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Holger Leichtle is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Restructuring and Insolvency Law. Holger, who practices law in Stuttgart, Germany, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Holger is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dr. Andreas Torka’s main area of consultation is on plant construction and private construction and architectural law. In these areas, he advises nationally and internationally operating companies from the building construction and civil engineering, plant construction, energy supply and chemical industries on the implementation of new projects as well as on the judicial enforcement and defence of claims. Furthermore, Mr Torka is also active in competition law, in particular in the area...

After studying at the universities of Tübingen and Bonn, Klaus Gerstenmaier took his doctorate degree at the University of Göttingen (Dr. jur.). He lectures and publishes regularly, especially on arbitration law, and is a lecturer for International Arbitration at the University of Konstanz. Klaus Gerstenmaier was the German member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris, he is a member of the board of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), Past Chair of the Litigation ...

Peter Mailänder studied law at the universities of Freiburg, Bonn, Hamburg, where he also obtained his doctorate (Dr. jur.), and at New York University. He has been admitted to the bar in New York (Attorney-at-Law) since 1994 and admitted to the bar as an attorney in Germany since 1997. He is currently a member of boards of foundations and supervisory boards and a lecturer on various corporate law topics.

Bettina Backes studied at the University of Bonn. This was followed by a long-term period of employment in the publishing industry and the intensification of her specialization in a law firm focused on media law and several years as a partner in a trans-regional and internationally-oriented commercial law firm in Stuttgart. Alongside her voluntary involvement in various cultural and educational institutions, she is a (deputy) judge at the Constitutional Court of Baden-Württemberg and mem...

Hendrik Thies is a partner in the corporate law / M&A department of the Freiburg office. He particularly advises medical device manufacturers. His practice includes corporate law, M&A, international commercial law and regulatory advice. Hendrik Thies is the author of numerous publications and a member of the Working Group on Commercial and Corporate Law of the Freiburg Bar Association. He speaks German and English.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Tödtmann Partner Professor Tödtmann’s areas of legal practice are labour law, corporate law, energy law and compliance consultancy. He has more than 25 years of experience in advising and assisting medium-sized companies from different industrial sectors, but particularly the energy, automotive, electricity and metal as well as traffic sectors. Drawing upon his extensive experience both as a lawyer and as long-standing head of a corporate legal department and ...

Wolfgang Schmid is a lawyer and of counsel at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. His main focus lies on competition and cartel law, copyright, publishing and press law, trademarks and designs, as well as pharmaceuticals and food law. Wolfgang is a member of the German Association for Intellectual Property Rights (Gesellschaft für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht), the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) and the Ligue International du Droit de la Concurr...

The primary focus of Dr. Anno Haberer’s work is advising on antitrust law covering both antitrust violation and merger control proceedings as well as on contract wording in line with antitrust legislation. Further important areas of activity are industrial property rights, in particular trademark law as well as legislation on unfair competition, IT and data protection law and employee inventions.

Elisabeth Wyrembek studied law at the University of Tübingen and at Queen Mary University of London (LL.M. in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution). She undertook her legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court in Stuttgart, with a focus on European law. She is currently also studying for a doctorate in international commercial and investment arbitration at the University of Tübingen. She is a member of the Antitrust Lawyers Association (Studienvereinigung Kartellrech...