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Tom Erdt is a lawyer and partner at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner as well as a certified specialist in administrative law. He joined FGvW in 2013 from the long-established Frankfurt law firm Pilger and heads the consultancy in the Rhine-Main-Neckar economic region from Frankfurt. Tom Erdt specialises in national and cross-border real estate transactions. A further focus of his consulting practice is in the area of fraud and compliance. He is particularly well networked in the Fr...

Kay-Uwe Neumann specializes in representing and advising foreign and domestic companies, particularly listed German stock corporations, in corporate and commercial law matters and on group law. He advises clients on public takeovers and subsequent structural and integration measures under stock corporation law, including the implementation of (merger law) squeeze-out procedures, the conclusion of control and profit transfer procedures and restructuring. This advice also includes litigation re...

Dr. Ulrich Ziegler is a certified lawyer focusing on labour law with more than 25 years of experience in the field. He provides advice to both German and foreign companies in individual as well as collective labour law issues and in labour law disputes with employees and employee representatives. Dr. Ziegler has significant experience with the employment-related aspects of M&A and cross-border transactions, and restructuring measures, such as site closures and plant relocations, including...

Aline Fritz’s mandates include public procurement law as well as European state aid law and subsidy law. She advises the public sector and subsidy recipients on the implementation of procurement procedures, as well as bidders in all phases of the procedure. Fritz has extensive experience in representing clients before various public procurement chambers and public procurement tribunals in the higher regional courts. She regularly holds lectures and training courses on public procurement...

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Partner Attorney-at-Law and Certified Tax Advisor

Laura Antonina Stammwitz is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Competition / Antitrust Law. Laura Antonina, who practices law in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Laura Antonina is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Klaus Nieding born on 25 June 1964 in Rheinbach / North Rhine-Westphalia admitted to the bar in 1993 Fields of law - Banking law, Stock Exchange Law, Investment Law, Capital market Law - Banking Supervision Law - Stock Corporation Law and Company Law Specializations (selection) Representation of the interests of private investors aggrieved by insolvencies As the common representative of bondholders in high-profile insolvencies, such as those of: - Solar Millennium AG valued at EUR 170 million...

Daniel André Pauly is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Technology Law. Daniel André, who practices law in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Daniel André is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Werner Bachmann is a lawyer with extensive legal and technical expertise in the field of information technology, currently focusing on cyber security and artificial intelligence. In 26 years of legal practice, he has played a leading role in countless projects accompanying the digital transformation of economic sectors ranging from telecommunications to financial services, industrial manufacturing, and healthcare. His expertise includes software technology—its development, licensing, an...