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Timo Winkelmann is a partner in the Real Estate practice group at POELLATH in Berlin. He advises national and international clients on all matters related to real estate law. The focus of his practice is real estate transactions. In addition to share and asset deals, he supports his clients regarding asset management, e.g., conclusion of lease agreements. From time to time, he is involved in post-M&A disputes. Before joining POELLATH in 2008, he was working at an US law firm in the M&...

Viola Bensinger is Global Co‑Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group and also chairs the Technology Practice in Germany. Viola advises clients from the technology, media, health care and other innovation-driven industries on digitisation projects, IT outsourcing, cloud computing, e‑commerce, electronic payment, data protection, and software licensing. She has wide-ranging experience in advising media and entertainment clients such as distributors, produ...

Christopher Bremme is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Christopher practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Christopher Bremme since 2014. 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 Christopher Bremme is held by other lawyers.

Kati Beckmann is a partner in the German Finance Group with a focus on investment law, acquisition and corporate finance as well as financial restructurings. She advises sponsors and investors on fund formations, investments in and marketing of funds, as well as on regulatory requirements for specific institutional investors. Kati has also a wide-ranging experience in advising clients on the borrower and lender side regarding national and cross-border financing, refinancing transaction and in...

Christoph Riese is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Energy Law, Public Law and Public Private Partnership. Christoph practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Christoph Riese since 2021. 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 Christoph Riese is held by other lawyers.

Peter Michael Probst is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Public Private Partnership. Peter Michael practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Peter Michael Probst since 2023. 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 Peter Michael Probst is held by other lawyers.

Claudia Gehricke, born 1986 in Berlin, studied law at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder and at the University of Essex, UK. She completed her legal traineeship in Berlin at the Court of Appeal and was already working at ZENK’s Berlin office during her traineeship. Further stages of her legal traineeship took her to the Federal Ministry of Economics and an international business enterprise, among others. Claudia Gehricke has been a lawyer at ZENK since 2015. She is a sal...

Irene Schmid, born in Stuttgart in 1956, studied law in Berlin and Cambridge, England, where she obtained her Master of Laws in 1984. She has been working as a lawyer since 1988 – amongst others in major international law firms – and as a notary since 1996. From 2009 to 2012, she was President of the Berlin Bar Association. Irene Schmid is a partner with ZENK. Today, she focuses on advising national and international clients in all areas of real estate business law. She also assis...

Sebastian Lutz-Bachmann is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Energy Law and Public Law. Sebastian practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Sebastian Lutz-Bachmann since 2026. 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 Sebastian Lutz-Bachmann is held by other lawyers.

Georg von Wallis chairs the firm’s German Tax Group. For more than 25 years, Georg has been advising clients on all tax aspects of finance and corporate transactions, in particular in cross-border situations in the media as well as the real estate sectors. Georg has wide-ranging experience handling tax litigation, VAT and other indirect taxes. He represents national and international financial institutions, major media and entertainment companies, private equity and venture capital fund...