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Henrik Armah is a shareholder and Co-Chair of the German Corporate/M&A Group. He advises international and domestic clients on M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate transformations as well as all general matters of corporate law. He specializes in cross border transactions (buy side and sell side). Henrik’s clients include industry players as well as private equity funds, strategic investors and venture capitalists. As a recognized and highly experienced lawyer in the t...

Born in Aachen in 1965, Dr. Oliver Nowoczyn studied law in Constance, Geneva (Switzerland) and Freiburg/Breisgau. After completing his legal clerkship in Berlin and Boston, USA, he received his doctorate in European law in Freiburg in 1995. His thesis was on the subject of “Educational policy competencies of the EU after Maastricht”. Dr. Oliver Nowoczyn has been a lawyer at ZENK since 1995 and a notary since 2007.

Since 1990, Dr. Martin Schaefer had been working for the German industry associations of the recording industry (today: BVMI). As legal advisor and later as managing director he was involved in the development of innovative industry projects for the emerging online-sector. In 2001, he joined BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group) as Vice President, Legal Counsel Europe, before leaving the company at the beginning of 2004 to become a partner at the law firm of BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT. His client base i...

Elmar Bickert specializes in real estate and construction law including property related energy and environmental law. He has been dealing with the entire life cycle of real estate for many years with a particular focus on project development, financing, planning, construction, modernization, operation, management, use, as well as the acquisition and sale of property. His expertise covers real estate portfolios consisting of various asset classes and owned by national and international client...

Thomas Winkemann is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law. Thomas, who practices law in Berlin, Germany, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Thomas is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dr. Oliver Fleischmann advises clients in various industries, in particular regulated industries, on German and European competition and merger control law, as well as German and international foreign direct investment control law. Dr. Fleischmann has represented clients in numerous merger control proceedings and governmental investigations before the European Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office and the German Ministry of Economic Affairs. He has extensive experience in advising in t...

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...

Andrea Kirsch is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Data Security and Privacy Law. Andrea, who practices law in Berlin, Germany, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Andrea is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Fabian Meinecke is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense and Criminal Tax Practice. Fabian, who practices law in Berlin, Germany, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Fabian 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...