Best Lawyers in Germany for Regulatory Practice
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Olaf Konzak is a partner in the Cologne office of Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner and heads the public law practice. In September 2018, Olaf Konzak and a team of four lawyers from LLR Legerlotz Laschet und Partner moved to the FGvW office in Cologne. Since September 1, 2018, he has been a partner in the practice in public law. His practice focuses on environmental and waste law, chemicals and substances law and public building law. Olaf Konzak has been working as a lawyer since 19...
Dr. Philip Schwarz van Berk, LL.M . is a partner at POELLATH in Berlin. Philip has been advising German and international fund managers on the structuring of alternative investment funds for over 15 years. He and his team have advised numerous German fund managers on venture capital, buyout and real estate private equity funds. His expertise also includes secondary transactions and advising family offices on investments and investment structures for private equity and venture capital. Philip ...
Christoph Enaux chairs the German Telecommunications Sector Group as well as the German Regulatory and Competition Practice Group. Christoph advises on commercial and regulatory aspects of new business models in the TMT sector. In addition, he supports clients from various sectors on merger control, antitrust proceedings, foreign investment and export control law. His wide-ranging experience covers M&A and commercial contracts as well as administrative proceedings and regulatory and comme...
Franzisca is a senior associate and a member of the investment funds practice in POELLATH's Frankfurt office. She advises German and international credit institutions, financial service providers and fund managers on all regulatory issues, in particular with regard to the German Banking Act (KWG), MiFID II and the German Investment Code (KAGB). Furthermore, she specializes in advising on the distribution of financial instruments. She studied law at University of Osnabrueck, admitted to the ba...
Lene Niemeier is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Environmental Law, Public Law and Regulatory Practice. Lene, who practices law in Düsseldorf, Germany, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lene is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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