Nicolas Kern

Bettina Backes studied at the University of Bonn. This was followed by a long-term period of employment in the publishing industry and the intensification of her specialization in a law firm focused on media law and several years as a partner in a trans-regional and internationally-oriented commercial law firm in Stuttgart. Alongside her voluntary involvement in various cultural and educational institutions, she is a (deputy) judge at the Constitutional Court of Baden-Württemberg and mem...

Dr. Andreas Notz’s main practice area is the provision of comprehensive advice to employers on employment law and, above all on codetermination and collective bargaining law. In this field, he assists nationally and internationally active companies above all from the health sector, the energy supply industry, the ancillary building trade as well as the service and retail industry. Functioning as an out-sourced legal or personnel department, employment law specialist is available for eve...

Volker Schwarz is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Volker practices law in Stuttgart, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Volker Schwarz 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 Volker Schwarz is held by other lawyers.

Morton Douglas is a lawyer and partner at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. His main focus lies on trademark and design protection, including the development of strategies for applications for registration, portfolio advice, representing clients in infringement proceedings as well as drafting licence agreements. Furthermore, he advises on the law of company designations, titles and domains, on competition, advertising medications and pharmacy and drug law. Morton is also a regular ...

Hendrik Thies is a partner in the corporate law / M&A department of the Freiburg office. He particularly advises medical device manufacturers. His practice includes corporate law, M&A, international commercial law and regulatory advice. Hendrik Thies is the author of numerous publications and a member of the Working Group on Commercial and Corporate Law of the Freiburg Bar Association. He speaks German and English.

The primary focus of Dr. Anno Haberer’s work is advising on antitrust law covering both antitrust violation and merger control proceedings as well as on contract wording in line with antitrust legislation. Further important areas of activity are industrial property rights, in particular trademark law as well as legislation on unfair competition, IT and data protection law and employee inventions.

Alexander Hübner studied at the University of Kiel, where he also obtained his doctorate (Dr. jur.), and he continued his legal training in Kiel, Paris, Heidelberg, Hamburg and Luxembourg. He is currently the spokesman of the Baden-Württemberg chapter of the public procurement association “forum vergabe e.V.” and regularly holds lectures at conferences on public procurement and state aid law in Germany and abroad. From 2012 to 2018, he was the German member of the EU Com...

Wolfgang Schmid is a lawyer and of counsel at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. His main focus lies on competition and cartel law, copyright, publishing and press law, trademarks and designs, as well as pharmaceuticals and food law. Wolfgang is a member of the German Association for Intellectual Property Rights (Gesellschaft für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht), the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) and the Ligue International du Droit de la Concurr...

Dr. Felix Klemt primarily advises clients in the fields of real estate, building and corporate law. His work focuses on project developments, transactions, corporate formation and structuring and advising young, innovative companies. In addition, Felix Klemt provides guidance on the tax aspects of real estate and corporate law.

For more than 20 years, Dr. Hartmut Fischer has been advising companies on the planning and operation of commercial and industrial facilities. He acts on behalf of cities and municipalities as well as of investors, cooperating on projects involving urban land-use planning and planning permission procedures in order to realise commercial, residential and industrial districts. He designs development plans and drafts urban development contracts for building land development, municipal building l...