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Christiane Boemke has pursued her passion for trade mark and competition law since her LLM studies in Boston. She joined FPS Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG in 2005 as part of the IP team and focuses on providing guidance in all areas of intellectual property law. In trade mark matters, Christiane works with clients from a range of industries to develop effective trade mark strategies, manage national and international applications, defend registered trade marks, and handle infring...

Heiko Heppner is co-head of the German Dispute Resolution practice group and professor of law concentrating on international arbitration and litigation with a focus on Germany and common law jurisdictions. Heiko has particular experience with defending clients against mass and class securities litigation and special expertise in Banking and Capital Markets litigation, including the liability of credit rating agencies and for the mis-selling of derivatives. Moreover, Heiko represents clients b...

Daniel Herper is an experienced transactions lawyer specialising in M&A transactions and restructurings. He advises the governing bodies of companies in crisis, both in and out of court. This involves accompanying them during crises and judicial restructuring proceedings (company voluntary arrangements / insolvency protection proceedings). Herper also supports shareholders, prospective buyers, lenders and insolvency administrators in the development and implementation of financing and tra...

Dr Hauke Hansen is a specialist in the field of data protection law. He supports national and international clients – from corporations to start-ups – in the implementation of the GDPR, the handling of data breaches, cooperation with data protection authorities and cybersecurity. His range of consulting services also includes all aspects of IT law and the digitisation of business processes. His clients include software and hardware manufacturers as well as their private and public...

Lukas Greilich focuses his practice on advising issuers, shareholders and underwriters on international equity capital markets transactions, including on equity-linked issuances, as well as general securities-related matters. Mr. Greilich has significant experience in capital markets transactions, representing issuers, shareholders and underwriters in connection with initial public offerings, capital increases, rights offerings, block trades, and offerings of convertible and hybrid capital in...

Steffen Holatka is a lawyer who advises clients on all aspects of the building and architecture law with his particular speciality being construction-related legal consultation. He advises project developers, property developers, the investment managers of various life insurers, private building companies, engineers as well as towns, cities and local councils in connection with the realisation of medium-size and large-scale building projects. Starting with contract negotiation and drafting Mr...

Caspar Schmelzer focuses primarily on capital markets transactions, advising clients in a variety of industries, including technology, automotive, consumer goods, financial and manu­facturing. In recognition of his work, Mr. Schmelzer was named to Best Lawyers in Germany 2024 for Capital Markets Law.

Dr Robin Fritz is senior managing partner of the firm. In addition, he advises entrepreneurs and companies, especially from the real estate industry, on all aspects of commercial law. Dr Fritz is a member of the advisory board of the department for key qualifications at Goethe University, Frankfurt, where he is also a lecturer in the Faculty of Law. Since 2004, he has also been honorary consul of the Czech Republic.

Dr. Joerg Hanke focuses on domestic and cross-border bank finance matters, in particular multilayered bank/bond leveraged acquisition finance, real estate finance and general corporate lending, including corporate refinancings and restructurings. Prior to joining Skadden, Dr. Hanke worked in the banking department of another major international law firm and was based in its Frankfurt office. During his time at his previous law firm, he was seconded to Credit Suisse, London and to KfW. Prior t...

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