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Stephan Horster is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Criminal Defense. Stephan practices law in Munich, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Stephan Horster since 2024. 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 Stephan Horster is held by other lawyers.

Dr. Georg Greitemann is a partner at POELLATH in Frankfurt. He advises on M&A-related and venture capital-related transactions, internal restructuring and ongoing corporate law and corporate litigation matters. His clients include companies, company founders, shareholders and their families, as well as managing directors and supervisory board members. Approximately half of his work is cross-border. He is listed in domestic and international ranking guides for his expertise in private equi...

Dr. Wolfgang Patzelt is partner in the Munich office of RITTERSHAUS. He is a specialist lawyer for administrative law and advises project developers and investors on the fast and legally secure enforcement and structuring of building law. He advises projects in the residential/commercial/industrial sectors as well as in the renewable energy sector, primarily wind power and photovoltaics. He also represents municipalities in urban planning law. In addition to drafting development plans, he spe...

Hannes Reiher is a lawyer and local partner at the Frankfurt office of Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. He is a certified specialist in construction and architectural law and advises clients such as national and international construction companies as well as well as institutional investors or the public sector during all phases of major construction projects, including contract drafting, ongoing consultancy and dispute resolution up to litigation. Hannes Reiher speaks German and ...

Dr Marcus Richter offers advice on all aspects of individual and collective labour law to national and international companies. In particular, he has considerable experience advising on corporate acquisitions, reorganisations, restructurings, outsourcing and integration projects. As part of this he is responsible for both the strategic conception and the negotiations with unions and works councils on wage agreements, settlement of interests, social plan, company agreements and arbitration pro...

Dr. Patrick Certa chiefly advises clients on matters of corporate law as well as Mergers & Acquisitions transactions and corporate financing. In this context, he represents regionally, nationally as well as internationally active firms in Germany and abroad during the restructuring of companies and corporate groups as well as in the formulation and negotiation of contracts. Patrick Certa also acts as a litigator in court proceedings in the aforementioned areas of expertise.

Henning Hartwig’s practice involves prosecution and litigation of IP rights in the fields of trademark, design, copyright and unfair competition law. His practice focuses primarily on national and international industrial design law, particularly multinational design infringement proceedings as well as invalidity proceedings before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante and the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. As the editor of the four-v...

Anne Schöning is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Real Estate Law. Anne practices law in Hamburg, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Anne Schöning since 2025. 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 Anne Schöning is held by other lawyers.

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Born in 1966 Legal studies at the Universities of Bielefeld and Cologne First Exam ("1. Staatsexamen") in 1991 Legal clerkship ("Referendariat") at the Bielefeld District Court Second (Bar) Exam ("2. Staatsexamen") in 1994 Bar admission in 1994 Lawyer with the firm of Bruckhaus Westrick Stegemann (now: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer), Hamburg and Düsseldorf from 1994 to 1996 Self-employed lawyer in Detmold from 1996 to 1999 Certified Specialized Attorney in Labor and Employment Law since...