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Friedrich A. Wagner is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Arbitration and Mediation and Litigation. Friedrich A., who practices law in Munich, Germany, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Friedrich A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Philipp von Braunschweig is a partner at POELLATH in Munich. For over 25 years, he acts as a trusted advisor to well-known entrepreneurial families, management teams and, in particular, private equity funds on transactional M&A, venture capital with a focus on leveraged buy-outs and private equity, including management equity programs. He is consistently ranked among the leading lawyers for his private equity and M&A practice. Philipp is a member of the German-American Lawyers' Associ...

Rainer Schaaf, LL.M., partner, is an expert for insolvency law specialized in legal support of distressed M&A deals. He has also special expertise in asserting and defending insolvency claims as well as supporting restructuring procedures. In addition, he has extensive experience in banking and finance law as well as in commercial law. He is a member of the steering committee of the work group Reorganisation, Restructuring and Insolvency of the Juristische Gesellschaft Mittelfranken zu N&...

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

Ralf Heimann is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Tax Practice. Ralf, who practices law in Munich, Germany, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ralf is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Prof Dr Frank Stellmann offers national and international companies advice on the topics of asset and share deals transactions, property and asset management, support for institutional investors, family offices and project developers. He has decades of experience providing advice for transactions under real estate law as well, as offering support to project developers, from securing building rights to end marketing. He also has extensive knowledge regarding a number of special-purpose propert...

Rainer Viktor has been active in Intellectual Property Law and Technology Law since beginning his training at VOSSIUS & PARTNER in Munich in 1995. He was admitted as a German Patent Attorney (Patentanwalt) and European Trademark Attorney in 1998 and as a European Patent Attorney in 1999. In 2000, he became a partner at Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB. Based in Munich, Mr. Viktor advises companies, research institutions, and start-ups on intellectual propert...

Born in 1972, Law School University of Munich (first state examination 1998). Additional studies of business administration at the University Hagen. Doctorate in 2006, certified specialist lawyer for labour law since 2006, certified specialist lawyer for Corporate and Commercial Law since 2021.

Dr Matthias Bruse is a founding partner of POELLATH (formerly P+P Pöllath + Partners). He has practiced corporate law since 1984 and has decades of expertise in transactions with a focus on private equity investments and family-owned businesses. In addition, he is also highly regarded for his corporate law advice, often with regard to succession issues. Matthias is also active as arbitrator, in particular with respect to post-M&A disputes. He is frequently ranked as one of the preemi...

Thomas G.-E. Müller is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law. Thomas G.-E., who practices law in Munich, Germany, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Thomas G.-E. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.