Niels Maier

Sönke Friedrichsen is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law. Sönke, 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 Sönke is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Georges Brox’s journey began in the dynamic nineties in Berlin, where he first worked at the Berlin office of a French law firm. His career then took him to Hamburg, where he developed a passion for intellectual property protection. Georges has been a partner at FPS since 2005. Focusing on trade mark and design law, he represents and advises both national and international companies in all aspects of intellectual property and copyright law. His practice includes developing protection st...

Gül Pinar has been advising and defending clients exclusively in the field of criminal law for over 25 years. She draws on a high degree of specialization and decades of forensic experience from numerous major trials. These include proceedings before the Higher Regional Courts, oral hearings before the Federal Court of Justice, constitutional complaints, and proceedings before parliamentary investigative committees. Her experience as a criminal defense attorney in the fight for the right...

Born in Hamburg in 1962, Birgitta Weihrich studied law in Hamburg. After completing her legal clerkship – including a post at the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission in Brussels and Speyer – she was admitted to the bar in 1992. After spending a number of years in a commercial law firm in Northern Germany and as a legal advisor and authorized signatory of an insurance company, she joined ZENK in 2018. She has many years’ experience in both a wide ra...

Lawyer, Accredited Specialist in Construction and the Law of Governing Architects Managing Partner

Born in Hamburg in 1963, Jan Dietze studied law in Passau and at King’s College in London, UK, where he obtained his Diploma of Legal Studies. He also studied in Freiburg and at Europa-Kolleg in Bruges, Belgium, where he obtained the Diplôme D’Hautes Études Européennes. Jan Dietze has been a lawyer at ZENK since 1995. His practice focuses on corporate and commercial law and M&A. He also specializes in antitrust law and compliance. Mr. Dietze is a member of ...

Jan Dreyer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Maritime Law and Transportation Law. Jan, who practices law in Hamburg, Germany, has been recognized since 2009. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jan is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Born in Göttingen in 1974, Dr. Stefanie Hartwig studied law in Kiel and Liège from 1994 to 1998 and completed her postgraduate studies in business law in Hamburg. Thereafter, she worked as a trainee lawyer in Hamburg and New York and as a research associate at the University of Hamburg. She completed her doctorate in 2002. Ms. Hartwig has been working as a lawyer since 2003, initially in a major international law firm and since 2005 at ZENK. Since 2007, she has also been a special...

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Lawyer, Accredited Specialist in Copyright and Media Law, Accredited Specialist in Intellectual Property Rights Partner