Bernd Beckmann

Florian Ehrich is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Florian, who practices law in Berlin, Germany, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Florian is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Andreas Grünwald is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Competition / Antitrust Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law, Regulatory Practice, Technology Law and Telecommunications Law. Andreas, who practices law in Berlin, Germany, has been recognized since 2009. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Andreas is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Andrea Kirsch is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Data Security and Privacy Law. Andrea, who practices law in Berlin, Germany, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Andrea is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Daniel Fuchs is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Information Technology Law. Daniel, who practices law in Berlin, Germany, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Daniel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Josef Hofschroer focuses his practice on corporate law, with an emphasis on M&A transactions for national and international clients. He particularly advises on all aspects of capital markets and securities law. Furthermore, his practice includes distressed investments as well as joint ventures. Josef has particularly wide-ranging experience in the fields of energy, technology, telecommunications and real estate. Among his clients are start-ups, medium-sized and large companies as well as ...

Frau Dr. Katrin Meschede ist als Counsel in der Praxisgruppe Kartellrecht und Fusionskontrolle tätig. Sie berät und vertritt nationale und internationale Unternehmen in kartellrechtlichen Schadensersatzprozessen, grenzüberschreitenden Zusammenschlussverfahren und Kartellverfahren vor dem Bundeskartellamt und der Europäischen Kommission.

Irene Schmid, born in Stuttgart in 1956, studied law in Berlin and Cambridge, England, where she obtained her Master of Laws in 1984. She has been working as a lawyer since 1988 – amongst others in major international law firms – and as a notary since 1996. From 2009 to 2012, she was President of the Berlin Bar Association. Irene Schmid is a partner with ZENK. Today, she focuses on advising national and international clients in all areas of real estate business law. She also assis...

Viola Bensinger is Global Co‑Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group and also chairs the Technology Practice in Germany. Viola advises clients from the technology, media, health care and other innovation-driven industries on digitisation projects, IT outsourcing, cloud computing, e‑commerce, electronic payment, data protection, and software licensing. She has wide-ranging experience in advising media and entertainment clients such as distributors, produ...

Dr. Ann-Christin Richter is Deputy Managing Partner at Hausfeld in Berlin. She advises on all aspects of competition law and represents clients in antitrust and IP litigation. Ann-Christin specializes in representing clients in cartel damages actions, both on the plaintiff’s and the defendant’s side. She is also experienced in defending clients in cartel investigations by competition authorities and in conducting internal investigations. A further focus of Ann-Christin’s pra...

Studies in mechanical engineering and process engineering at the RWTH Aachen and the Imperial College London (until 1991) Doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) at the ETH Zürich, Laboratory for Technical Chemistry (1991-95) Consultant (1991-95) in the area of process simulation und dynamics Patent attorney (since 1999), partner at Maikowski & Ninnemann (since 2000) LL.M. (European Intellectual Property Law) at the Kurt-Haertel Institute, Fernuni Hagen Since 2002 lecturer und since 2009 honorary...