Stefan Kobes

Born in Munich in 1965, Dr. Markus Kelber studied law and worked as a research assistant at the University of Regensburg in 1987 after completing his apprenticeship as a carpenter. Dr. Kelber has been active as a lawyer in Berlin since 1996, working first for an employers’ association and then for the medium-sized local law firm Danckert Böx Meier. In 1998, he obtained his doctorate in constitutional law with Prof. Dr. Udo Steiner in Regensburg, with a thesis on the subject of &ldq...

Uwe Bärenz is a partner at POELLATH in Berlin. He focuses on private investment funds, GP and investors advice. He is predominantly engaged in private equity funds, including cross-border work, mainly Luxembourg, tax and regulatory issues, filings, terms and conditions, private and public placements, investors' needs (pension funds, insurance companies, investment funds, fund of funds, private clients), complex secondary transactions. He is one of the most experienced advisors for the es...

Laura Zentner focuses her practice on the media and the technology sectors with an emphasis on copyright and entertainment law. Laura also advises national and international clients on large-scale outsourcing transactions, digitisation projects, cloud computing, software licensing as well as digital media. Her experience also includes the areas of development, production, funding, financing and distribution of films, TV programs and other audio-visual content. She advises on the structuring o...

Sebastian Engels advises clients in all aspects of trade mark, copyright, and unfair competition law. He works with German and international clients to develop IP strategies both in Germany and abroad. As a special focus of his expertise he is advising and representing E-Commerce and IT-providers amongst others with regard to consumer protection regulations, transactional matters, data protection law, and domain name law. Sebastian Engels studied law at the University of Constance (Germany) a...

Joachim Voigt-Salus is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Restructuring and Insolvency Law. Joachim, who practices law in Berlin, Germany, has been recognized since 2017. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Joachim is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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...

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

Martin Dobias advises clients on virtually all aspects of real estate transactions, in both asset and share deals, including complex portfolio transactions. He also has experience in the negotiation of commercial lease agreements. Prior to Greenberg Traurig, Martin worked at Olswang in Berlin.

Markus Appel is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Environmental Law, Public Finance Law and Public Law. Markus, who practices law in Berlin, Germany, has been recognized since 2014. 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.

Dirk Besse is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law and Venture Capital Law. Dirk, 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 Dirk is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.