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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Anke Saßmannshausen is a Counsel in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and advises on Commercial and Distribution Law as part of the firm's Commercial Practice Group. Her particular focus of practice is the drafting and negotiation of contracts for the setup or expansion of purchasing, distribution and logistics systems. She has many years of experience in drafting contracts as well as in reviewing and drafting general terms and conditions. In addition to the contractual relationships of companies within the supply chain for the procurement and distribution of products and services (B2B), this includes the advice on consumer protection regulations for the sale of products and services to consumers (B2C), in particular for online stores and the distance selling of financial products. Another focus of her work is assisting international clients in entering the German market. She also advises companies in connection with the ESG-Compliance (especially the implementation of the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act and the European Supply Chain Directive).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
FieldfisherCaspar 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)
FieldfisherCelin 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)
FieldfisherChristian 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Guillaume Hersemeyer is a Senior Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on all data protection and information technology issues. He advises our national and international clients on the implementation of comprehensive data protection management systems or assists them in dealing with data protection breaches or internal investigations. He also provides support in negotiations with data protection authorities. The focus of his work is the development of pragmatic and legally secure solutions - for example in the context of digital transformation or in the areas of big data analytics and smart contracts as well as in the e-commerce context. Another core aspect is legal support for outsourcing deals and the structuring of international data transfers. In doing so, he pursues a creative and solution-oriented advisory approach. Our clients are start-ups and SMEs as well as large multinationals and come predominantly from the Technology, Media & Entertainment, Telecommunications, Global Financial Services, Health Sciences, Industrial Products, Real Estate and Retail & Consumer Products sectors.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
FieldfisherKatharina 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
FieldfisherLeif 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.
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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.
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Lena Kessenich is an Associate in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on all issues of IP and IT Law as well as Litigation. A particular focus is on advising international companies in the context of litigation relating to statements of Claim and Competition Law. She also advises technology-based companies as well as those with novel business models, especially in regulated markets, on the design of business models and contracts.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Matthias Berger, LL.M. (San Francisco)
FieldfisherMatthias 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).
Matthias Jungeblut, LL.M. (Potsdam)
FieldfisherMatthias 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Patrick Halfpap, MLE, LL.M. (Finance)
FieldfisherDr 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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
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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.
Zuzana Meinecke-Fábry, LL.M. Eur.
FieldfisherJUDr. Zuzana Meinecke Fábry LL.M. Eur. is a Senior Associate in the Fieldfisher´s Munich office, specialising in Corporate and Energy Law matters with a focus on M&A. She advises domestic and international clients on transactions, both on the buyer and seller side, as well as on (intra-group) restructuring and transformation processes including cross-border mergers, corporate reorganization, joint ventures and venture capital. Her particular expertise is advising clients on renewable energy projects. She deepened her experience during a secondment at a leading German project developer and operator of power generating plants. Another focus is on drafting and negotiating various types of contracts, including energy contracts.