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Prof Dr Kurt Bartenbach, the founding partner, focuses on intellectual property law, in particular employee invention law (inventor remuneration, corporate guidelines, group inventions – according to JUVE 2013/2014 “the measure of all things in employee invention law”), licensing contract law and the law of research and development contracts. He is co-author of various commentaries on these topics that are recognized as standard works. He also specialises in expert opinions ...
Markus Beaumart is a lawyer and partner at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. Since July 2018, Markus Beaumart has been a partner in the area of real estate law and construction law at the Cologne office. He moved from DLA Piper to the Practice Areas Plant Construction, Real Estate and M&A of FGvW in Cologne with partners Arnt Göppert, Uwe Steingröver and Jörn Zons. Markus Beaumart began his legal career in 1996 in the Cologne office of the (then) law firm Oppenho...
Dr Thomas Bezani offers advice to national and international companies on all matters of individual and collective labour law. One of his specialities is the restructuring of companies and the associated negotiations with work councils and trade unions, with as well as regarding termination rights. He also represents his clients before courts of labour and civil law. His focuses is in the areas of commerce and services, automotive and manufacturing.
Dr. Anna Cryns-Moll studied law at Cologne University and Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne within the framework of completion of the German-French masters degree (LL.M./maîtrise en droit). After having accomplished the first state exam in law she worked as a research associate at the Institute for tax law at Cologne University, completing her doctorate with honors in 2010. While performing her legal clerkship she also stayed abroad, in Singapore and New York. After finishing the legal c...
Dr Carolin Dahmen studied law at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and the University of Cologne. After completing her first state examination, she worked for CBH in the areas of public and private building law, while completing her doctorate. Dr Carolin Dahmen has been working as a lawyer at CBH since her admission to the bar in 2011. She is a specialist attorney for construction and architectural law and advises clients comprehensively in this field. She works for...
Dr Jan Deuster studied and earned his doctorate at the University of Cologne. His dissertation deals with the granting of compensation payments for services of general economic interest according to the Altmark Trans jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice with particular regard to the financing of air traffic. As part of his work as an attorney in a large German infrastructure law firm, he was able to sit in on a traineeship at the Association of German Transport Companies in 2007 and...
Ernst Eisenbeis studied law at the Universities of Bayreuth and Bonn. He joined CBH attorneys in 1987 when he was admitted to the bar. Here he is active in all areas of individual and collective labour law. The focus of his activities as a lawyer is in advising employers on business changes and representing executives. Ernst Eisenbeis is a specialist lawyer for labour law. He is co-editor of the trade journal “FA-Fachanwalt Arbeitsrecht” and, together with his partners Werner M. M...
Björn Fiedler is the founder and managing partner of Fiedler Cryns-Moll FCM Rechtsanwaelte Partnerschaft, a Cologne-based law firm that focuses on representing and advising insurance companies in complex claims and specific insurance products (including directors and officers liability; errors and omissions coverage; professional indemnity; public offering of securities insurance; employment practices liability; representations and warranties; cyber; fidelity; and product liability). He ...
Markus studied Law and Economics at the Universities of Marburg, Gießen, Bonn and Speyer and has practiced as a lawyer since 1994. Before co-founding the Cologne and Brussels offices of avocado rechtsanwälte as partner in 2000, he had already been a partner for a number of years in a reputable public law oriented law firm in Cologne. His practice includes the provision of legal advice to and representation of waste management enterprises as well as enterprises from the manufacturin...
Thomas studied Law at the University of Cologne. He has been admitted to the Bar since 1987; before which he was employed as a research assistant to the professorial chair of Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Hans Joachim Hirsch, under whose supervision he earned his doctorate. Before joining the Cologne team of avocado rechtsanwälte as partner in 2003, he had worked in a law firm specialising in environmental and technology law, where he was a partner from 1990 to 2000. After that he helped dev...
Arnt Göppert 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 & Partner's Cologne office since 2013. Arnt Göppert is a transaction specialist advising clients on corporate acquisitions and disposals, corporate actions and financing. His clients include owner-managed companies as well as international funds, listed companies and financial institutions. A particula...
Andreas Haupt has been working as a lawyer since 2002. He is also a specialist lawyer for public procurement law and a specialist lawyer for administrative law and specialises in the areas of public procurement law, subsidy and grant law and public building law. Andreas Haupt comprehensively advises public clients on national and European procurement, in particular on the award of construction contracts, property purchase contracts, waste disposal services, building cleaning contracts, planni...
Dr Jochen Hentschel studied in Constance, Cologne and Speyer and received his doctorate in Trier. During his doctoral studies he was a lecturer at the Fachhochschule für Öffentliche Verwaltung NRW and head of working groups for legal trainees at the district government of Cologne. Before joining CBH in 2006, he worked as a lawyer in the environmental and planning law department of a major medium-sized law firm in the Ruhr Area. Dr Jochen Hentschel advises and represents public corpo...
Professor Dr Stefan Hertwig specialises in the field of public commercial law, with particular emphasis on public procurement law and European state aid law. According to the trade magazine JUVE, he is one of the “leading names in public procurement law”. Who is Who Legal certifies him “an incredibly strong name in the German market, noted for his expertise in public funding and government contracts”. The practice group under his leadership advises the public sector an...
Arnd Holzapfel studied at the universities of Tübingen and Cologne. After completing his second state examination and being admitted to the bar in 1992, he joined the construction law team led by Manfred Haesemann as an apprentice lawyer with steadily growing enthusiasm for the legal profession at CBH. His work focuses on advising – in particular – public-sector clients on all issues of private building law. However, numerous contractors from the construction industry also co...
Dr Ingo Jung studied law and received his doctorate from the University of Göttingen. With his admission to the bar in 1996, he also started working for CBH in Cologne. He is specialized in the fields of intellectual property law, copyright and media law as well as new media law. The focus of his legal activities lies in particular in the areas of intellectual property, trademark, competition, design and copyright law. Dr Ingo Jung is a specialist attorney for intellectual property law, ...
Ralf studied Law at the University of Cologne. Up until the completion of his doctoral degree and admission to the Bar in 1991, he was employed as research assistant at the Institute for Criminal Science (Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Hans Joachim Hirsch) of the University of Cologne. Before co-founding the Cologne and Brussels offices of avocado rechtsanwälte as a partner in 2000 he had already been a lawyer and partner for a number of years in a reputable law firm specialising in environme...
David Kipping, LL.M., Maître en droit, is a lawyer and partner at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner and a Certified Specialist in intellectual property law. He also holds an LL.M degree from the universities of Cologne and Paris and a Maître en droit degree from Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne. David Kipping’s main focus lies on intellectual property law, trademarks and designs, unfair competition and advertising law, patent law, litigation, e-commerce law and li...
Marc Klaas studied law at the University of Bonn with a focus on labor and employment law and international business law. During his legal traineeship, he practiced business law and contract law in the legal department of Porsche’s head office in Stuttgart. From 2010 to 2011, Mr. Klaas served as in-house counsel to SIAG Engineering GmbH, advising on contract law, commercial law, and corporate law. In addition to his continued focus on both national and international commercial law and c...
Jens Kleinert practises as a lawyer and a certified tax lawyer, advising clients on all issues dealing with national and international tax law, in particular on the development of tax-optimised structures and the implementation thereof. This also comprises the development and application of capital market products, especially by using investment funds. He has broad experience in advising on complex restructurings and cross-border transactions. His focus is particularly on business succession ...
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...
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...
Jens Kunzmann has been working almost exclusively in the field of intellectual property for over 20 years. He specializes in national and international license agreements, research and development cooperation and employee invention law. Another focus is on litigation in patent, trademark and competition law. Jens Kunzmann has been a lecturer at the University of Cologne and at the University of Münster since 2010. In addition, he regularly gives lectures and seminars – among other ...
Dr Jörg Laber studied law and obtained his doctorate at the University of Cologne. After his admission to the bar in 1992, he initially worked for a Cologne employment law boutique, almost two years of which were spent in its Leipzig office. He has been a lawyer at CBH since 1996. His main focus is on providing ongoing labour law support for company personnel work as well as advising and assisting employers nationwide in all matters of collective and individual labour law. A special feat...
Gregor Lamla is a lawyer and partner at the Cologne office of Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. He advises on real estate financing and transactions with a focus on commercial real estate, especially in the retail sector (shopping centers, downtown department stores and retail parks). Before joining Friedrich Graf von Westphalen, Gregor was a partner at other major law firms as well as GC at a real estate asset management company. He speaks German and English.
Carsten Laschet is a lawyer and managing Partner of Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. His practice focuses on liability and insurance law. He specialises in contract law, product liability law, directors' and officers' liability as well as Insurance Law. Carsten Laschet is a lecturer in teaching specialist insurance lawyers and a member of the Cologne Legal Association (Kölner Juristische Gesellschaft), the German Bar Association’s Working Group on Insurance Law (ARGE Ve...
Tobias Lenz is a lawyer and partner at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. In addition, he is a professor for national and international commercial law at the Rhineland University of Applied Sciences (Rheinische Fachhochschule) in Cologne and the director of the Institute for Liability and Insurance Law (Institut für Haftungs- und Versicherungsrecht). Tobias’ main focus lies on product liability and insurance law, liability of managing directors and execute board members, ...
Nils Mrazek studied law at the Universities of Marburg and Münster. After being admitted to the bar in 2005, Nils Mrazek initially worked for a major law firm in Cologne. He joined CBH in Cologne in 2006. In addition to project-related advice in all matters of contract drafting and management, his main focus is on out-of-court conflict resolution and litigation before the courts. Nils Mrazek specialises in managing complex construction processes. Another focus of his work is the extrajud...
Dr Martin Quodbach studied law and received his doctorate from the University of Cologne. He completed the LL.M. degree in intellectual property law at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. With his admission to the bar in 2003, he also started his career at CBH in Cologne. There he is specialized in the fields of patent and utility model law and employee invention law. The focus of his legal activities lies in particular in the fields of patent infringement and vindication procee...
Stefan Rappen joined CBH as a lawyer in 1993. He is also a specialist lawyer for administrative law and specialises in questions of public building law as well as environmental, planning and energy law. His practice focuses on legal project management for major infrastructure projects, in particular roads, airports, pipelines and underground railways. He also advises companies and investors on the planning and operation of energy facilities. Another focus of his legal practice is legal projec...
Dr Marcus Richter offers advice on all aspects of individual and collective labour law to national and international companies. In particular, he has considerable experience advising on corporate acquisitions, reorganisations, restructurings, outsourcing and integration projects. As part of this he is responsible for both the strategic conception and the negotiations with unions and works councils on wage agreements, settlement of interests, social plan, company agreements and arbitration pro...
Johannes Ristelhuber completed his studies and legal clerkship in Cologne, Aix/Marseille and London. Prior to his studies, he completed an apprenticeship as an insurance clerk at the Gerling Group. In 1995, he began his career as a lawyer, initially exclusively as a litigator at the Cologne Higher Regional Court. In 2001 he joined CBH in Cologne as a partner. Johannes Ristelhuber advises companies, board members, managing directors and supervisory board members on all questions of directors&r...
Dr Adalbert Rödding advises national and international companies on all matters of taxation, particularly for M&A transactions, and on issues of restructuring, leveraged buy-outs, private equity transactions, real estate transactions and the acquisition and sale of distressed assets. He also assists companies in company audits and taxation disputes.
Prof Dr Markus Ruttig studied law at the universities of Bonn, Edinburgh, Freiburg i. Br. and Passau (doctorate). After being admitted to the bar in 2001, he initially worked for four years in a regional law firm in Berlin in the field of media law before moving to CBH in Cologne in 2004. Prof Dr Markus Ruttig is a specialist in intellectual property law and specialises in competition and media law. In addition to copyright law and press law, gambling law is a focal point of his work. Prof Dr...