Benedikt Weiser

Mark Oliver Kühn is specialised in offering legal advice on information technology and privacy law, industrial property rights as well as contract and commercial law. Mr Kühn advises and supports national and international companies in designing corporate processes to ensure legal certainty, in particular in the fields of software contract law and open source, IT outsourcing and project contracts, data privacy and protection, e-commerce and multimedia law, electronic payment systems...

Alexander Schlee is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Capital Markets Law and Debt and Equity. Alexander, who practices law in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alexander is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dr. Emanuel C. Ionescu focuses his practice on advising private equity and corporate clients on complex cross-border M&A transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, public takeovers, joint ventures, and other M&A and corporate matters, including capital markets-related issues. Dr. Ionescu frequently counsels clients on corporate governance-related matters and corporate restructurings. In addition, he has experience working on capital markets transactions and compliance matters ...

Michael Herold is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Information Technology Law. Michael, who practices law in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, has been recognized since 2027. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

John Büttner advises on all aspects of national and international business tax law, including areas where it intersects with corporate and inheritance law. He has many years of experience in international tax law, criminal tax law, tax litigation, the taxation of restructurings, real estate taxation, and the taxation of capital investments. In addition, Mr Büttner advises private clients, families, and family businesses on ongoing tax matters, including asset structuring, (corporate...

Bernd Knipp is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law. Bernd, who practices law in Bad Homburg, Germany, has been recognized since 2009. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Bernd is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dr. Ruediger Schmidt-Bendun focuses on advising private equity and corporate clients on complex cross-border M&A transactions, as well as joint ventures. He also advises on corpo­rate governance matters and corporate restructurings.

Dr. Cornelia Gersch advises and represents domestic and international companies on intellectual property and copyright law, litigation and dispute resolution, as well as public commercial law and regulatory law. Her practice focuses on complex contentious proceedings.

Dr Thomas Schröer, a partner at FPS since 1999 and a specialist lawyer for administrative law, has advised on major construction and planning projects since 1992. He supports project developers, contractors, and municipalities on complex developments—including high-rise buildings, administrative centres, shopping centres, and land development—handling process structuring, coordination, and negotiations with all stakeholders. Dr Schröer is a regular contributor to the Fra...

Bettina Komarnicki is a proven expert in the fields of IT law, software law, copyright law, competition and trademark law, licensing and distribution law, and data protection law. She assists clients in drafting and negotiating complex contracts and introducing new business models, and represents them in and out of court. Her clients include leading international IT service providers, the public sector, small and medium-sized companies and start-ups.