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Matthias Schudlo is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Private Equity Law. Matthias, 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 Matthias is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dr. Vanessa Wettner focuses on civil and capital market disputes, specifically shareholder class action litigation defense. She represented financial institutions, investment companies and investment funds in various high-profile cases against (classes of) private or institutional investors. Most recently, Dr. Wettner defended an investment company in one of the first cases handled under the revised Model Case Procedure Act (Kapitalanleger-Musterverfahrensgesetz, KapMuG), Germany's investor c...

Dr Jens-Dietrich Mitzlaff specialises in acquisition, company and real estate financing, and in restructuring these types of financing. He specialises in advising domestic and international borrowers, banks, financial service organisations, as well as servicers and private equity investors on national and cross-border financing transactions. Dr Mitzlaff has many years of experience providing legal advice on a broad range of debt instruments, such as secured/unsecured/syndicated loans (includi...

Dr. Emanuel C. Ionescu focuses his practice on advising private equity and corporate clients on complex cross-border M&A transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, public takeovers, joint ventures, and other M&A and corporate matters, including capital markets-related issues. Dr. Ionescu frequently counsels clients on corporate governance-related matters and corporate restructurings. In addition, he has experience working on capital markets transactions and compliance matters ...

Dr Markus Dinnes specialises in the judicial and extrajudicial enforcement of his clients’ interests in complex commercial law disputes before both state courts and courts of arbitration. He has extensive and long-standing experience in litigation and consulting, including in summary proceedings and proceedings before the German Federal Court of Justice and the European Court of Justice. The subject of his proceedings is often post-M&A disputes, corporate disputes, distribution agre...

Heiko Reiter is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employee Benefits Law and Labor and Employment Law. Heiko, who practices law in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Heiko is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dr Annette Bödeker is an experienced lawyer in the field of corporate law, with particular expertise in stock corporation law, group law and corporate restructurings. She regularly advises on M&A transactions, often for investors from the Anglo-American market. In 2009, she was appointed as a notary in Frankfurt am Main and has since provided the full range of notarial services. Annette advises listed companies and international corporations as well as medium-sized enterprises and st...

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

Monika Emilia Richter is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Biotechnology Law and Life Sciences Practice and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Monika Emilia, who practices law in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Monika Emilia is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dr. Christoph Börskens is a lawyer, notary and partner in the Frankfurt office of Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner mbB Rechtsanwälte. He advises on all areas of Real Estate and Corporate law but focuses on his work as notary. Prior to joining Friedrich Graf von Westphalen, he worked at international law firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paul Hastings and Allen & Overy and was a partner in a Frankfurt boutique law firm specialised on notary work. He studied law and...