Hermann-Josef Omsels

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

Carsten Kociok focuses his practice on the technology industry. He has broad experience in the areas of Internet, information technology, electronic and mobile payments and new media, as well as regulatory and data protection law issues. Carsten advises national and international companies from the Internet, payments and technology industries on the commercial and regulatory side of their business, in particular in the areas of e-commerce and e-business, electronic and mobile payments, servic...

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

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

Hanno Timner is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Data Security and Privacy Law, Employee Benefits Law and Labor and Employment Law. Hanno, who practices law in Berlin, Germany, has been recognized since 2014. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Hanno is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Born in Göttingen in 1966, Dr. Martin Düwel studied law and history in Regensburg, in Aberdeen, UK and at the Free University of Berlin. From 1994 to 1998, he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for State Studies, Constitutional and Administrative Law. He has been active as a lawyer in Berlin since 1996. In 1999, he received his doctorate in constitutional law on the subject of of “Oversight Powers of the Federal Constitutional Court in Constitutional Complaints ag...

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

Dr Hardy Fischer is a partner at POELLATH in Berlin. He advises on domestic and international tax law, corporate tax law, tax planning and tax structuring, refinancing. He is also well-known for his wide-ranging expertise in advising on cross-border structures and transactions, as well as for his tax advice on real estate transactions. Hardy regularly speaks and publishes on various tax law matters, inter alia as a lecturer at the University of Potsdam (Master Program Corporate and Tax Law) s...

The founding partner of Knauer& Sören Schomburg advises national and international clients in the areas of commercial criminal law and tax criminal law, international criminal law, and extradition law. He has extensive experience in complex, frequently transnational internal investigations and with respect to search and seizure, especially raids involving data confiscation. He defends clients throughout Germany, in Europe and before the European Court of Justice (ECJ), and against IN...

Since 1990, Dr. Martin Schaefer had been working for the German industry associations of the recording industry (today: BVMI). As legal advisor and later as managing director he was involved in the development of innovative industry projects for the emerging online-sector. In 2001, he joined BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group) as Vice President, Legal Counsel Europe, before leaving the company at the beginning of 2004 to become a partner at the law firm of BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT. His client base i...