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Katrin Meschede is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Competition / Antitrust Law and Litigation. Katrin, who practices law in Berlin, Germany, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Katrin is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Prof Dr Thomas Höppner is a partner with Geradin Partners. Before joining Geradin Partners in 2025, Thomas was a partner at Hausfeld for ten years. With over 20 years of experience, Thomas has advised clients on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious antitrust and regulatory matters. He has assisted clients on numerous high-stake investigations, including some of the most complex cases in the tech, media and network industries. Thomas is also a trusted litigator on matters of E...

Wencke Bäsler advises real estate companies on all aspects of real estate transactions, including asset deals, share deals and the management of real estate properties. She also advises on corporate investments and participations, in particular joint ventures. Wencke has broad experience in advising national and international real estate investors, and has wide-ranging experience in handling the sale and acquisition of real estate portfolios, including structuring and financing. Another ...

Born in Aachen in 1965, Dr. Oliver Nowoczyn studied law in Constance, Geneva (Switzerland) and Freiburg/Breisgau. After completing his legal clerkship in Berlin and Boston, USA, he received his doctorate in European law in Freiburg in 1995. His thesis was on the subject of “Educational policy competencies of the EU after Maastricht”. Dr. Oliver Nowoczyn has been a lawyer at ZENK since 1995 and a notary since 2007.

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

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

Claudia Hard is a partner and heads the Finance & Banking Group in Germany. She focuses her practice on real estate, project and corporate finance. Claudia has many years of experience in the field of acquisition and refinancing as well as restructuring in the real estate sector. In addition, she has deep experience in the area of Pfandbrief financing, both in Germany and in cross-border financing within Europe and the USA. Her clients include leading domestic and foreign banks, debt fund...

Toralf Baumann is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT's Berlin office and member of the Corporate / M&A practice group. His area of expertise comprises energy and procurement law. He advises his national and international clients from the energy industry and other industrial sectors particularly on energy law issues, including the law on concession agreements and levies, renewable energy law and legal issues surrounding heat supply. Moreover, he is an experienced litigator.

Christiane Huismans, born in 1966 in Telgte (Westphalia), studied law in Münster following her banking apprenticeship in Bremen and has been working as a lawyer since 1996. Since 2017, she has been offering support in conflict situations as a mediator. Christiane Huismans is a partner at ZENK.* Due to her many years of experience as a lawyer in insolvency administrator law firms, on the side of intensive support of the credit industry as well as in large international law firms, Christia...

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...