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

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

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

Dr. Andreas Richter, LL.M. , is a partner and a former member of the management board at POELLATH. He has outstanding experience in business and wealth succession, estate planning, legal and tax structuring of private wealth and family offices, corporate governance for family-owned businesses, expatriation taxation and charities, as well as in trust and foundation law. More than twenty years ago, Andreas was the first lawyer at POELLATH to specialize exclusively in tax, legal and strategic ad...

Amos Veith is a partner of POELLATH's private funds practice in Berlin. He has practised tax and corporate law since 2000 and assisted clients in structuring and reviewing several hundred venture capital and private equity funds and similar alternative investments. He provides fiscal and legal advice to domestic and foreign institutional and private investors and initiators in the foregoing fields of closed-end funds. His clients include many well-known international banks, insurance companie...

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

Dr. Jens Steinmüller is a partner in the private funds team at POELLATH in Berlin and has many years of experience in advising institutional investors and fund managers. He offers comprehensive civil, regulatory and tax law advice in connection with investment funds, as well as advice on tailor-made investment solutions and supervision of fund investments. His focus is on the special regulatory and tax requirements of individual investor groups (insurance companies, pension funds, pensio...

Christoph Riese is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Energy Law, Public Law and Public Private Partnership. Christoph, who practices law in Berlin, Germany, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Christoph is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Victoria Johnson is a specialist lawyer for information technology law, TÜV-certified data protection officer and auditor, and certified whistleblowing officer based in Berlin. While completing a part-time doctorate in commercial law focused on fundamental rights, she advises public and private sector clients—from start-ups to international corporations—on all aspects of digitisation, IT law, and data protection. Her expertise includes contract drafting, data protection manag...

Dr. Wolf H. von Bernuth, a partner in Hausfeld's Berlin office, specializes in national and international litigation and arbitration. His litigation experience includes banking, financial and capital markets disputes, model proceedings under KapMuG, corporate and post-M&A disputes, joint venture disputes, directors' and officers' liability as well as disputes arising from complex contracts, e.g. in the automotive and energy industries. He was an expert for the legal committee of the Germa...