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Sebastian von Lossow LL.M. is a lawyer and partner at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. He has been working in the corporate law and M&A practice of Friedrich Graf von Westphalen’s Dusseldorf office since 2025. Sebastian von Lossow is a specialist in M&A, joint ventures and real estate transactions. His clients include entrepreneurs, family offices and mid-size companies (industrials, engineering as well as software-as-a-service) and real estate managers and investors...

Olaf Konzak is a partner in the Cologne office of Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner and heads the public law practice. In September 2018, Olaf Konzak and a team of four lawyers from LLR Legerlotz Laschet und Partner moved to the FGvW office in Cologne. Since September 1, 2018, he has been a partner in the practice in public law. His practice focuses on environmental and waste law, chemicals and substances law and public building law. Olaf Konzak has been working as a lawyer since 19...

Philipp-Gerald Hammes is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Philipp-Gerald, who practices law in Düsseldorf, Germany, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Philipp-Gerald is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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

Sven Köhnen is a lawyer and partner at the Cologne office of Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner and a certified specialist for labor and employment law. He also is a lecturer at the Cologne macromedia University of Applied Sciences. His focus is on commercial and distribution law on a national and international level, particular within the automobile sector but also in other areas (insurance, financial services, medical technology, construction, energy, IT, furniture design, pac...

Stefan Osing is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Stefan, who practices law in Düsseldorf, Germany, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Stefan is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Thomas Kerkhoff is partner in our Düsseldorf office. For many years he has been advising clients on intellectual property law. His work includes advice on trademarks, their protection and their realisation. In cooperation with accountants and business economists he is regularly involved in the taxational assessment of trademarks. His work also includes all aspects of copyright protection, designs and unfair trading. He also does litigation in cases of intellectual property infringements ...

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

Hildegard Schöllmann is a lawyer and local partner in the Cologne office of Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner mbB. She advises on all food and feed law issues along the food industry’s value chain as well as on the relevant complementary areas of law such as trademark and competition law. Prior to joining Friedrich Graf von Westphalen, she was a partner in the German food law boutique KWG Rechtsanwälte. She studied law in Cologne and Amsterdam. Hildegard comprehensiv...

Dr. Christian Sandweg joined the firm of VOSSIUS in 2011 and was admitted to practice as a German Patent Attorney (Patentanwalt) and European Patent Attorney in 2015. His training in IP included stages at the German Patent Office, the Federal German Patent Court and the Lower District Court Mannheim. In 2016, he became a partner in the firm. Dr. Sandweg studied physics at the Technical University of Munich and the University of Kaiserslautern, specializing in solid state physics and in partic...