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Born in Dortmund in 1975, Dr. Anu Elina Birkefeld studied law from 1994-1999 at the University of Bielefeld and the Ruhr-University Bochum. She completed her legal clerkship at the District Court of Dortmund between 1999 and 2001 and has been working as a lawyer ever since. Dr. Birkefeld has been with ZENK since 2003. Furthermore she obtained her doctorate in employment and sports law at the University of Bielefeld in 2004, with a thesis on “The Employment Relationship of the Football C...

Hans Georg Helwig is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Labor and Employment Law. Hans Georg practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Hans Georg Helwig 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 Hans Georg Helwig is held by other lawyers.

Josef Hofschroer focuses his practice on corporate law, with an emphasis on M&A transactions for national and international clients. He particularly advises on all aspects of capital markets and securities law. Furthermore, his practice includes distressed investments as well as joint ventures. Josef has particularly wide-ranging experience in the fields of energy, technology, telecommunications and real estate. Among his clients are start-ups, medium-sized and large companies as well as ...

Carsten Brachmann is a partner at fellaws, Berlin. He advises private and public employers on individual and collective employment law, especially regarding collective bargaining, works council constitution law, employee representation law and employee leasing. Carsten Brachmann has been a certified specialist for employment law since 2005 with a legal advisory focus on employment law in the areas of public service and M&A. He advises employers on restructuring measures in various industr...

Irene Schmid, born in Stuttgart in 1956, studied law in Berlin and Cambridge, England, where she obtained her Master of Laws in 1984. She has been working as a lawyer since 1988 – amongst others in major international law firms – and as a notary since 1996. From 2009 to 2012, she was President of the Berlin Bar Association. Irene Schmid is a partner with ZENK. Today, she focuses on advising national and international clients in all areas of real estate business law. She also assis...

Prof Dr Thomas Höppner is a partner with Geradin Partners. Before joining Geradin Partners in 2025, Thomas was a partner at Hausfeld for ten years. With over 20 years of experience, Thomas has advised clients on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious antitrust and regulatory matters. He has assisted clients on numerous high-stake investigations, including some of the most complex cases in the tech, media and network industries. Thomas is also a trusted litigator on matters of E...

Christopher J. Wright, J.D. LL.M., geboren 1974 in Toronto, studierte Philosophie an der University of King’s College (Halifax, Kanada) und an der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg. 2001 erlangte er an der University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, seinen J.D. und 2002 seine Zulassung als Barrister & Solicitor in Ontario, Kanada. Seinen LL.M. (Berlin) erlangte er in 2004. Vor seiner Zeit bei ZENK war er als Rechtsanwalt bei einer internationalen Großkanzlei in Toronto ...

Studies in mechanical engineering and process engineering at the RWTH Aachen and the Imperial College London (until 1991) Doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) at the ETH Zürich, Laboratory for Technical Chemistry (1991-95) Consultant (1991-95) in the area of process simulation und dynamics Patent attorney (since 1999), partner at Maikowski & Ninnemann (since 2000) LL.M. (European Intellectual Property Law) at the Kurt-Haertel Institute, Fernuni Hagen Since 2002 lecturer und since 2009 honorary...

Professor Dr Stefan Hertwig specialises in the field of public commercial law, with particular emphasis on public procurement law and European state aid law. According to the trade magazine JUVE, he is one of the “leading names in public procurement law”. Who is Who Legal certifies him “an incredibly strong name in the German market, noted for his expertise in public funding and government contracts”. The practice group under his leadership advises the public sector an...

Moritz Lorenz is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Competition / Antitrust Law. Moritz practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Moritz Lorenz 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 Moritz Lorenz is held by other lawyers.