our clients include regulated institutions, FinTechs and unregulated companies from the financial sector.

Korbinian Grießl

Korbinian Grießl is an Associate in the Fieldfisher's Munich office and advises on corporate and energy law. He advises national and international companies on transactions on both the buyer and seller side. He supports our clients in due diligence processes, the drafting of contracts and project financing. He has a particular focus on the field of renewable energies.

Laura Krug

Laura Krug is an Associate in the Fieldfisher's Berlin office and advises in the field of intellectual property. She advises in particular in the areas of trade mark, design and copyright law and competition law. A particular focus of her work is the extrajudicial and judicial enforcement and defence of IP rights, both in proceedings for interim legal protection and in proceedings on the merits. She also advises on product launches and advertising campaigns. Another focus of her work is strategic advice and support for brand portfolios.

Lea Josten

Lea Josten is an Associate in Fieldisher's Dusseldorf office and advises on all aspects of German and European Antitrust Law. She advises on German, European and international merger control proceedings, antitrust transaction support, antitrust fine and cartel damages proceedings, the drafting of leniency applications, compliance issues and investment control.

Leif Herzog, LL.M. (Edinburgh)

Leif Herzog, LL.M. (Edinburgh) is a Corporate/M&A Partner with more than 10 years of professional experience advising clients in M&A transactions and restructurings. His focus is on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and joint ventures, in particular in the chemical, healthcare and automotive sectors, where he advises both strategic and private equity investors as well as high net worth individuals. In addition, he has extensive experience in venture capital transactions, domestic and cross-border corporate restructurings as well as in structuring and implementing multinational carve-outs. In the context of transactions, he also advises on the structuring and implementation of employee participation programs.

Lena Egbers

Lena Egbers is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on all aspects of Commercial and Corporate Law/Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). A particular focus of her work is advising national and international companies on cross-border transactions, group restructurings and shareholder disputes.

Louisa Fänger

Louisa Fänger is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Berlin office and advises clients in the Media and Entertainment industry. A particular focus of her advice is on providing comprehensive legal advice and support for movie and series productions, from the development to the distribution of the productions. She conducts contentious proceedings, in particular with regard to copyright disputes. Our clients include national and international companies from the Media and Entertainment industry. She also has experience in advising companies on legal issues relating to Social Media, in particular with regard to compliance with Competition and Advertising Law.

Magnus Hamsch

Magnus Hamsch is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher´s Frankfurt am Main office in the Dispute Resolution department, with a particular expertise in Finance and Financial Regulatory Law. He specialises in litigation and arbitration, particularly in the area of financial Dispute Resolution. He represents companies, banks and financial service providers in litigation before state courts, in arbitration proceedings, out of court and vis-à-vis public authorities. The focus of his work is on complex damage and liability cases, Banking and Credit Law disputes as well as Regulatory and Capital Markets Law disputes. He has particular experience in Financial, Capital Markets, Money Laundering and Financial Regulatory Law as well as in contentious and non-contentious proceedings before the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and other authorities (e.g. Frankfurt Stock Exchange).

Marco Hermann

Marco Hermann is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher´s Munich office in the Employment Law team and advises national and international companies in all areas of Employment Law. He counsels and represents our clients both in and out of court in all matters of individual and collective Employment Law.

Marcus Iske

Dr Marcus Iske is a Partner in the Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises companies and executive employees in all aspects of individual and collective labour law. He represents his clients nationwide in judical and extrajudical procedures. A main focus of his work is the advice on co-determination issues, negotiations with works councils and trade unions, as well as advising executive employees and managers in connection with the conclusion, the legal optimization and the termination of their employment and service contracts. Moreover, he advises on the planning of restructurings and corporate transactions including the drafting and negotiation process of balance-of-interests and social plans. Furthermore, he has extensive expertise in the planning and management of cross-border labour law projects, as well as in the posting and the lease of employees.

Marcus Kamp

Marcus Kamp is a Partner in the Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office. With more than 18 years professional experience and as a Certified Specialist for Labour Law he advises national and international clients in all aspects of individual and collective labour law, both in and out of court. A main focus of his work is the strategic and conceptual planning of restructurings, transfer of undertakings, outsourcing and offshoring measures as well as corporate acquisitions including the respective labour law advice. In particular this includes the drafting of balance-of-interests and social plans as well as the negotiations with employee representatives at plant, company and group level, the representation in conciliation committees and the drafting and negotiation of collective agreements with unions during restructurings. He also advises on company pensions, particularly with respect to the harmonisation of pension schemes, outsourcing of pension liabilities and the statutory obligation to adjust pension benefits. In addition, he regularly advises companies, board members, managing directors and executive employees regarding drafting, concluding and terminating employment and service contracts. Questions of employee Data Protection and Labour Law advice during compliance investigations complete his range of activities.

Marie Marcks

Marie Marcks is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on Corporate Law, Capital Markets Law and general Contract Law. Her main focus is on advising national and international clients on corporate acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate housekeeping. She also specialises in advising on Stock Corporation Law. In particular, she supports public limited companies in the conduct, preparation and follow-up of general meetings and provide ongoing legal advice to their executive bodies.

Martin Lose

Martin Lose is a Counsel in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and specialises in advising digital business models, in particular in the areas of Media and IT Law, Competition Law, Telecommunications Law and Data Protection Law. A particular focus of his advice is the legally secure design, regulatory protection and defence of business models in highly regulated industries, especially in the area of legal tech. In recent years, he has helped some of the market leaders in the (further) development of their business models. Another focus of his work is litigation in cases with a strong technology connection.

Martin Diesbach

Dr Martin Diesbach is a Partner in the Fieldfisher offices in Berlin and Munich and advises clients in the media industry on all legal issues along the entire value chain of audiovisual content. His advice extends in particular to the areas of film and television – from development, financing and production to the exploitation of audiovisual content. He is an expert in rights clearance for films, particularly in the area of personality rights, and also advises on Press and Publicity Law. In addition, he conducts contentious proceedings in the media industry, in particular with regard to copyright disputes, and he is one of the leading experts on all copyright issues relating to fair remuneration, "bestseller remuneration" and the associated disclosure claims and transparency obligations. He regularly negotiates joint remuneration agreements for the major players in the industry. His clients include streaming platforms, television broadcasters, producers, distributors, major studios, smart TV providers, associations, banks and investors from Germany and abroad. Recommendations: Chambers Europe 2020-2023 Recommended lawyer in the category "TMT: Media" "He rises to the top of the rankings following his involvement in prominent media law mandates. His expertise covers film productions, licensing and distribution agreements and remuneration schemes for freelancers, making him a top choice for holistic advice." (2023) "He is an incredibly gifted lawyer; smart and pragmatic. He understands the business and the laws and he knows how to calibrate the questions that I ask." (2022) "Martin is one of the most knowledgeable individuals in the production industry. He really knows all of the ins and outs of the industry and is very good at identifying what the issues are and finding solutions. His judgement is incredible. He is someone I trust implicitly." (2021) Chambers Europe: Germany 2018 Recommended lawyer in the category "TMT: Media" "Renowned Martin Diesbach" (2018) Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers: Germany's best lawyers 2018-2023 Recommended lawyer in the category "Media and Copyright Law" (2018-2023) Recommended lawyer in the category "Media and Entertainment" (2020-2023) Recommended lawyer in the category "Entertainment Law" (2019) Lawyer of the Year in the "Media and Entertainment" category (2018, 2023) JUVE Handbook: Commercial Law Firms 2018-2022/2024 Leading name in the category "Copyright" (2018-2023/2024) Frequently recommended lawyer in the category "Contract and Copyright Law/Transactions and Financing" (2020-2022/2024) Frequently recommended lawyer in the category "Technology and Media: Media" (2018/2019, 2019/2020) Clients about him: "very good, very detailed and up-to-date, helpful" (2023-2024) "very good" (2022/2023) "great advice in Media Law" (2021/2022) Competitors about him: "Very experienced in the industry and excellently networked" (2023-2024) "Experienced in the industry, excellently networked" (2022/2023) "very experienced" (2020/2021) "very strong in traditional Media Law", "broadly positioned, particularly good for Entertainment" (2019/2020) "Good negotiator, always very motivated and competent" (2018/2019) The Legal 500: Germany 2018-2024 Recommended lawyer in the category "Media: Gaming" (2024) Recommended lawyer in the category "Media: Digital Content" (2023-2024) Recommended lawyer in the category "Media: Entertainment" (2018-2024) Leading name in the category "Media: Entertainment" (2019-2024) "Highly respected Martin Diesbach advises the world's largest companies on Media and Copyright Law, regulatory and licensing issues." (2021) "The highly respected Martin Diesbach is considered an outstanding advisor in the field of film financing as well as in litigation in Media Law disputes." (2020) "Renowned Martin Diesbach" (2018) The Legal 500: EMEA 2022, 2024 Recommended lawyer in the category "Media/Entertainment, Media/Digital Content, Media/Gaming" Who's Who Legal: Germany 2018-2021 Recommended lawyer in the category "Data" (2020, 2021) Recommended lawyer in the category "Sports & Entertainment" (2018-2021) Recommended lawyer in the category "Technology, Media & Telecommunications" (2018) "Martin Diesbach ranks highly among peers thanks to his impressive handling of the production and financing of media and entertainment projects." (2020) "Martin Diesbach is revered for his profound understanding of movie financing issues as well as his expertise in advising clients on digital business models." (2020) "A pre-eminent practitioner in the entertainment law sector. He is internationally recognised as one of the principal experts in movie financing matters." (2018) "A powerhouse in the field of media and entertainment law and is well respected for the first-rate counsel he delivers to clients on digital business models." (2018) Who's Who Legal: Data 2018-2020 Recommended lawyer in the category "Telecoms & Media" (2018-2020) "Martin Diesbach is an 'outstanding lawyer' who excels in advising German and international media companies on the development, production and financing of projects." (2020) WirtschaftsWoche in cooperation with Handelsblatt Research Institute; issue 46/2022 TOP Lawyer 2022 in the category "Copyright" WirtschaftsWoche in cooperation with Handelsblatt Research Institute; issue 43/2020 Highly recommended lawyer in the category "Copyright" Managing IP (2023) Recommended lawyer in the category "Notable Practitioners" (2023)

Matthias Jungeblut, LL.M. (Potsdam)

Matthias Jungeblut, LL.M. (Potsdam) is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher´s Frankfurt am Main office and advises on Tax Law. His area of practice includes corporate tax matters and international tax issues. He advises our national and international clients in particular on tax issues related to tax-optimised restructurings, the reorganisation of corporate groups and real estate transactions. In addition, he advises on the taxation of cryptocurrencies, investment tax law and represents our clients in tax audits and tax disputes.

Matthias Berger, LL.M. (San Francisco)

Matthias Berger, LL.M. (San Francisco) is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises national and international companies from a wide range of sectors on all intellectual property rights, in particular Trademarks and Designs, as well as Copyright and Competition Law. His advice and representation of companies from Europe, the USA and Canada covers, for example, the development and implementation of global trademark and design strategies, worldwide trademark and design searches, the registration and administration of trademarks and designs, the enforcement of their IP rights in court proceedings, as well as the drafting and negotiation of license agreements and all related activities. He has particular expertise and experience in the enforcement of Trademarks, Designs, Copyrights and Competition Law claims - especially in the context of the following proceedings: Infringement proceedings before the German ordinary courts Proceedings before the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ), the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), and the German Federal Patent Court (BPatG) Domain dispute proceedings before the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center and the ADR Court for .eu domains Border seizure proceedings involving plagiarism and parallel imports He is recommended by various professional magazines and platforms: Recommendation in the JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2021/2022 as an expert in Trademark and Competition Law. "Super in IP, always committed and available." (client) Recommendation by World's Leading Trademark Professionals (WTR1000) 2022 as an expert in Trademark Law in Germany (silver level). "Matthias Berger is described by foreign colleagues as 'one of the most commercial and responsive attorneys on the market.' Having studied in the United States, he is well versed in North American law and is a passionate Advocate in Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Litigation as well as Domain Name Disputes." Recommended in the 2022 annual rankings of Best Lawyers (Intellectual Property Law, Germany) and Who's Who Legal (Global Leader and National Leader Germany, Trademarks).

Maureen Pitzen

Maureen Pitzen is a Counsel in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on all aspects of Real Estate Law, with a particular focus on property transactions and financing. Her practice focuses on advising private and institutional as well as national and international investors on domestic and also cross-border Real Estate transactions and complex property and project financing. She regularly supports our clients in the development and financing of larger portfolios of residential and commercial property as well as in their management through to sale. She also has extensive experience in the hotel and leisure, care, retail, office and logistics sectors and advises on all aspects of commercial tenancy law and ongoing asset management. She places particular emphasis on providing solution-orientated and straightforward advice, taking into account the individual financial needs of our clients.

Maxime Berlingin

Maxime is a partner in the dispute resolution team in Fieldfisher's Brussels office

Maximilian Franz

Maximilian Franz is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on Corporate Law. A particular focus is on general Corporate Law, M&A transactions and Venture Capital investments.

Melanie Ludolph

Melanie Ludolph is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on data protection issues. One focus is on advising on the special requirements in the area of (online) marketing as well as on the link between life sciences and data protection, as there are a number of complex questions regarding the collection and use of sensitive data. She also provides comprehensive advice on all issues of employee data protection. The core of her work is also advising on international data transfers. In this context, she advises start-ups as well as globally operating corporations on legal questions of Data Protection Law in connection with the legally permissible design of regulatory practice. Finally, there is an increasing need for advice with regard to regulatory proceedings, in which she is involved at both the German and international level. As companies have to comply with regulatory requirements across all sectors, she advises clients from almost all sectors. The focus is on understanding the business model and commercial interests.

Micha Heise

Micha Heise is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on all aspects of Real Estate Law. At Fieldfisher he advises investors in relation to domestic and international real estate transactions as well as in all matters of ongoing asset management, especially in the drafting, review and negotiation of commercial lease contracts. A particular focus is on advising in the context of public building law, especially the creation of building rights and all issues related to the sustainability and ESG compliance of Real Estate. He pays attention on solution-oriented advice to our clients according to their individual requirements and needs.

Mike Seemann

Mike Seemann is a Counsel in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and advises on all aspects of Real Estate Law. He supports private and institutional investors in all phases of a real estate investment - from acquisition to marketing and letting to the sale of the asset. One focus here is on providing legal advice on real estate transactions, in particular Commercial and special Real Estate, such as shopping centres, logistics properties, nursing homes and hotels, as well as project developments. He has many years of experience in the drafting and negotiation of Commercial leases as well as in other issues related to the management of Real Estate, in particular in Land, Tenancy and Construction Law. In addition, he handles court proceedings to enforce or defend claims.

Nawid Aludin

Nawid Aludin is an Associate in the Fieldfisher's Dusseldorf office and advises in the area of Corporate / M&A. A particular focus of his work is advising national and international companies on transactions, shareholder disputes and corporate reorganisations.

Oliver Süme

Oliver Süme is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and specialises in advising on Technology, Data Protection and IT Law. He has more than 25 years of experience in these areas and advises his clients in all legal areas covered by IT and digitalisation, in particular in international Data Protection Law and in the area of data economy, IT contract law as well as in legal issues relating to Cybersecurity, IT Security and E-commerce. His clients include technology companies, the public sector and, in particular, international life science companies. His advice covers legal issues in connection with digitalisation processes and the establishment of data rooms and data sharing as well as the use of new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Big Data. He is constantly involved with current developments in the constantly changing regulatory framework of the Internet and Technology sector in Germany and Europe. Among other things, he recently advised the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology on the development of the European cloud and data project "Gaia-X".

Olivier Proust

Olivier is a partner in the Technology and Data team in Fieldfisher's Brussels office.

Patrick Halfpap, MLE, LL.M. (Finance)

Dr Patrick Halfpap, MLE, LL.M. (Finance) is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on Corporate, Commercial and Financial Law. He regularly advises German and multinational companies, family offices and financial intermediaries. His focus is particularly on financial and M&A transactions as well as general corporate structural advice. He regularly supports his clients in connection with (financial) regulatory issues and in the context of reorganisations and restructurings. He also has extensive experience in debt and mezzanine financing, in particular asset and project financing as well as acquisition financing. Finally, he regularly provides non-litigation and litigation advice in connection with shareholder disputes and directors' and officers' liability cases as well as post-transaction disputes. Among other things, he advised Sonova on the acquisition of Sennheiser's headphone division, the merger of the charter shipping companies Leonhardt & Blumberg and Buss-Shipping, and the sale of Intercard to Verifone. He is recommended by various professional magazines and platforms, including being listed as a "frequently recommended" lawyer for Corporate Law by JUVE.

Patrick Viktor Born

Dr Patrick Viktor Born is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Munich office and advises on all legal issues in the area of Commercial/Commercial Contract Law. His advice covers the drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts along the supply chain (purchasing, sales, logistics, production and distribution) as well as related legal issues of operational business, including consumer protection aspects. Our clients include national and international companies, primarily in the Automotive, Chemicals and Industrial Goods sectors.

Paulina Große-Wöhrmann

Paulina Große-Wöhrmann is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on IP and IT Law. One focus is on advising technology-based companies as well as those with novel business models, especially in regulated markets. She handles contentious proceedings and advises on the drafting of contracts. Furthermore, she has experience with liability issues in Media, Copyright and Data Protection Law of intermediaries, such as search engine operators as well as hosting and content providers.

Philipp Duncker

Philipp Duncker is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Munich office and advises on complex Litigation, particularly before international arbitral tribunals. He has 15 years of experience in representing his clients' interests before (arbitration) courts and in out-of-court dispute resolution. His philosophy is that the best dispute is the one that can be settled quickly and inexpensively without the involvement of a third party. If formal proceedings are nevertheless necessary, he conducts them efficiently and always with due regard to the economic significance of the dispute. The main focus of his work is on disputes in the Automotive sector as well as in the Energy sector and in connection with large, international infrastructure projects and in the Insurance sector. For example, he has successfully represented various clients in a number of arbitration proceedings on price revision in long-term gas supply contracts, in supply disputes in the automotive supply industry, in connection with complex infrastructure projects in the offshore wind industry or in the assertion of claims in the Solar sector. His experience includes arbitrations under the ICC, DIS, LCIA, VIAC, Swiss and UNCITRAL Rules as well as various ad-hoc proceedings. He has conducted disputes in many major arbitration venues around the world on contracts governed by different jurisdictions. He advises as early as the contract drafting stage in order to draft the appropriate dispute resolution clause. Especially in the supply chain or in complex contractual relationships, the right contractual clause can help to optimise the starting position for a later dispute or prevent it altogether. If (arbitration) proceedings cannot be avoided, he represents clients in all phases of the dispute, in particular in interim relief for the provisional protection of claims as well as in the recognition and enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards or the defence against them. He is also active as an arbitrator himself and can incorporate this experience into his client work. In addition, he has many years of experience in the area of corporate disputes, whether between shareholders or in the context of managerial liability. Insurance companies and the interplay between coverage and liability, with which he is well acquainted, often play an important role. He has experience from hundreds of court cases as well as a large number of arbitration proceedings which he has conducted as party representative. His clients come from all areas of business life - from large corporations and medium-sized companies to private individuals. JUVE lists him as a frequently recommended lawyer for Dispute Resolution. He is described as: "Creative, good also in out-of-court Dispute Resolution" (client) "Very pleasant, very professional" (competitor)

Philipp Stricharz, LL.M. Eur.

Philipp Stricharz, LL.M. Eur. is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and advises on investments, start-ups and financing throughout Germany, with a particular focus on Real Estate transactions and development. His advice extends in particular to real estate transactions and development. He also advises on Commercial leases. He has extensive litigation and enforcement experience, particularly in relation to non-performing real estate loans, post-transaction disputes and disputes between shareholders. His clients include foreign and local investors, developers, manufacturing companies, hotel and leisure companies as well as entertainment and media companies. He is recommended as an expert in complex real estate transactions. "Fieldfisher's Philipp Stricharz focuses his first-rate practice on complex real estate transactions across the entertainment and hospitality industries." (whoswholegal - Analysis - Hospitality 2021 - Legal Marketplace Analysis; Philipp Stricharz (whoswholegal.com))

Philipp Plog

Dr Philipp Plog is the Managing Partner of Germany and advises on digital business models, in particular on contractual setup, defence and licensing. A special focus is on contractual advice and judicial representation of legal tech providers operating as law firms, software companies or debt collection service providers. That includes advice on litigation financing, remuneration and financing models. He is recommended by Juve magazine as an expert in unfair competition law and legal tech, among others. As Managing Partner he also heads Fieldfisher's German offices and is a member of the Executive Committee of Fieldfisher. He is also spokesman of the board of the Legal Tech Association Germany.

Robert Hegarty

Robert Hegarty is a New Zealand qualified lawyer now based in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office. He provides advice to our clients across a number of sectors regarding the ever-increasing spectrum of Data Protection and other tech related topics. His work involves helping clients pragmatically understand and manage data protection risks in both their day-to-day and long-term operations. This includes helping respond to data subject and regulator requests, reviewing new and existing products and services, drafting privacy notices and data protection impact assessments, drafting and negotiating data processing agreements, assisting with the management of data security incidents, addressing international transfer challenges and helping ensure compliance with direct marketing and cookie requirements. On top of this, he has particular experience helping clients with multi-jurisdictional delivery of products and services. This has included extensive coordination of local counsel reviews and assisting clients with assessing and addressing data protection risks that are identified. The products and services reviewed have included ones from the Life Science sector that involve sensitive health data, as well as other higher risk processing activities. The companies that he works with come from a large variety of sectors. However, he has particular experience in the Life Science sector, with major tech firms and with e-commerce companies. In all the work he does, he always strives to make clients lives as easy as possible by breaking down requirements into simple terms and providing pragmatic and straightforward advice about different options that are available.

Robert R.C. Frühling

Robert R.C. Frühling is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on all areas of private and public construction and Architectural Law as well as Real Estate Business Law. A particular focus is on advising and providing long-term support to parties involved in real estate construction projects, legal project management and representation in legal disputes and court proceedings. Another focus is on advising on the purchase and sale of existing properties and project developments, including legal due diligence up to the conclusion of the purchase agreement in the area of Commercial and residential Real Estate. In addition, asset management, in particular Tenancy Law, is another focus of his work. Our clients include private and institutional investors, builders and project developers.

Roya Bayatloo, LL.M. (London)

Roya Bayatloo, LL.M. (London) is a Counsel in Fieldfisher´s Frankfurt am Main office and advises national and international companies, credit institutions, insurance companies and other financial services institutions comprehensively in the field of Banking and Capital Markets Law as well as Corporate Law. In the area of Banking and Capital Markets Law, her particular focus is on providing advice in connection with derivatives and structured financing. In the area of Corporate Law, she counsels in particular ESG-compliant real estate funds on M&A transactions.

Rüdiger Litten, LL.M. (Bristol)

Dr Rüdiger Litten, LL.M. (Bristol) is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Frankfurt am Main office and advises on all aspects of Financial Law. He specialises in Financial Regulation, Debt Capital Markets, Corporate Services, Trust & Agency, Derivatives, Structured Finance, Export & Trade Finance, Islamic Finance and Distressed Debt and has extensive experience in these areas.

Saphir Auf dem Brinke

Saphir Auf dem Brinke is an Associate in the Fieldfisher's Dusseldorf office and advises on corporate transactions as well as in the areas of corporate, capital markets and stock corporation law, risk advisory and compliance. She specialises in providing ongoing legal advice to national and international companies as well as management boards and supervisory bodies on all capital market and corporate law issues, in particular on avoiding liability risks and in the area of compliance.

Sara Bandehzadeh, LL.M. (San Francisco)

Sara Bandehzadeh, LL.M. (San Francisco) is a partner in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and advise on all aspects of Corporate and Commercial Law, with a focus on Commercial and Distribution Law in recent years. She is mentioned in the JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms as a frequently recommended lawyer for the area of distribution systems.

Sascha Dethof

Dr Sascha Dethof is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on all issues of German and European Antitrust Law, including the new challenges posed by digitalisation (B2B internet platforms, price-related algorithms, blockchain) and on questions of Investment Auditing Law. His many years of experience include cartel investigations by the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office, the preparation and submission of leniency applications and assistance during searches by the cartel authorities. He also regularly advises companies on compliance issues. This includes the design and implementation of cost-efficient compliance programmes, including training measures, conducting audits and drafting guidelines and company brochures. He conducts actions for damages after cartel violations (follow-on) and advises companies on Distribution Cartel Law issues, i.e. dealer and supplier agreements. In addition, he regularly advises on antitrust issues in connection with competitor cooperations, i.e. research and development agreements, licence agreements and purchasing pools. His experience also extends to the specific obligations of dominant companies, for example with regard to rebate schemes. He assists his clients in merger control proceedings before the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission. This also includes the organisation of parallel filings in several countries. He represents companies before German and EU courts and in proceedings before the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission. He also advises companies on investment audits by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) in accordance with the AWG/AWV. He advises on the structuring of the transaction, the review of any existing reporting obligations and the implementation of investment control reporting procedures. This also includes advice on the possibilities of obtaining a clearance certificate. His recent mandates have included: Investigations by the Federal Cartel Office and proceedings by the European Commission Damages actions (follow-on) after decisions of the cartel authorities Compliance training and audits for DAX, Nikkei 225 and NASDAQ 100 companies as well as for medium-sized corporate groups Organisation and implementation of Europe-wide compliance trainings International coordination and strategy for third party participation in merger control proceedings Several phase 2-investment audit procedures before the BMWK He has a particular focus on advising Japanese companies on Antitrust Compliance and he represents them in antitrust proceedings. He got to know Japanese culture on business trips to Tokyo and appreciates it very much.

Sascha Pres

Dr Sascha Pres is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Berlin office and advises on Intellectual Property, in particular on Trade Mark, Design and Copyright Law as well as on Competition Law issues. His particular focus lies in the judicial enforcement of claims against infringers, as well as in the committed and passionate defence against unjustified claims by property right owners. He can draw on many years of experience, in particular in proceedings for interim legal protection and proceedings on the merits before the ordinary courts in Germany, and has successfully conducted numerous proceedings before national and international register authorities (DPMA, EUIPO, WIPO) and their instances, such as the Boards of Appeal, the European Court of Justice or the Federal Patent Court. In addition, he coordinates complex cross-border disputes in order to enforce his clients' rights internationally just as effectively and efficiently as in their home market or to defend them against attacks.

Sebastian Kamm

Dr Sebastian Kamm is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on Corporate Law/M&A, in particular on national and cross-border transactions. He has particular expertise in advising on private equity transactions and venture capital investments. In addition to his transactional expertise, he regularly advises clients on key corporate issues such as reorganisations, joint ventures and restructurings. He advises German and multinational investors and companies throughout the life cycle of a transaction. His clients include national and international corporations, private equity funds, high net worth individuals, venture capital investors and start-ups, particularly in the Technology, Energy, Infrastructure and Healthcare sectors, as well as real estate project developers.

Serge Flecijn

Serge is an Of Counsel in the IP Enforcement and Litigation team at Fieldfisher Brussels

Silke Goschler

Silke Goschler is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Munich office and advises on all legal issues for national and international companies in the areas of Commercial/Commercial Contract Law. Her advice covers the drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts along the supply chain (purchasing, sales, logistics, production and distribution) as well as related legal issues of operational business, including Consumer Protection Law aspects. A particular focus is on the (re)structuring of distribution systems (commercial agents, authorized dealers, franchising) as well as online trading and leasing. Her sector focus is on the Automotive, Consumer Goods, Retail and Industrial Goods sectors. As a Commercial lawyer with many years of experience in international commercial law firms, she has experience in drafting standard contracts/terms and conditions in both national and cross-border matters and she assists her clients in out-of-court disputes and, if necessary, supports them in the transition to litigation. Based on her experience from previous in-house secondments, she brings practical solutions to her advice in order to harmonize legal requirements and economic needs. She has advised various clients from the Automotive sector on market entry in Germany and Europe as well as on the restructuring of existing and the implementation of new business models. In addition, she frequently advises clients from various industries in connection with the termination of contractual relationships between distribution partners. In Legal 500 Germany (2022 and 2023) she is recommended for Commercial and Distribution law. "Thilo von Bodungen and Silke Goschler are outstanding lawyers who familiarize themselves with complex scenarios and provide practical legal advice. Their qualities, especially in drafting contracts, are outstanding."

Simone Kien

Simone Kien is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises in particular on Corporate, Stock Corporation and Capital Market Law as well as Risk Advisory and Compliance. Her main areas of practice include providing ongoing legal advice to domestic and foreign companies as well as boards of directors, management boards, supervisory boards and advisory boards and providing legal support for national and cross-border transactions in the areas of Stock Corporation, Capital Markets and Corporate Law. She also advises listed and unlisted companies on Compliance, Risk Advisory and Corporate restructuring.

Slaven Kovacevic

Slaven Kovacevic is a Counsel in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on Private Equity/M&A, Venture Capital, Joint Venture formation and general Corporate Law on an ongoing basis. A particular focus of his more than 10 years of practice is advising (international) financial investors and strategists on private equity and venture capital mandates in connection with acquisitions, exits, minority interests and other investments. He also advises private individuals in connection with the sale of family businesses to investors or strategists. Very often, the clients he advises are cross-border transactions. In the past, he has advised on transactions in the Technology (including e-commerce), Retail, Banking & Finance and Life Sciences & Healthcare sectors. He also regularly advises on transactions in traditional industries. Among others, he was described as a "private equity expert" by JUVE and as a "private equity specialist" by Börsen-Zeitung in 11/2022.

Solvei Hartmannsberger

Dr Solvei Hartmannsberger is a Counsel in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on Antitrust Law. She advises our clients on all issues of German and European Antitrust Law. This includes, in particular, advising on and conducting antitrust damages actions, merger control notifications to the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission as well as advising companies on compliance issues. In addition, assisting clients in cartel fine and abuse proceedings before national and EU authorities and courts is an essential part of her work. She regularly advises on distribution antitrust issues in connection with research and development agreements as well as licensing agreements. She is recommended as an expert in the field of Antitrust Law by, among others, Kanzleimonitor and Handelsblatt in the category of best lawyers in the field of Antitrust Law.

Stefan Nerinckx

Stefan is the Head of Employment practice.

Stephan Zimprich

Stephan Zimprich is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and advises on Data Protection, Competition Law, Media Law and IT Law. One focus is on advising technology providers in the field of online advertising (Adtech) and online platforms. He also specialises in representing his clients in court in cases with a technology background. His clients are European and global online platform providers, leading ad tech providers and digital business model providers. Examples of his work include: Representing the world's leading trade association for the online advertising industry in a case concerning the admissibility of a standard data exchange protocol Legal representation of a leading short video service in a legal dispute in connection with the client's advertising products Legal representation of a leading consent management platform in an administrative law dispute concerning data transfer to the US Legal representation of the leading social network for professionals in numerous court disputes, including on the blocking of user accounts, user preferences and data usage Legal representation of a leading online rating platform regarding the algorithm-based classification of ratings Representing the world's leading provider of smart TVs in a legal dispute concerning the use of user data Representation of a provider of special software for insurance companies in an IT-law compensation case Advising leading ad tech providers on the GDPR, including preparing for an IPO Advising leading German publishers on the implementation of regulatory requirements for the implementation of advertising technology Representing one of the leading European flight search engines in several competition law disputes concerning the core functionality of the website Advising a leading global supplier of medical and camera products on a pan-European IT outsourcing project Representation of a major German public publishing house in court proceedings concerning anti-competitive cooperation between a public broadcaster and a private competitor Furthermore, he advises clients on the drafting and negotiation of IT contracts, such as SaaS contracts, software licence agreements or outsourcing projects.

Stephanie Meyer-Wiegand

Stephanie Meyer-Wiegand is a Counsel in Fieldfisher´s Munich office with over 5 years' experience in advising clients in the area of Dispute Resolution. She focuses on resolving business related disputes, in particular in the area of Corporate, insolvency and Tax Law. She has particular expertise in the processing of "mass proceedings", i.e. the enforcement of and defence against a multitude of claims. Her clients are national and international companies, in particular investment funds.

Susanne Rückert

Dr Susanne Rückert is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on Corporate and Capital Markets Law as well as Risk Advisory and Compliance. She has been working as a lawyer for over 25 years. Her practice focuses on providing ongoing legal advice to listed and unlisted companies and their management boards, executive boards, supervisory boards and advisory boards, as well as providing legal support for transactions of national and international clients in the areas of M&A, private equity & venture capital and corporate finance. These include in particular: Public takeovers in the regulated and non-regulated market the preparation and conduct of general and shareholders' meetings as well as supervisory and advisory board meetings advising on risk issues, in particular with regard to ongoing compliance under Company Law and Capital Market Law the disputes between shareholders the conduct and defence of liability proceedings Legal representation in proceedings under Company Law She also advises large and medium-sized companies on national and cross-border transactions, including mergers, joint ventures and corporate restructurings. Her particular passion, experience and specialisation covers civil and capital market liability issues of management boards, supervisory boards, advisory boards and executive boards, including D&O matters, as well as advising companies and their boards with regard to corporate governance and compliance issues. Primarily due to her own many years of board activities, including as a supervisory board member in the TecDAX, she advises with the demand for the highest quality and with the necessary sense of proportion in full awareness of the practical requirements of board activities. This includes, among other things, her specialisation in board consulting and legal coaching, which serves the direct liability prevention of the boards. In addition to Europe and the USA, her international orientation includes Japan in particular, where she worked for an international law firm for two years. She is recommended by various professional magazines and platforms: JUVE Recommended for years for advice to supervisory boards, on Takeover Law and Compliance (most recently JUVE Handbook 2022/23). "Ready for action and committed", Competitor - JUVE Handbook 2021/22 "Determined, does not let go", Competitor - JUVE Handbook 2020/21 "Enjoys a good reputation in advising supervisory boards and the increasing international integration of the corporate practice has led to the import and export of interesting mandates" - JUVE Handbook 2020/21 "... Rückert, who ... has built up an excellent reputation from Dusseldorf as an independent advisor on directors' and officers' liability issues as well as on the side of supervisory boards. Meanwhile, she is also increasingly active for executive boards..." - JUVE Handbook 2019/20 Handelsblatt Best Lawyers in Germany for Corporate Law (incl. 2019, 2020, 2022) Best Lawyers for Corporate (longstanding mention)

Susanne Weckbach

Dr Susanne Weckbach is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Munich office and advises on all legal issues in the area of Commercial/Commercial Contract Law. She has been advising German and international companies for over ten years, specialising in the Automotive, Chemicals and Industrial Goods sectors. Due to her many years of advising various clients in these sectors, she is very familiar with all legal issues along the entire value chain - from procurement and production to sales and distribution. Her advice ranges from drafting and negotiating complex contracts to advising her clients on day-to-day operations. Her expertise includes, in particular, purchase and sales contracts, complex production and supply contracts, service, consultancy and maintenance contracts as well as the drafting of standard and model contracts. In addition, she advises clients on long-term, cross-border technology co-operations and joint ventures. A further focus of her work is advising clients on entering the German market, structuring and reorganising contractual relationships following the acquisition or sale of companies and implementing new business models. The following quotes from her clients were collected by Legal 500: "Susanne Weckbach is excellent at drafting English contracts and experienced in complex contractual mechanisms" - Legal 500 Germany 2022 "Susanne Weckbach offers the highest level of expertise and is very efficient" - Legal 500 Germany 2023

Sven Labudda

Dr Sven Labudda is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on all aspects of Corporate, Investment and Capital Markets Law. A particular focus is on advising listed public companies and their governing bodies as well as funds, their management and fund initiators. He represents his clients in takeovers, equity and debt capital market transactions, venture capital investments, setting up funds and fundraising as well as in general questions of capital market, financial and fund regulation. Many of his clients are companies and entrepreneurs active in the Technology sector. He therefore regularly represents FinTechs and InsurTechs and, more recently, blockchain technology companies on regulatory and liability issues.

Swen Schöne, LL.M. (Brisbane)

Swen Schöne, LL.M. (Brisbane) is a Counsel in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and advises on all issues of Data Protection Law. He has 16 years of experience in providing strategic and practical advice to national and international clients and has particular expertise in Employee Data Protection. In particular, he advises on employee monitoring, discrimination and the drafting and negotiation of company agreements. His expertise includes working in the legal department of a German subsidiary of a listed Japanese technology company and a medium-sized German energy supplier.

Tanja Rüth

Tanja Rüth is a Counsel in Fieldfisher's Munich office and is a member of the Corporate, Energy and Real Estate team. Her main focus is to advise financial investors, banks, project developers and energy supply companies on the realization of national and international energy and infrastructure projects. In particular, she assists her clients with renewable energy transactions.

Tanja Ehls

Tanja Ehls is a Counsel in Fieldfisher´s Frankfurt am Main office and advises on all Public Law matters. She focuses on advising companies on Subsidy Law, Administrative Procedure Law and Administrative Procedural Law. She also advises universities, university hospitals and research institutions on higher education and Science Law. Her typical areas of advice include: the preparation of expert opinions on individual issues relating to Subsidy Law and State Aid Law (in particular also in the area of so-called corona bridging aid), coordination with the subsidy providers/granting authorities in ongoing application proceedings and the representation of applicants in opposition and action proceedings before the administrative courts, for example in the case of rejection and recovery notices. In addition, she has many years of experience in drafting and reviewing cooperation agreements in the field of science and academia, assisting with tenders and subcontracts and advising on cases of scientific misconduct, including clarification of the facts.

Tassilo Schmid

Tassilo Schmid is a Counsel in Fieldfisher's Munich office and advises clients mainly in the areas of Corporate Law, Private Equity/Venture Capital and Litigation. He has a special focus on advising domestic and international investors or founders of start-up enterprises in various stages of their development. Besides that, he also offers legal advice to companies and entrepreneurs in a variety of commercial matters, including contentious matters.

Thilo Danz, LL.M. (Osnabrück)

Thilo Danz, LL.M. (Osnabrück) is a Frankfurt based finance partner with a particular focus on financial regulation assisting credit institutions, insurance undertakings and other financial service providers to develop their businesses within challenging and constantly changing environments. In the field of banking supervisory law his expertise includes compliance related as well as product specific issues; with respect to insurance supervisory and investment funds law he focuses on investment restrictions. His long-term in-house experience enables him to provide clients with legally robust and commercially viable advice. His client base consists of foreign and German credit institutions, financial services institutions, payment services providers as well as insurance undertakings. Furthermore, he advises entities and individuals with regard to their investments in German regulated institutions.

Thorsten Ihler

Thorsten Ihler is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on all issues of IT and Data Protection Law. A particular focus is on data protection advice for regulated industries such as financial services, the healthcare sector, telecommunications, online platforms and new technologies. He has extensive experience as an external Data Protection Officer and in providing ongoing compliance advice as well as project support and handling individual enquiries for US, Asian and European clients. He represents in proceedings with data protection supervisory authorities. His clients appreciate his pragmatic support when it comes to the implementation of the GDPR, sector-specific requirements, compliance programmes, international data transfers, cybersecurity, data protection incident reporting, the development of data-based products, employee data protection, direct marketing, data protection impact assessments and contract negotiations. He regularly advises on the overlap with other regulatory areas such as consumer protection, telecommunications law, media regulation and online youth protection. His clients include consumer electronics manufacturers, social networks, online payment providers, cloud providers, medical device manufacturers, platform operators and international technology companies.

Tien Nguyen

Tien Nguyen is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Berlin office and advises on Intellectual Property, in particular on Trade Mark, Design and Copyright Law as well as on Competition Law issues. In addition to strategic advice, the particular focus of her work is on litigation in complex disputes before the German and European courts. She provides comprehensive advice on the introduction of new products and advertising campaigns, their protection against attacks and infringements by third parties and on strategic issues relating to the development, expansion and management of trade mark portfolios. This includes, in particular, registration, opposition and invalidity proceedings before the German and European Trade Mark Office, the WIPO, the Federal Patent Court and the European Courts. She is listed in the Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers 2024 as "Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch" in the field of Intellectual Property Law.

Tim Perdieus

Tim is Of Counsel in the employment and pensions department of the Brussels office.

Tobias Kempter

Tobias Kempter is a Counsel in Fieldfisher's Munich office and advises his clients in the Dispute Resolution department in (extra-)judicial disputes. A particular focus of his work is on advising clients in the context of commercial and corporate law disputes as well as advising on the defence of claims in insolvency proceedings. In addition, he has in-depth knowledge of sports law as well as experience with regard to cases relating to public procurement law and in the areas of the AWG and AWV reporting obligations. His clients include international and national companies from a wide range of industries.

Veronika Weber

Veronika Weber is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Munich office and advises on disputes in various areas of Commercial Law. She advises and represents our national and international clients from various industries both in court proceedings and out of court. She focuses in particular on contractual and corporate disputes. When providing legal advice, she attaches great importance to a structured approach in order to find an appropriate and economic solution for our clients.

Victor-Alexander Martins Kuenzel

Victor-Alexander Martins Kuenzel is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on Real Estate and Property Business Law. He advises national and international investors on project developments, Real Estate transactions, project and Real Estate financing, Commercial Tenancy Law as well as private Construction Law and has extensive experience in the Hotel, Retail and Leisure sectors, in the Life Sciences & Healthcare sectors as well as in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sectors. When working with his clients, it is particularly important to him to combine legally and technically sound advice with a commercial understanding of the client's business. His ability to understand the needs of his clients and to provide them with a legally sound solution that optimally takes these needs into account, especially from an economic perspective, is particularly appreciated by them. His uncomplicated and goal-oriented advice is equally appreciated. His clients include investment companies, hotel chains, nursing home operators, project developers, real estate companies and companies in the social networks and Healthcare sectors. He is particularly recommended as an expert in Real Estate Business Law and private Construction Law. This also applies with regard to real estate projects abroad (especially Portugal). Due to his many years of experience in the realisation of real estate projects, he is often involved in the project at an early stage in order to minimise project-immanent risks from the outset.

Viktoria Zander

Viktoria Zander is an Associate in Fieldfisher's Munich office and advises in all areas of Labour Law. She advises and represents our clients both in and out of court in all matters of individual and collective Labour Law.

Christian Schultz, LL.M. (King´s College London)

Dr. Johannes Baur

Leif Herzog

Marcus Iske

Matthias Berger, , LL.M. (San Francisco)

Philipp Stricharz, LL.M. Eur.

Sara Bandehzadeh, , LL.M. (San Francisco)