Johannes Hertfelder

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

After studying at the universities of Tübingen and Bonn, Klaus Gerstenmaier took his doctorate degree at the University of Göttingen (Dr. jur.). He lectures and publishes regularly, especially on arbitration law, and is a lecturer for International Arbitration at the University of Konstanz. Klaus Gerstenmaier was the German member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris, he is a member of the board of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), Past Chair of the Litigation ...

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

Dr Werner Born studied law at Heidelberg University. After completing his doctorate in Heidelberg, he began working as a lawyer with a focus on family businesses. In 2010 he made partner at RITTERSHAUS where he is a member of the Practice Group dedicated to Entrepreneurial Families & Private Clients consisting of seventeen lawyers and three notaries. In 2017, they took second place for “Exzellenz in Mediation und Konfliktmanagement” (Excellence in Mediation and Conflict Manage...

The primary focus of Dr. Anno Haberer’s work is advising on antitrust law covering both antitrust violation and merger control proceedings as well as on contract wording in line with antitrust legislation. Further important areas of activity are industrial property rights, in particular trademark law as well as legislation on unfair competition, IT and data protection law and employee inventions.

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

Moritz Burwick is Partner at the Ebner Stolz office in Karlsruhe, Germany. He was admitted as a lawyer in 2011 and as a tax consultant in 2014 and is a member of the Corporate/M&A service line. Moritz Burwick advises clients in all areas of corporate law. His work focuses in particular on providing legal advice to medium-sized companies and their shareholders on M&A transactions, reorganisations (mergers, spin-offs, changes of legal form, collapse mergers) and start-up investments. Th...

Hans-Georg Kauffeld studied at the universities of Bayreuth and Freiburg, he took his doctorate at the University of Freiburg (Dr. jur.). He then worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Commercial and Business Law of the University of Freiburg.

Dr. Matthias Uhl primarily offers comprehensive advice in matters relating to commercial and corporate law to nationally and internationally active, medium-sized and larger companies as well as capital market oriented companies from the chemical, facility construction, automotive, power supply, telecommunications, IT and travel catering sectors. In this, his main focus lies on corporate acquisitions and sales, venture capital, corporate structuring and restructuring as well as economic law. M...

For more than 30 years, Rainer Dietmann has been advising and representing medium-sized and larger companies, capital market oriented companies and their owners as well as managing and supervisory bodies in matters relating to corporate law as well as during corporate and financing transactions. Rainer Dietmann has played a role in many national and international corporate transactions such as corporate acquisitions and sales as well as joint venture projects. Furthermore, he has acquired spe...