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Alexa Ningelgen
Alexa Ningelgen
Partner Alexa Ningelgen advises clients on all aspects of public law, including administrative, regulatory and constitutional law. She has in-depth knowledge of administrative litigation and the relevant procedures. Alexa regularly represents major private and public companies and authorities with interests in a wide range of industries, including real estate, infrastructure, energy and the food sector. Other main areas of focus include public institution law and immigration law. For further details of Alexa's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Alina Affeld
Alina Affeld focuses her practice on real estate law. In addition, she gained valuable corporate, M&A and real estate experience through several legal traineeships at law firms in Düsseldorf and London including McDermott. She also worked for the German Embassy of Myanmar. During her internships, Alina Affeld worked for the German Federal Cartel Office and in the corporate law department of a law firm in Düsseldorf.
Antje Weiss
Antje Weiss
Counsel Antje Weiss focuses her practice on all aspects of public law, including administrative, regulatory and constitutional law. She has in-depth knowledge of administrative litigation and the relevant procedures. Antje advises clients on gaming law and represents private and public companies with interests in the gaming sector, especially in connection with setting-up of slot machines, the construction of amusement arcades, the organization of lotteries and draws, the organization and brokerage of horse race and sports betting and all aspects of online gambling services. Additionally, Antje advises clients on all issues of municipal fiscal law, economic and budgetary law. For further details of Antje's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Björn Biehl
Björn Biehl
Dr. Björn Biehl advises clients on national and international M&A and private equity transactions, corporate restructuring and insolvency (with a focus on distressed M&A) and on all aspects of general corporate law. He counsels both domestic and international clients. Read full biography: 
Boris Uphoff
Boris Uphoff
Boris Uphoff is a partner and member of the Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department, where his practice focuses on litigation and dispute resolution. He has litigation experience in all major German courts and assists clients in cross-border disputes. Boris represents German and international clients in patent infringement litigation and in contentious matters relating to trade marks and unfair competition law. His practice also encompasses product liability and insurance law. He acts for international insurers, industrial clients and trading companies, representing them in disputes relating to product defects and consumer claims. He advises clients, particularly from the automotive and electronics sectors, on product recalls and recourse actions against suppliers of defective parts. He is active in the area of cartel damages, successfully defending clients against cartel damages claims brought by competitors and commercial customers. In relation to dispute resolution, Boris frequently represents clients in international arbitrations. He also acts as arbitrator in large commercial disputes. For further details of Boris' biography, please view McDermott website here.
Carsten Böhm
Carsten Böhm
Carsten Böhm is a partner, he advises clients in international and national transactions in the fields of private equity, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), venture capital and all associated corporate law matters, including restructurings, limited partnership law and corporate governance, as well as with respect to general commercial law and insolvency near situations. He advises on all aspects relevant to a transaction, from the preparation and structuring of the transaction process to contractual negotiations, the acquisition finance, the management participation, the closing of the transaction and post-closing restructurings. His clients include private equity houses, corporates and owners. Carsten also advises the management of corporates held by private equity houses as well as occasionally banks providing acquisition finance. For further details of Carsten's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Christian Rolf
Christian Rolf
Dr. Christian Rolf focuses his practice on employment, labor, civil and commercial law, executive compensation and benefits schemes and human resources (HR) compliance and data privacy issues. He also has extensive experience in employment law-related matters in M&A and private equity transactions, restructuring scenarios and complex business litigation.
Christian Krohs
Christian Krohs
Christian Krohs advises clients on all aspects of antitrust and competition law, including antitrust litigation, as well as compliance matters. Christian has extensive experience in all areas of EU and German antitrust and competition law, particularly in relation to cartel investigations, cartel damages claims, abuse of dominance proceedings and both national and international merger control projects. He has also advised numerous clients regarding antitrust and anticorruption compliance as well as internal investigations. Christian is an experienced lawyer who has spent many years in the antitrust and competition law department of a prominent international law firm in Germany, Brussels and London, and headed the antitrust and merger control practice group of another international law firm. He is a well-respected author of several publications and continues to comment on relevant topics of antitrust and competition law.
Christian Masch
Christian Masch
Christian is a partner, he focuses his practice in information technology (IT), intellectual property (IP), media and telecommunication, and data protection/privacy law. An experienced trial lawyer, Christian represents clients in commercial law litigation before German courts, as well as in arbitrations. Christian advises clients with respect to complex projects, inter alia compliance with data protection/privacy law. He has published numerous articles. For further details of Christian's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Dirk Pohl
Dirk Pohl
Dirk Pohl is a partner, head of the Munich office and the German Tax Practice. Dirk’s practice focuses on international tax law, tax litigation before tax courts and the German Supreme Tax Court (Bundesfinanzhof), integrated legal, tax and organization counseling of business enterprises. He has extensive experience in dealing with the tax issues of multinationals. He frequently and successfully represents multinationals and other tax payers before the European Court of Justice, the German Supreme Constitutional Court and the German Supreme Tax Court, including cases brought before the 5th and 11th Chambers which are in charge of German VAT cases. For further details of Dirk's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Dustin Schwerdtfeger
Dustin Schwerdtfeger
Partner Dustin Schwerdtfeger advises corporate clients, venture capitalists, banks and other financial institutions on banking and finance matters, in particular on credit financing. Dustin has special knowledge of financing in association with real estate and corporate acquisitions. He has extensive experience in the following areas: Real estate financing (within a country and across borders, individual property and portfolio transactions) Project and project development financing Acquisition financing Corporate financing Venture Capital Financing For further details of Dustin's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Felix Ganzer
Felix Ganzer
Felix U. Ganzer advises issuers, private equity investors and investment banks on IPOs (including dual track transactions, SPACs and de-SPACs), rights offerings and block trades. His practice encompasses the full range of capital markets compliance matters (e.g., ad-hoc publicity, insider trading, and managers’ transactions). Felix also has extensive experience in public takeovers (including exchange offers and cross-border deals) as well as private M&A transactions. In addition, he regularly advises on a wide range of complex corporate law and corporate governance topics, including in connection with shareholders’ meetings. Furthermore, he has authored numerous articles and other publications regarding capital markets and corporate law.
Florian Schiefer
Florian Schiefer
Dr. Florian Schiefer advises clients on international corporate and group tax law, international tax planning, transaction tax, real estate taxation, and investment taxation. Prior to joining McDermott, Florian worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Business Taxation at the University of Bamberg and completed his doctorate in 2014. He then worked for several years as a chartered tax advisor for a reputable international law firm in Berlin and Frankfurt. Florian is the author of numerous articles and publications on topics surrounding national and international tax law. He is a lecturer for international tax law at the University of Bamberg and a frequent speaker on tax issues. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/schiefer-florian/
Frank Müller
Frank Müller
Partner Frank Müller advises investment fund managers, institutional investors, asset managers as well as their regulated and unregulated fund vehicles in all regulatory and other legal matters in connection with the set-up, structuring and management of funds and their acquisitions. He has extensive experience in the following: Foundation of fund management companies and their regulatory advice, including consultations with the respective authorities in Germany and abroad. Set-up of investment funds for retail and institutional investors (both contract and corporate type funds). Structuring of funds and club deals for institutional investors and asset managers. Regulatory and real estate law advice of funds, fund managers and institutional investors with regard to asset deals, share deals, unit deals and project developments in Germany and abroad. For further details of Frank's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Gero Burwitz
Gero Burwitz
Partner and a member a of the Tax Department. His practice focuses on taxation of business entities (partnerships and corporations), tax aspects of financing and reorganization, International and European tax law, income taxation and tax litigation before tax courts and the German Supreme Tax Court (Bundesfinanzhof). Gero has extensive experience in the taxation of multinationals, for example the taxation of group financing companies (e.g. Dublin-Dock-companies), of so called Mehrmütterorgangesellschaften (fiscal unit with several parents), tax aspects of Long-Term-Employee-Incentive-programs and the taxation of non-profit-organisations. For further details of Gero's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Gudrun Germakowski
Gudrun Germakowski
Partner Gudrun Germakowski advises on all individual and collective aspects of labor and employment law. She focuses her practice on counseling in the field of complex severance processes and in negotiating with employee representatives (works councils and unions) in individual and restructuring projects. Gudrun also concentrates on advising clients in relation to contract design, with a particular emphasis on international assignment of employees, as well as developing and implementing compensation systems and company car arrangements. For further details of Gudrun's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Hanno Witt
Hanno Witt
Hanno M. Witt advises German and international Private Equity sponsors and other financial investors as well as corporations on M&A transactions, including cross-border transactions, joint ventures, carve-outs, and management participation programs. He regularly assists clients on both the sell side as well as buy side and helps clients prepare for and navigate through auction processes. His broad sector expertise includes Healthcare, Industrials, Infrastructure, Consumer Products and Technology.
Heiko Kermer
Heiko Kermer
Dr. Heiko Kermer advises clients on domestic and cross-border tax issues in particular in connection with real estate and corporate mergers and acquisitions. He has experience with internal investigations, compliance and in the private equity sector and is a certified German tax advisor. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/heiko-kermer/
Henrik Holzapfel
Henrik Holzapfel
Hon.-Prof. Dr. Henrik Holzapfel advises on all aspects of intellectual property law. He focuses on litigating patents, including the enforcement of patents essential to industry standards (SEPs) and FRAND defenses. Henrik also has extensive experience in litigating trade secret matters and employees’ inventions. Other areas of his practice include drafting, negotiation and enforcement of business agreements such as supply agreements, IP licensing agreements and R&D agreements. Henrik’s clients represent a wide variety of industries such as automotive, IT, pharmaceutical, biotech, medical devices, chemicals and engineering.
Holger Ebersberger
Holger Ebersberger
Holger H. Ebersberger berät Private-Equity- und Venture-Capital-Fonds sowie strategische Investoren bei M&A- und Private Equity-Transaktionen. Er ist spezialisiert auf die Beratung von Finanzinvestoren zu allen Formen von fremdfinanzierten M&A-Transaktionen und der Portfolio-Begleitung in allen Phasen des Investmentzyklus, einschließlich Managementbeteiligungsprogrammen, Corporate-Governance-Maßnahmen und Restrukturierungen. Seine M&A-Expertise umfasst unter anderem Auktionsverfahren, Dual-Track-Verfahren, öffentliche Übernahmen, Carve-Out-Transaktionen und Joint Ventures. Holger H. Ebersberger verfügt über besondere Kenntnisse in den Bereichen Digital Business, TMT, Life Sciences & Gesundheitswesen und Industrie & Fertigung.
Holger Weiß
Holger Weiß
Holger is a partner, he counsels clients on all matters pertaining to real estate. He focuses his practice on advising and structuring complex transactions, both as asset and as share deals, as well as on real estate financing/refinancing, project developments, and the law of commercial tenancy. Furthermore, he has wide experience in joint ventures, closed-end real estate funds, initial public offerings (IPOs) and acquisition/sale of participations in companies. Holger advises national and international, listed and medium-sized companies. His clients include institutional investors and private equity funds, fund initiators and fund managers, family offices, and financial institutions. For further details of Holger's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Jan Hückel
Jan Hückel
Jan Hückel is a partner, he focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, as well as corporate law matters and corporate restructuring. For further details of Jan's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Jana Grieb
Jana Grieb
Jana Grieb has been advising pharmaceutical and medical technology companies on all aspects of health law for over 20 years. She accompanies pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and in vitro diagnostics throughout their entire life cycle – from research and development to market access, advertising and distribution. One main area of her work is providing legal and strategic advice on market entry and reimbursement paths in the European Union, with a particular focus on the EU regulations on medical devices and in vitro diagnostics and the law governing statutory health insurance in Germany. In this context, Jana also advises on research and distribution collaborations. Besides her regulatory focus, Jana provides comprehensive advice on compliance issues in the healthcare market, including aspects of competition and medical advertising law, cooperation with professionals under anti-corruption and association law requirements, as well as background advice on commercial criminal law. She supports her clients in the establishment and further development of their compliance management. Finally, Jana advises with broad experience on the borderline of health markets to neighboring product markets, mainly food, cosmetics, wellness and electronic products. Jana is a regular speaker and author of numerous publications on pharmaceutical and medical device law.
Johannes Honzen
Johannes Honzen
Dr. Johannes Honzen advises national and international companies as well as private equity and other financial investors on real estate matters, in particular on real estate transactions and joint ventures, as well as on corporate law and M&A projects. He has significant experience in complex single-asset and portfolio transactions by way of asset deals, share deals, or joint venture structures. In recent years, Johannes Honzen has been involved in a large number of major real estate transactions in various asset classes and, in this context, has primarily advised large international real estate funds as well as national companies on all aspects of real estate and corporate law, including project developments. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/dr-johannes-honzen/
Kian Tauser
Kian Tauser
Kian Tauser is partner focusing his practice on tax advise in the following areas: M&A transactions for strategic investors and private equity houses, reorganisations, restructurings, structured finance, management participations, fully integrated advise on fund structuring, tax audits. Kian is highly experienced in transaction centered advise to groups, financial institutions, investment banks, private equity houses and fund initiators. For further details of Kian's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Marc Oberhardt
Marc Oberhardt
Dr. Marc Oberhardt focuses his practice on corporate restructuring and insolvency. He concentrates on restructuring of companies within and outside of insolvency proceedings (debtor-in-possession, insolvency plan proceedings, debt restructuring, advice of directors and shareholders), distressed mergers and acquisitions (M&A (advice of insolvency administrators and investors in connection with acquisitions out of insolvency proceedings)), as well as on all general insolvency-related matters (claw-back proceedings, advice of creditors, etc.). Additionally, Marc advises clients on mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, and on a broad range of matters relating to general corporate law.
Matthias Weissinger
Matthias Weissinger
Corporate Advisory
Matthias Kampshoff
Matthias Kampshoff
Matthias Kampshoff is a partner, he provides advice for all corporate and bankruptcy-law related issues. He focuses on restructuring companies that are experiencing crises and bankruptcy situations. He has extensive experience in providing advisory for companies, their officers, shareholders, investors as well as bankruptcy administrators and creditors. The range of his services encompasses, in particular, guiding companies in their self-administration. In addition, he regularly advises in national and international (distressed) M&A transactions. Among his most recent cases were a leading manufacturer of solar modules and a leading manufacturer of aluminium which he advised on the continuation of their businesses throughout distress and subsequent bankruptcy. Furthermore, he managed the sale of a bankrupt retail chain for motorcycle accessories. For further details of Matthias' biography, please view McDermott website here.
Maximilian Clostermeyer
Maximilian Clostermeyer
Partner Maximilian Clostermeyer advises a wide range of corporate clients and institutional investors on real estate matters. He has significant experience in large portfolio transactions as well as transactions regarding major single assets by way of share deals, asset deals or joint venture structures in all asset classes. He also counsels clients on all other aspects of real estate law including project development advice and commercial tenancy law. Furthermore, his practice includes corporate law work, especially in connection with M&A transactions. For further details of Maximilian's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Michael Cziesla
Michael Cziesla
Dr. Michael Cziesla is a corporate partner in our Frankfurt office who advises clients in complex corporate transactions, specializing in multi-jurisdictional and cross border M&A, secondaries, leveraged buyouts, divestments and reorganisation and joint ventures.   Michael advises both German and international corporates, private equity funds and insurance companies across a range of sectors with an emphasis on regulated industries (including healthcare and life science, aviation, IT and financial services).
Monika Emilia Richter
Monika Emilia Richter
Dr. Monika Richter advises national and international biotechnology/pharmaceuticals companies on various commercial legal matters related to the development, manufacturing and commercialization of medicinal products, with a particular focus on strategic alliances, research and development collaborations, license agreements, commercial manufacturing and supply agreements and distribution agreements. Her work likewise includes financing and corporate transactions as well as mergers and acquisitions. Given her Polish background, Monika Richter is active in the Eastern European market, regularly speaking at industry conferences in Poland and advising Polish clients on several cross-border collaborations in the life sciences sector. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/richter-monika/
Norbert Schulte
Norbert Schulte
Dr. Norbert Schulte is a partner in the Corporate Department and Real Estate Group. He advises on all aspects of corporate real estate law, including mergers and acquisitions, cross-border real estate transactions, real estate investment banking, real estate transaction finance, privatisations, real estate outsourcing, joint ventures and project development. For further details of Norbert's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Oliver Lieth
Oliver Lieth
Dr. Oliver Lieth leads McDermott’s German banking and finance practice since 2011. His own advisory focus is on real estate finance. His long-standing track record in this area includes high-volume single asset transactions (including the financing of many landmark projects such as Kaufhaus des Westens, Alsterhaus and Elbtower) as well as complex portfolio transactions in senior and mezzanine structures. He and his team are familiar with both, financings according to the LMA standard as well as the VdP standard. Furthermore, Dr. Oliver Lieth has special expertise in corporate credit lines and automotive wholesale finance. In automotive wholesale finance, he advises banks and car manufacturers on cooperation agreements for sales financing in the automotive industry. The geographic scope and industry knowledge in the automotive finance sector covers Europe, South America as well as Asia. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/lieth-oliver/
Philip Schmidt
Philip Schmidt
Dr. Philip Schmidt is specializing in M&A and PE, often with a cross-border context, as well as corporate law, corporate governance and compliance. Philip advises national and international management bodies and compliance officers on a wide range of related topics, including liability issues, set-up and maintenance of compliance management systems, supply chain management, ESG as well as internal investigations. He has been seconded to a DAX-listed client where he conducted several internal investigations in various jurisdictions across the globe and provided legal advice on diverse compliance matters. Philip comprehensively advises a number of clients, including DAX- and MDAX-listed companies, on the certification of its compliance management systems.
Philipp Grenzebach
Philipp Grenzebach
Dr. Philipp Grenzebach advises financial and strategic investors on all aspects of corporate law and merger and acquisition (M&A) and real estate transactions, in particular private and public takeovers. He has deep knowledge of corporate reorganizations, as well as the governance and capital market compliance of capital-market oriented corporations. Philipp furthermore focuses on the negotiation of complex contracts, especially investor and joint venture agreements. Philipp has contributed to a number of publications, inter alia, in the area of capital markets law and energy regulation. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/grenzebach-philipp/
Rolf Hünermann
Rolf Hünermann
Rolf has over 20 years’ experience in advising international clients on cross border and national projects including corporate acquisitions and divestitures and joint ventures. Rolf has extensive experience in the fields of cross-border M&A, PE transactions, corporate governance and compliance. As part of the firm’s global environmental, social and governance (ESG) practice, he has a particular focus on governance aspects of ESG. He frequently advises executive boards in the context of company crisis (inter alia governmental investigations, internal investigations), and provides strategic advice on compliance management systems. Rolf’s practice spans the full circle of compliance related legislation, including risk assessment, supply chain management (in particular associated with the German Supply Chain Act), due diligence as well as internal investigations.
Sandra Urban-Crell
Sandra Urban-Crell
Partner Sandra Urban-Crell has vast experience across the spectrum of labor and employment law, having handled everything from day-to-day practical advice tailored to her national and international clients’ operational and commercial needs, to complex multi-jurisdictional transactions from strategic planning through post-merger integration. She regularly advises on co-determination matters on the company and board levels, and on outsourcing and restructurings, including negotiations with employee representatives. Sandra is an experienced litigator and has particular knowledge of international assignments, service agreements for board members, managing directors and executive employees (including separation processes), and bonus and benefit plans. Sandra also advises supervisory and managing boards on employment-related compliance issues, often in connection with directors’ and officers’ liability and internal investigations. She further provides advice and delivers training sessions regarding the use of outside staff, particularly in the “grey zone” of legal service agreements and illegal temporary employment. For further details of Sandra's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Sebastian von Lossow
Sebastian von Lossow
Sebastian von Lossow is a partner, he regularly advises international enterprises, financial investors and family-run businesses in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and joint ventures as well as in complex reorganisations and equity financing. Sebastian has specific expertise in the following industries: private equity, venture capital, food and beverage as well as manufacturing. For further details of Sebastian's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Simon Weiß
Simon Weiß
Simon Weiß focuses his practice on capital markets transactions and has a wealth of experience across IPOs, capital increases, equity-linked transactions and investment grade and high-yield bond offerings. He regularly advises issuers, underwriters and other key market players in a wide range of complex domestic and cross-border transactions. Simon is also adept in regulatory advice relating to capital markets transactions, M&A and corporate matters. He has a strong background in leading firms in both Germany and the US. For further details of Simon's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Thomas Hauss
Thomas Hauss
Thomas is a partner, he has more than 20 years of experience advising companies and entrepreneurs on the drafting, negotiation, implementation and enforcement of international commercial law agreements. His client base spans the advertising, automotive, food, pharmaceutical, real estate and banking/payment solution industries. Apart from his non-contentious work, Thomas focuses his practice on national and international commercial law disputes, representing clients in out-of-court dispute resolution as well as in matters argued before the courts. Thomas regularly represents parties in arbitration or mediation processes, and has a proven track record of highly favorable, quick settlements for his clients. Within his broad commercial dispute resolution practice, Thomas maintains a special focus on conflicts arising from insolvencies, merger and acquisition transactions, and distribution and commercial lease agreements, as well as on acting as defense counsel for directors and officers. For further details of Thomas' biography, please view McDermott website here:
Thomas Beisken
Thomas Beisken
Thomas Beisken counsels clients on all aspects of real estate law, with an emphasis on the following, real estate transactions (asset and share deals, single asset and portfolio transactions), project development, property and asset management-related advice and commercial tenancy law.
Thomas Ammermann
Thomas Ammermann
Thomas Ammermann is a partner, he focuses his practice on corporate law and capital markets. Thomas advises clients in corporate and transaction/M&A matters, in particular in the automobile, manufacturing, hospitality and real estate as well as transportation industries, including corporate restructurings, cross-border mergers and joint ventures. For further details of Thomas' biography, please view McDermott website here.
Ulrich Flege
Ulrich Flege
Dr. Ulrich Flege focuses on real property law with an emphasis on the law of sale/acquisition of real property, financings and re-financings, as well as project developments and the law of commercial tenancy. He advises institutional investors, project developers, builder-owners and private clients on commercial real estate transactions (asset and share deals) and the realization of complex construction project. He has first-hand knowledge in retail and logistic real estate and has gained significant experience in this asset class.
Uwe Goetker
Uwe Goetker
Dr. Uwe Goetker is a partner and a member of the corporate department, where his practice focuses on all aspects of corporate law and M&A transactions, including private equity and acquisition financing. He has extensive experience in national and international corporate acquisitions and joint ventures and advises in this regard both, strategic and financial investors. In the area of restructuring and insolvency Uwe advises creditors, shareholders, debtors – and their management – regarding distressed situations. In addition, Uwe advises regularly “distressed debt/asset“ investors and vendors. For further details of Uwe's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Volker Teigelkötter
Volker Teigelkötter
Volker Teigelkötter is a partner and heads the German Labour and Employment Group. His practice covers the entire spectrum of labour and employment law. His special focus is on restructuring and reorganisations, redundancy programs, plant closures and relocations, outsourcing, negotiations with employee?s representations on shop agreements and social plans, and other collective labor law issues. He regularly advises with regard to transaction related to labor law and has vast experience in post-merger integration. In addition, Volker also advises on service agreements for board members, managing directors and senior executives, including pension schemes as well as incentive and bonus plans. For further details of Volker's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Wolfgang Von Frentz
Wolfgang Von Frentz
Dr. Wolfgang von Frentz advises clients on telecommunications, media and technology (TMT). He has longstanding experience regarding litigation, the judicial enforcement of his clients` claims and when it comes to complex transactions. In the area of digitization and “Industry 4.0” Wolfgang advises on the development of new business models as well as their implementation and transformation. Wolfgang specializes in complex dispute resolution. He frequently and successfully represents DAX and international companies – especially in the areas of media, information technology, intellectual property and corporate law – in state court proceedings, including the European Court of Justice (ECJ), as well as in arbitrations. He also counsels clients on data protection and compliance issues and with regard to complex outsourcing projects, research and development as well as licensing agreements. Wolfgang successfully accompanied numerous transactions. In addition, he represents his clients in the development and implementation of IT systems to optimize production and sales across company and country boundaries. Wolfgang is the author of numerous publications and head of the German practice group Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT). Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/von-frentz-wolfgang/
Wolfgang Freiherr Raitz von Frentz
Wolfgang Freiherr Raitz von Frentz
Wolfgang is partner and co-head of the German telecom, media and technology (TMT) practice group. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation and transactions. He also counsels clients on compliance issues and privacy law. Wolfgang is co-head of the German Telecom, Media and Technology (TMT) practice group. Wolfgang has longstanding experience in complex dispute resolution, including representing DAX and major international companies on cases that threaten their business models or future viability. His main focus is on disputes in the areas of media, information technology, intellectual property, corporate law and other commercial matters. Wolfgang represents clients in state court proceedings as well as in arbitrations. In addition, Wolfgang advises clients with respect to complex projects, including agreements on outsourcing, research, development, licensing, film financing, broadcasting and distribution, and trademark, patent and know-how licensing. Wolfgang has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions in the TMT sector. For further details of Wolfgang's biography, please view McDermott website here.
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