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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...

Dr. Oliver Fleischmann advises clients in various industries, in particular regulated industries, on German and European competition and merger control law, as well as German and international foreign direct investment control law. Dr. Fleischmann has represented clients in numerous merger control proceedings and governmental investigations before the European Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office and the German Ministry of Economic Affairs. He has extensive experience in advising in t...

Benedikt de Bruyn is a partner in the Restructuring and Insolvency Group of GT Restructuring in Germany. He focuses on insolvency administration and advises companies in distressed situations to reorganize their businesses. His many years of experience in corporate and tax law (admitted as specialist lawyer for tax law) allow him to cover both legal and commercial demands of corporate restructuring. Before joining GT Restructuring, Benedikt worked as a lawyer in the restructuring team of an i...

Christoph Wagner is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Competition / Antitrust Law, Corporate Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law, Regulatory Practice, Technology Law and Telecommunications Law. Christoph, 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 Christoph is held by other top lawyers i...

The founding partner of Knauer& Sören Schomburg advises national and international clients in the areas of commercial criminal law and tax criminal law, international criminal law, and extradition law. He has extensive experience in complex, frequently transnational internal investigations and with respect to search and seizure, especially raids involving data confiscation. He defends clients throughout Germany, in Europe and before the European Court of Justice (ECJ), and against IN...

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.

Christoph Enaux chairs the German Telecommunications Sector Group as well as the German Regulatory and Competition Practice Group. Christoph advises on commercial and regulatory aspects of new business models in the TMT sector. In addition, he supports clients from various sectors on merger control, antitrust proceedings, foreign investment and export control law. His wide-ranging experience covers M&A and commercial contracts as well as administrative proceedings and regulatory and comme...

Markus Hutschneider is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Competition / Antitrust Law. Markus, 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 Markus is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Burkard Wollenschläger is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Public Law and Regulatory Practice. Burkard, 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 Burkard is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Stefan Proske is a partner of HEUKING KÜHN LÜER WOJTEK since 2012. Before he worked for various law firms in the areas of insolvency administration and pre-insolvency consultation. Today Stefan Proske provides comprehensive legal advice and representation on all legal aspects of crisis/reorganization/insolvency. Besides representation of creditors he regularly advices companies in reorganization, their directors and investors in distressed situations. Stefan Proske regularly publish...