Michael Knierbein

Dr Jan Christoph Mosch, M.B.A., LL.M. specialises in corporate law, corporate contract law, M&A / real estate transactions and asset succession. Jan advises medium-sized companies, entrepreneurs and high-net-worth private individuals. Jan has always been enthusiastic about the complex issues of corporate law and the transaction business and has consistently focussed both his legal training and his work as a lawyer on these topics. He combines this experience with an entrepreneurial mindse...

Dr Justus Jansen (Lawyer of the Year Litigation, Hamburg, 2020, Lawyer of the Year Trade Law, Hamburg, 2022) is heading the Dispute Resolution practice group at GSK Stockmann since 2014. The team has 23 members and is thus considered one of the largest dispute resolution teams in Germany with widely recognised expertise and track record in commercial, banking & finance, energy, international plant engineering and corporate disputes as well as in post-M&A disputes. In addition, investm...

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

2024 to date Partner at GÖRG in Hamburg 2015 to date Professor of Company Law at BSP Business & Law School, Berlin and Hamburg 2015-2023 Attorney and Founding Partner at Pier11 in Hamburg 2008-2015 Attorney and Partner at Taylor Wessing in Hamburg 2007 Attorney at Happ Luther in Hamburg 2003-2007 Attorney at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Hamburg 2001-2003 Research and Teaching Assistant at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg 1998-2000 Legal Clerkship in Düsseldorf 1992-1998,2002/20...

Born in Hamburg in 1963, Alexander Baden studied from 1982-1988 in Passau and Hamburg. He has been with ZENK Rechtsanwälte since 1990. Today, he focuses on real estate law and project development and is responsible for providing support for complex transactions. From 2011-2018, Mr. Baden was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BEOS AG, Berlin. For several years running, he has been listed as one of Germany’s top business lawyers in the ranking table “Germany’s Best Law...

Roman Eschke is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employee Benefits Law and Labor and Employment Law. Roman, 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 Roman is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dr. Sebastian Bednarz is attorney-at-law, specialist in commercial and corporate law and partner at Möhrle Happ Luther . His practice focuses on corporate law. Here, he advises companies, their executive bodies and shareholders in particular on the law governing limited liability companies and stock corporations, on re-structuring and M&A as well as on capital markets law (compliance of listed companies, corporate actions). Dr. Bednarz regularly publishes academic articles on corpora...

Sonja Schulz was born in Bremen in 1976. She studied law in Münster and Leuven, Belgium. She completed her practical training in Münster, Washington D.C. and Brussels. In addition, she completed an education in Anglo-American law, a subject-specific foreign language training, postgraduate studies in European law and training in change management. In 2003 she received a Master of European and Comparative Law from the University of Ghent, Belgium. Since 2006, Sonja Schulz has been a l...

2011 Arbitrator of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) 2008 Board-Certified Attorney for Intellectual Property Law (Fachanwalt für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz) 2007 Board-Certified Attorney for Copyright and Media Law (Fachanwalt für Urheber- und Medienrecht) 1998 New York Bar Exam (Attorney-at-Law) LL.M. in Trade Regulations, New York University (NYU), USA 1997 Second State Examination in Law, Regional Court of Appeals Hamburg (legal trainee at German Embassy Singap...

Dr. Wolfgang Hopp studied law, biology and English in Göttingen and completed his legal clerkship in Lower Saxony. From 1997-2000, he was a research consultant at the University of Münster’s Central Institute for Spatial Planning. In 1999, he received his doctorate in spatial planning law, with a thesis on the subject of “Legal and Enforcement Issues in Spatial Planning Procedures”. Dr. Hopp has been a lawyer at ZENK since 2000. He specializes in advising and assis...