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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 ...

Alexander Insam is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Employee Benefits Law and Labor and Employment Law. Alexander practices law in Frankfurt/Main, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Alexander Insam since 2021. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Alexander Insam is held by other lawyers.

Anna-Katharina Lohbeck is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Data Security and Privacy Law. Anna-Katharina practices law in Frankfurt/Main, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Anna-Katharina Lohbeck since 2014. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Anna-Katharina Lohbeck is held by other lawyers.

Volker Szpak has been working as a lawyer and tax advisor in Friedrich Graf von Westphalen's Frankfurt office since 2026 and is a partner in the firm. He primarily advises clients in the areas of tax law, corporate law, and real estate law.

Prof. Dr. Antje Boldt joined RITTERSHAUS in 2021 as partner. She specialises in advising on the preparation and implementation of projects in the areas of infrastructure, school and day-care centre construction as well as health care, e.g. hospital construction. In particular, she focuses on new contract management forms of the integrated project alliance and methods from Lean Construction Management and Building Information Modelling. Antje Boldt is a professor of commercial law at the Frese...

Dr. Michael Schmidt, Schmidt Taxlaw, Frankfurt am Main. Michael's professional experiences includes 29 years of cross-border tax practice. He began his career as a tax lawyer in leading international law firms. In 2013 he founded his own firm Schmidt Taxlaw. Michael advises his German and foreign clients in particular with respect to their various cross-border issues including estate planning and the corresponding corporate work. Michael is double-qualified both as a lawyer and a certified ta...

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...

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...

Alik Dörn has been working as a lawyer in our offices in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin since 2017 and became a partner in 2023. He advises clients primarily in the areas of public procurement law (services, construction, and supply, PPP), state aid law, concessions, public commercial law, real estate law, and energy law. He speaks German, English, French and Spanish.

Bernd Knipp is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Construction Law. Bernd practices law in Bad Homburg, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Bernd Knipp since 2009. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Bernd Knipp is held by other lawyers.