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Anja Stürzl is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice. Anja, 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 Anja is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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Dr. Matthias Horbach is head of Skadden’s German M&A practice, advising on complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions, inbound and outbound investments, corporate finance, and various other corporate transactions. Mr. Horbach’s M&A work includes advising a broad range of clients, including industrial companies, private equity investment firms and investment banks, on acquisitions, dispositions, cross-border mergers, joint ventures and public takeover transactions. In th...

Prof. Dr. Jörg Kupjetz advises German and international banks, financial institutions, investors, and companies, with a focus on corporate and financing transactions—especially corporate finance, acquisition, project and real estate financing, structured financing, and venture debt. He holds a degree in banking administration and is also a solicitor (England and Wales), business mediator, certified compliance manager, and senator in the Senate of Economy.

Dr Christoph Th. H. Lichtenberg has been a lawyer since 1998, specialising in private construction law and architectural and engineering law since 1999. He has advised on major construction projects—including road, civil, and building construction—in Frankfurt, Munich, and Stuttgart, working closely with construction companies, commercial clients, and project managers. His core areas include contract drafting, claim management, and legal representation in disputes, especially rega...

Dr Ingeborg Schwarz and her team joined FGvW’s Frankfurt office in 2020. She specialises in strategic IP development for companies. She is also active in the maintenance, administration and defence of intellectual property rights, in particular in the fields of food, food supplements, footwear and clothing, the event sector and the financial and real estate sector.

Ulli Janssen is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Ulli, 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 Ulli is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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

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.

John Büttner advises on all aspects of national and international business tax law, including areas where it intersects with corporate and inheritance law. He has many years of experience in international tax law, criminal tax law, tax litigation, the taxation of restructurings, real estate taxation, and the taxation of capital investments. In addition, Mr Büttner advises private clients, families, and family businesses on ongoing tax matters, including asset structuring, (corporate...