Find Lawyers in Munich, Germany for Litigation
Practice Area Overview
Depending on the specific litigious situation, there is a broad range of different remedies and recourses potentially available to the parties of a dispute, including an action for performance or damages, a preliminary injunction or other provisional measures, independent evidential procedures, or an attachment order.
Litigation is subject to frequent changes and developments over a period of time. As global trade and foreign investment intensifies, so do disputes across borders. Disputes can occur in a variety of different venues, including state courts, arbitral tribunals, and administrative bodies and increasingly involve multi-jurisdictional issues.
Disputes expose organizations to a number of risks, adverse publicity, damage to relationships, disruption of business operations, and potentially high direct costs. Therefore, successful litigators need to be able to identify the commercial and legal drivers of a dispute early so that they can minimize uncertainty and risk in order to achieve for their clients the best possible negotiated, arbitrated, or litigated outcome at a reasonable cost. This requires not only specialized knowledge in litigation procedures and tactics, but also a sophisticated understanding of a client’s business as well as an in-depth understanding of the way in which the relevant market operates.
Against this background, the tasks litigators are facing are multifold. They may, for instance, be involved in pre-trial advice, including the analysis of and assistance with complex factual and legal issues, in crisis and conflict management in the sense of developing proper communication strategies, in in- and out-of-court settlement negotiations, in the coordination and structuring of cross-border procedures, in representing clients in hearings before state courts, arbitral tribunals, and regulatory authorities, and in the enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards.
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Markus Birkenmaier is a founding partner of BIRKENMAIER & OBSER Rechtsanwälte , a boutique law firm in Munich (Germany). He specializes in corporate law, commercial law and tax law as well as white-collar crime (including criminal tax law). Markus was admitted to the German Bar ( Rechtsanwalt ) in 2005 and studied at the universities of Bayreuth (Germany), Munich (Germany), London (United Kingdom) and Heidelberg (Germany). He is also a specialist tax lawyer ( Fachanwalt für Steu...
Dr André Depping is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT’s Munich office and member of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group. His area of expertise comprises litigation, arbitration and mediation, especially in the automotive, pharmaceutical, product liability, sales and partnership law sector. He particularly advises his national and international clients on proceedings with technical background as well as questions regarding liability and interpretation of a contra...
Since 2020: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Spatscheck & Partner, partner 2018 – 2019: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Spatscheck & Partner, salary partner 2016 – 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, salary partner 2015 – 2016: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, lawyer 2011 – 2014: SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte, Munich office
Dr Ralf Hafner is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT’s Munich office and member of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group. His area of activity comprises litigation & arbitration. He particularly advises his national and international clients on complex, international disputes, mostly post-M&A-cases as well as other corporate, commercial, banking and contractual matters and claims for damages in particular against corporate bodies. He represents his clients in arbitrati...
Dr Sebastian Heim is partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT's Munich office and member of the IP/IT/Media practice group where he is in charge of the patent and technology team. He is specialised in intellectual property law and advises national and international clients in patent, design right and unfair competition law matters as well as know-how issues with a particular focus on litigation, strategic IP advisory service, employee invention related matters and technology transfer (R&D cooperations...
Christian Hess is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT's Munich office and member of the IP/IT/Media practice goup. He is a certified specialist for IP law and primarily advises in the fields of patent, design and unfair competition law as well as know-how protection. His special focus is on advising and representing national and international clients in national and cross-border litigation including nullity proceedings in patent and utility model law as well as advising and drafting of technology tra...
Founding partner of TCI Rechtsanwälte München Partner at Baker & McKenzie in Munich (2002 – 2007) Associate at Baker & McKenzie in Frankfurt a.M., Dallas/Texas and Munich (1997 – 2002) Dr.jur. University of Regensburg Bar admission 1995 Law clerkship in Regensburg University of Regensburg Law School
Mr. Alexander Jekeli joined our Munich office in October 2009, becoming a partner in 2017. His main focus is on corporate law and financing, especially with regard to real estate. A further focus of Mr. Jekeli's work is insolvency law and restructuring, both structuring and representing our clients in complex legal proceedings.
Since 2020: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Spatscheck & Partner, salary partner 2018 – 2019: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Spatscheck & Partner, lawyer 2014 – 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, lawyer 2011 – 2013: Higher Regional Court of Berlin, legal traineeship including trainee position at leading Brazilian litigation law firm 2010 – 2011: King’s College London, LL.M. studies 2005 – 2010: Hu...
Since 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Spatscheck & Partner, partner 2003 – 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, partner 2000: International law firm, London office 1999: International law firm, Berlin office 1997 – 2003: Lawyer in major German law firm, subsequently, lawyer in international law firm in Munich, litigation & arbitration department
Since 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Spatscheck & Partner, partner 2015 – 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, partner 2007 – 2014: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, salary partner 2003 – 2006: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, lawyer 1999 – 2001: University of Greifswald, research assistant
Frank Meckes is both a German lawyer and a graduate in business administration. He has extensive experience in litigation and arbitration. He advises local and international clients in complex commercial disputes, particularly in post-M&A disputes, capital markets disputes, cartel damages disputes, manager liability disputes and disputes in the energy sector. He acts for parties and also sits as an arbitrator in both domestic and international arbitration under the auspices of institution...
Tom Petsch has long-standing experience in representing local and international clients in complex corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings. He also sits as an arbitrator. His main areas of practice include general commercial disputes, banking and finance disputes, professional liability disputes and post-M&A disputes. Together with Dr. Karl J.T. Wach, Tom co-authored an article in Dr. Walter Eberl´s book “Beweis in Schiedsverfahren”( Evidence in A...
Dr. Johann Pitz has, as a partner of the firm, established the legal patent department of Vossius&Partner based on many years of litigation experience before civil courts, the Federal Patent Court, the European Patent Office as well as the Federal Supreme Court. He has been attorney-at-law since 1991 and represents German as well as international clients in patent litigation, invalidation and opposition proceedings in specially tailored teams with European Patent Attorneys qualified in al...
Dr. Georg Andreas Rauh is registered as a German attorney at law and started his career at Vossius & Partner in January 2009. He became partner of the firm in 2014. His professional practice is focused on advising national and international clients in patent disputes before the German infringement and nullity courts as well as the European and German Patent offices. Right from the start of his career, Dr. Rauh took part in multiple international patent disputes and thus possesses a profou...
Dr. Arno Riethmüller's practice covers a broad spectrum of national and international arbitration and (cross-border) commercial litigation. His expertise includes corporate and commercial law including post M&A, trade-related conflicts, and cartel damage claims. He also advises clients on civil fraud, energy, damages and construction disputes. Arno represents clients across a broad range of industry sectors including private equity, banks/financial institutions, investors, trade, mac...
Since 2020: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Spatscheck & Partner, salary partner 2018 – 2019: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Spatscheck & Partner, lawyer 2017 – 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, lawyer 2016: Bavarian ministry of economic affairs, media, energy and technology, senior civil servant in the energy department 2012 – 2016: International law firm, Hamburg, lawyer in the corporate/M&A department 2010:...
Since 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Spatscheck & Partner, partner 2012 – 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, partner 2009 – 2011: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, salary partner 2008 – 2009: Syndicus / Head of transaction management at Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (previously: Hypo Real Estate Bank AG) 2006 – 2007: International bank and finance holding (Hypo Real Estate Ho...
Dr. Karl J. T. Wach has long-standing experience in complex litigation and arbitration. His main areas of practice include banking and finance disputes, disputes in the energy sector, capital market disputes, post-M&A disputes, commercial disputes, manager liability disputes and cartel damages disputes. In domestic and international arbitrations, Karl acts for parties and also sits as an arbitrator. He is a member of the Munich Arbitration Circle (Wissenschaftlicher Gesprächskreis Sc...
Dr Florian Weichselgärtner is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT's Munich office and member of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group. He advises and represents his clients out of court and in court, in arbitration and mediation proceedings. He mainly focuses on commercial law, corporate law and insolvency law, as well as on D&O liability. Florian Weichselgärtner also has a longstanding expertise regarding large actions for damages and liability proceedings as well as t...
Legal studies at the University of Bayreuth, First State ExaminationInternship at the Country Court Heidelberg, Second State Examination Five years’ experience as a lawyer with Linklaters in Munich and Frankfurt in the Litigation & Arbitration department, Managing Associate Seven years’ experience as a senior litigation legal counsel for Siemens Aktiengesellschaft in the Litigation, Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution department, Munich Two years’ experience...
Christoph Zieger ist Partner in unserem Münchener Büro. Sein Fokus liegt auf der Begleitung seiner Mandanten in sämtlichen handels- und wirtschaftsrechtlichen Angelegenheiten. Zudem hat er jahrelange Erfahrung in der Beratung zu e-commerce, m-commerce, deutschem und europäischem Datenschutzrecht sowie anderen IT-rechtlichen Fragestellungen. Außerhalb seiner beratenden Tätigkeit vertritt er seine Mandanten auch in allen streitigen Angelegenheiten und Gerichtsproz...
Benjamin Bubendorfer is cofounder and partner of WBH Wachenhausen. During his career, he has frequently represented his clients at the Federal Patent Court and assisted in associated infringement proceedings, both on the side of the patentee and the potential infringer. He has also taken responsibility until final closure of the case by representing clients in hearings at the Federal Court of Justice. Additionally, handling and building patent and trademark portfolios for companies ranging fr...
Doctorate at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Prof. Dr. Johannes Hager) (magna cum laude), 2021 Lawyer at HFK Rechtsanwälte Heiermann Franke Knipp & Partner mbB, since 2015 Trainee at Noerr mbB in London, Practise group: Corporate Law London, 2014 Trainee at SSW Schneider Schiffer Weihermüller (now: Witzel Erb Backu & Partner) in Munich, 2013 Legal clerkship in the district of the Munich Higher Regional Court, 2012-2014 Law degree at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität ...
Thorsten Haslinde is cofounder and partner of the firm. He specializes in opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office and in nullity proceedings before the Federal Patent Court. He is also frequently consulted in infringement proceedings. Additionally, he focuses on drafting and prosecuting national and international patent and design applications as well as on general IP counseling (e.g., portfolio management as well as market entry and prosecution strategies).He has extensive t...
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