Friedrich Emmerling

Christian Becker is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Christian practices law in Munich, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Christian Becker 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 Christian Becker is held by other lawyers.

Claus Eckhartt’s practice focuses on the prosecution and enforcement of trademarks, designs and copyright, as well as on unfair competition and related domain name issues. He also specializes in the field of anti-counterfeiting, parallel imports, and the licensing and merchandising of brands. As head of the firm’s trademark department, Claus Eckhartt has, for almost two decades, been managing the IP portfolios of SMEs as well as multinational corporations and advising them on this...

Since 1983: Independent practice 1982 – 1983: Rädler, Raupach & Partner, Munich, freelancer during completion of Ph.D. degree 1975 – 1982: Bayerische Treuhand AG, tax and legal department, Munich

The founding partner Professor Dr. Christoph Knauer is responsible for the areas of corporate criminal law, commercial criminal law, tax criminal law, and medical criminal law, as well as criminal appeals and constitutional complaints. He has many years of experience in all areas of criminal law and criminal procedure law; his litigation experience in particular also covers proceedings before the German Federal Court of Justice and the German Federal Constitutional Court. Prof. Dr. Knauer adv...

Ludwig Zesch advises national and international private equity funds, corporate borrowers, debt funds and financial institutions on a range of complex domestic and cross-border financings. His practice includes acquisition finance, direct lending, leveraged buyouts and corporate financing. Ludwig has particular experience handling significant acquisition financings involving a range of debt structures, including unitranche/super senior structures. Prior to joining McDermott, he worked for oth...

Dr. Christof Karl specializes in litigation and prosecution of patents, particularly in the technical fields of computer hardware and software. He has extensive experience in multi-jurisdictional cases in the field of telecommunications, including with regard to all aspects of patent-related anti-trust law. He also advises clients on issues of licensing, employee invention law, copyright law and Internet law. Dr. Karl represents clients in patent infringement proceedings before the German Reg...

Christian Schmitt is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Restructuring and Insolvency Law. Christian practices law in Munich, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Christian Schmitt since 2025. 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 Christian Schmitt is held by other lawyers.

Founding partner Dr Maren Gräfe is a proven expert in advising on tax law and corporate law. She specialises in tax, legal and strategic asset structuring and succession planning, family and corporate governance issues as well as the establishment of professional asset and family office structures from a legal, tax and economic perspective and investment taxation. She is a member of the supervisory board of Carl Hanser Verlag and a member of the scientific advisory board of the IVS Insti...

Frank Meckes is both a German lawyer and a graduate in business administration. He has extensive experience in litigation and arbitration. He advises local and international clients in complex commercial disputes, particularly in post-M&A disputes, capital markets disputes, cartel damages disputes, manager liability disputes and disputes in the energy sector. He acts for parties and also sits as an arbitrator in both domestic and international arbitration under the auspices of institution...

Sebastian Gerlinger, LL.M. is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Private Equity Law. Sebastian practices law in Munich, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Sebastian Gerlinger, LL.M. since 2027. 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 Sebastian Gerlinger, LL.M. is held by other lawyers.