Joachim Exner

Heinz Goddar with his office at Munich has a technical background as well as a PHD degree in physics, with a focus on polymer physics. He teaches Patent and Licensing Law as an honorary Professor at the University of Bremen, Germany, as a lecturer at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC) , Munich, Germany as a visiting Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, U.S.A., and the Tsinghua University School of Law, Beijing, China, and as a Consultant Professor at Huazho...

Boris Uphoff is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law and Litigation. Boris, who practices law in Munich, Germany, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Boris is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Qualified to practice law in New York and Germany, Gebhard serves as counsel and as arbitrator. Gebhard has advised a broad range of clients across many industries, including energy and natural resources, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and financial services. He has acted in many investment and commercial disputes, including high-value post-M&A arbitrations, price revisions under some of Europe’s largest gas import contracts, and disputes arising from other long-term...

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...

Moritz Klein serves as counsel at POELLATH in Munich. He advises on the entire field of transaction and corporate law, in particular on M&A and private equity transactions. He focuses on leveraged buyouts, buy-and-build structures and carve-outs. Moritz has a pronounced economic understanding and offers pragmatic solutions.

Since 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Spatscheck & Partner, partner 2007 – 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, partner 2005 – 2007: International law firm, Munich office, managing associate 2002 – 2005: International law firm, Munich office, tax consultant 1997 – 2002: Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, research assistant

Dr Michael Grünwald is partner in the Munich office of RITTERSHAUS. He specialises in real estate transactions and financing. His clients include real estate funds, owners of portfolio properties and property developers whom he advises on all issues associated with the acquisition and sale as well as the financing of portfolio properties or projects.

Dr. Philipp Schlawien Attorney Certified specialist in commercial and corporate law Partner Specialists areas : Mergers & acquisitions, venture capital, c apital market law, corporate law, l itigation I have been advising companies and private investors on all corporate, capital markets and commercial law matters for more than ten years and am co-head of the transaction advisory group at SNP Schlawien. He specialises in advising on national and cross-border transactions in the areas of me...

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

Dr. Thomas M. Schmid Attorney Partner Specialists area : Mergers & acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, capital market law, corporate law I specialise in advising on M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions. My clients include national and international companies as well as private equity/venture capital funds and start-ups, which I advise on (cross-border) transactions. In addition, I advise on venture and growth capital/corporate venture investments, but also h...