Christian Schröder

Jörg Lamers has been a lawyer since 1989 and a notary since 2008. He has extensive experience advising national and international clients on real estate law and asset management, including the acquisition, sale, and structuring of real estate and portfolios. He provides ongoing legal support to optimise all aspects of existing portfolios. As a notary, Lamers oversees real estate transactions from project preparation to completion and guides property development projects from land acquisi...

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.

Henrik Steffen Becker is a lawyer specialising in the field of intellectual property rights. He has years of experience above all in competition law as well as in the field of non-technical property rights (trademarks). Here Henrik Steffen Becker advises internationally active companies from the food, drinks and tobacco industry as well as the healthcare, power supply, telecommunication and IT sectors. His work includes the setting up and administering of German, European and international tr...

Dr. Jan Wendler advises clients on corporate compliance and investigation matters. He focuses his practice on domestic and cross-border internal investigations and has particular experience in representing major multinational corporations in the context of multi-jurisdictional investigations in Europe, the United States (DOJ, SEC, DOS and SFC), Asia and Latin America. Dr. Wendler is well positioned to help clients navigate matters that involve certain ESG topics, including supply chain due di...

Thomas Helmut Fischer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Information Technology Law and Intellectual Property Law. Thomas Helmut, who practices law in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, has been recognized since 2013. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Thomas Helmut is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Annette Rölz is Local Partner for employment law at the Frankfurt office of Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner mbB. She joined FGvW in 2020 after working for Ulrich Weber & Partner mbB for 15 years. Annette Rölz advises on individual and collective employment law and litigates throughout Germany. In addition, she advises companies on legal structuring issues (including reconciliation of interests and social plan negotiations) as well as on the negotiation of business ag...

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.

Philipp Wiesenecker is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employee Benefits Law and Labor and Employment Law. Philipp, who practices law in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Philipp is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dr. Christian Crones advises clients on a wide range of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, cross-border commercial agreements and alliances as well as venture and private equity financings. He also assists clients with complex compliance issues, in particular in a US/EU cross-border context, and with corporate law or bankruptcy-related and litigation matters. His practice involves clients in a variety of industries, with an increased focus on regulated and heavily technology-dri...

Felix Prozorov-Bastians is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Arbitration and Mediation and International Arbitration. Felix, who practices law in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Felix is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.