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Dr. A. Olrik Vogel Attorney Certified specialist in building and architects’ law Partner Specialists area : Private building and architectural law, r eal estate and residential property law I advise contractors, clients and planners on private construction and architectural law and represent them both in and out of court. I have particular experience in the defence of liability claims against architects and engineers. However, my particular expertise lies in the interface between proper...

Sascha Sormann Attorney Certified specialist in tenancy and residential property law Partner Specialists area : Real estate law, commercial tenancy law, property transactions, litigation As a lawyer since 1999 and as a certified specialist in tenancy and residential property law since 2010, I advise national and international companies from the property industry as well as institutional investors on all legal issues arising in connection with the acquisition, management and sale of properties...

Tobias Geerling is a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges Munich office. His practice focuses on transactional work, advising in particular on tax, cross-border private equity and M&A transactions as well as on international corporate partnership real estate, insolvency and exempt organization tax issues. He has extensive experience handling tax-efficient structuring of M&A transactions, corporate re-organizations, fund structuring and tax-driven derivatives. His experience expands i...

Christian W. Appelt is focused on personal counseling of SMEs in Germany and Europe in all aspects of Intellectual Property, especially Patents and Utility Models, and on representing and advising large, internationally active companies, especially from Japan, China, and the US. His technical concentration is on physics, mechanical engineering, electronics, and computer technology (ICT). Besides drafting and prosecuting patent applications, Christian W. Appelt especially concentrates on repre...

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

Dr. Thomas M. Schmid Attorney Partner Specialists area : Mergers & acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, capital market law, corporate law I specialise in advising on M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions. My clients include national and international companies as well as private equity/venture capital funds and start-ups, which I advise on (cross-border) transactions. In addition, I advise on venture and growth capital/corporate venture investments, but also h...

Jens Hörmann has been advising on M&A and private equity transactions for more than 20 years, also in the infrastructure and healthcare sectors. Furthermore, he has a great deal of experience in carve-out situations. He is regularly listed and recommended in relevant rankings. Clients particularly appreciate his reliability, competence and the consistently high quality of his advice. Jens’ clients include well-known insurance companies, financial investors and strategists. He i...

Dr Matthias Bruse is a founding partner of POELLATH (formerly P+P Pöllath + Partners). He has practiced corporate law since 1984 and has decades of expertise in transactions with a focus on private equity investments and family-owned businesses. In addition, he is also highly regarded for his corporate law advice, often with regard to succession issues. Matthias is also active as arbitrator, in particular with respect to post-M&A disputes. He is frequently ranked as one of the preemi...

Michael Nienerza is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Restructuring and Insolvency Law. Michael, who practices law in Munich, Germany, has been recognized since 2021. 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.

Dr. Gerhard Hermann studied physics at the University of Stuttgart and received his Ph.D. as a research fellow sponsored by the German Research Association and the Max Planck Society at the Max Planck Institute of Materials Science in Stuttgart. He did research work at the Nuclear Research Center in Karlsruhe and at the Institute Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France. After his training in the firm of VOSSIUS & PARTNER, he was admitted to practice as a German Patent Attorney (Patentanwalt) an...