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Peter Schorling is Managing Shareholder of Greenberg Traurig's Berlin office and co-chairs the firm's German Corporate Group, focusing his practice on M&A transactions. Peter advises on all aspects of M&A, real estate and corporate law, providing in-depth expertise in buy-side and sell-side transactions, private equity, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and capital markets. This in particular includes cross-border projects for international clients. Peter has wide-ranging exper...

Claudia Hard is Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig's global Finance Group, European Co-Chair of the Restructuring & Insolvency Practice, and heads the Finance & Banking Group in Germany. She focuses her practice on real estate, project and corporate finance. Claudia has many years of experience in the field of acquisition and refinancing as well as restructuring in the real estate sector. In addition, she has deep experience in the area of Pfandbrief financing, both in Germany and in cross...

Johann-Frederik Schuldt is a Shareholder in the Public Law Group in Germany and co-heads the ESG practice in Germany. Johann develops workable solutions in complex cases that require deep knowledge of regulatory law, commercial understanding and experience in governmental and political issues. He represents private and public companies, industry associations as well as national and international governments. Johann advises his clients on all questions of administrative, constitutional and EU ...

Sebastian Engels advises clients in all aspects of trade mark, copyright, and unfair competition law. He works with German and international clients to develop IP strategies both in Germany and abroad. As a special focus of his expertise he is advising and representing E-Commerce and IT-providers amongst others with regard to consumer protection regulations, transactional matters, data protection law, and domain name law. Sebastian Engels studied law at the University of Constance (Germany) a...

Kati Beckmann is a partner in the German Finance Group with a focus on investment law, acquisition and corporate finance as well as financial restructurings. She advises sponsors and investors on fund formations, investments in and marketing of funds, as well as on regulatory requirements for specific institutional investors. Kati has also a wide-ranging experience in advising clients on the borrower and lender side regarding national and cross-border financing, refinancing transaction and in...

Dirk Besse is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law and Venture Capital Law. Dirk practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Dirk Besse 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 Dirk Besse is held by other lawyers.

Ronald Buge is a partner at POELLATH in the private funds team in Berlin. Ronald advises fund managers on legal and tax matters relating to the structuring of alternative investment funds. Further, he advises institutional investors such as insurance companies and pension funds as well as family offices in connection with investments in such funds. He focuses on German and international tax law, including investment tax law, procedural law and tax compliance issues (FATCA, CRS, DAC 6). Client...

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...

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