Lars Wenzel

Lars Schmidt specialises in offering advice on banking and capital market law as well as investment law. This includes general banking issues and matters relating to credit law and banking supervisory law. An important part of Lars Schmidt’s work is the representation of credit institutions and institutional investors in litigation relating to banking and capital markets law. He also offers medium-sized and internationally active companies comprehensive advice on corporate law, mainly i...

Ulf Gibhardt studied law at Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel (Germany). He additionally studied business administration at the distance teaching university FernUniversität in Hagen (Germany), completing his studies in 2005 with a thesis on tax-oriented structures for the acquisition of shares and interests. His legal training included working for a law firm in Shanghai (China). He was admitted to the German Bar in 2002, as a tax advisor in 2005, and as a civil-law notary in 2015. Ul...

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Born in Brühl in 1965, Dr. Rolf Zeißig studied law in Bonn, Hamburg and Berlin. He was a research assistant at the Department of Labor and Social Law at the University of Potsdam and obtained a doctorate in labor law on the subject of “The Conservation of the Status Quo of Works Council Agreements in the Event of Termination”. Dr. Zeißig has worked as a lawyer since 1996 and as a specialist in labor law since 1999. He has been with ZENK since 2002. Dr. Zeißi...

Winfried M. Carli is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Banking and Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law, Project Finance and Development Practice, Real Estate Law and Restructuring and Insolvency Law. Winfried M., who practices law in Munich, Germany, has been recognized since 2014. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Winfried M. is held by other top lawyers in the same g...

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

Born in Lüneburg in 1967, Anja Teiwes studied law in Göttingen and has worked as a lawyer since 1996. She joined ZENK in 1999. Her clients consist primarily of planning offices, architects, engineers and structural engineers. Her practice focuses on all areas of architectural and engineering law, in particular on contract and fee matters. The awarding of planning services is another focus of her work, and she contributed her expertise to the “Guidelines on Procedures under the...

Ronald Steiling is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Energy Law, Environmental Law and Public Law. Ronald, who practices law in Hamburg, Germany, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ronald is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Christiane Huismans, born in 1966 in Telgte (Westphalia), studied law in Münster following her banking apprenticeship in Bremen and has been working as a lawyer since 1996. Since 2017, she has been offering support in conflict situations as a mediator. Christiane Huismans is a partner at ZENK.* Due to her many years of experience as a lawyer in insolvency administrator law firms, on the side of intensive support of the credit industry as well as in large international law firms, Christia...

Dr Annette Bödeker is an experienced lawyer in the field of corporate law, with particular expertise in stock corporation law, group law and corporate restructurings. She regularly advises on M&A transactions, often for investors from the Anglo-American market. In 2009, she was appointed as a notary in Frankfurt am Main and has since provided the full range of notarial services. Annette advises listed companies and international corporations as well as medium-sized enterprises and st...