Kathrin Schürmann

Ulrike Grübler focuses on Intellectual Property with an emphasis on Trademark Law, Design Law and Copyright Law was well as Unfair Competition Law. She is an experienced IP litigator and has particular expertise in the development and enforcement of national and international brand strategies as well as the handling of brand portfolios. Ulrike advises brand owners on the full lifecycle of their Intellectual Property rights. This includes strategic advice, availability searches as well as...

The founding partner of Knauer& Sören Schomburg advises national and international clients in the areas of commercial criminal law and tax criminal law, international criminal law, and extradition law. He has extensive experience in complex, frequently transnational internal investigations and with respect to search and seizure, especially raids involving data confiscation. He defends clients throughout Germany, in Europe and before the European Court of Justice (ECJ), and against IN...

Evgeniia Bokun-Viktorova is an Attorney at Law and a Professional Mediator, specializing in national and international litigation and arbitration. Her experience includes intellectual property rights, international business transactions, and trade law. She handles the filing of national and international trademarks, as well as opposition and revocation proceedings. Evgeniia has a talent for helping clients make strategic decisions that support their business goals. This includes, but goes bey...

Martin Borning is a Local Partner in the Public Law Group in Germany with a focus on advising on transactions, including joint ventures, co-operations and corporate restructurings, and projects in regulated industries. Martin has longstanding experience advising companies and corporations in the energy and transportation sectors. On energy, he advises in the fields of conventional energy, in particular oil & gas, renewable energy and new energy, including hydrogen, carbon capture utilizat...

Philip Huperz is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Real Estate Law. Philip practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Philip Huperz since 2021. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Philip Huperz is held by other lawyers.

Ute Kilger is assisting pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as academic institutes in all kinds of patent related issues concerning the obtaining and enforcement of property rights, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, and licensing agreements. Her counseling is driven by the understanding that a patent strategy has to add value to the company. She manages large patent portfolios in view of the business strategies as well as the cost-benefit analysis....

Laura Zentner focuses her practice on the media and the technology sectors with an emphasis on copyright and entertainment law. Laura also advises national and international clients on large-scale outsourcing transactions, digitisation projects, cloud computing, software licensing as well as digital media. Her experience also includes the areas of development, production, funding, financing and distribution of films, TV programs and other audio-visual content. She advises on the structuring o...

Tarek Mardini is a partner in the private funds practice group of POELLATH in Berlin. He specializes in comprehensive advice on contract, corporate, regulatory and tax law and market practice in the area of alternative investment funds and asset management. He advises German and international fund managers on fund structuring, as well as institutional investors and family offices on investments in private equity, venture capital, private debt, infrastructure, real estate funds and other alter...

Timo Winkelmann is a partner in the Real Estate practice group at POELLATH in Berlin. He advises national and international clients on all matters related to real estate law. The focus of his practice is real estate transactions. In addition to share and asset deals, he supports his clients regarding asset management, e.g., conclusion of lease agreements. From time to time, he is involved in post-M&A disputes. Before joining POELLATH in 2008, he was working at an US law firm in the M&...

Andreas Grünwald is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Competition / Antitrust Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law, Regulatory Practice, Technology Law and Telecommunications Law. Andreas practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Andreas Grünwald since 2009. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Andreas G...