Stefan Süss

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

Matthias Heilmeier is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Asset Finance Law and Restructuring and Insolvency Law. Matthias, who practices law in Munich, Germany, has been recognized since 2025. 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.

Christian W. Appelt is focused on personal counseling of SMEs in Germany and Europe in all aspects of Intellectual Property, especially Patents and Utility Models, and on representing and advising large, internationally active companies, especially from Japan, China, and the US. His technical concentration is on physics, mechanical engineering, electronics, and computer technology (ICT). Besides drafting and prosecuting patent applications, Christian W. Appelt especially concentrates on repre...

The founding partner Professor Dr. Christoph Knauer is responsible for the areas of corporate criminal law, commercial criminal law, tax criminal law, and medical criminal law, as well as criminal appeals and constitutional complaints. He has many years of experience in all areas of criminal law and criminal procedure law; his litigation experience in particular also covers proceedings before the German Federal Court of Justice and the German Federal Constitutional Court. Prof. Dr. Knauer adv...

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

Since 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Spatscheck & Partner, partner 2015 – 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, partner 2007 – 2014: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, salary partner 2003 – 2006: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, lawyer 1999 – 2001: University of Greifswald, research assistant

Dr. Jürgen Meier is a partner at Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB in Munich, where his practice focuses on Intellectual Property Law , particularly in biotechnology and pharmaceutical technologies. He studied biology and biochemistry at the universities of Freiburg im Breisgau, Sussex (England), and Dundee (Scotland). Following the completion of his Ph.D. at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Dr. Meier conducted research for sev...

Dr. Tobias Schönhaar is one of Germany's leading lawyers in venture capital, private equity, and M&A. Based in Munich, he advises national and international clients, from early-stage founders and business angels to established PE and VC funds and strategic investors, across every stage of the company lifecycle. His practice covers the full range of growth and transaction work: financing rounds, deal structuring, mezzanine and venture debt instruments, employee participation programs,...

Anna Bens is a lawyer who specialises in providing project-based legal advice and acting as litigator in all areas of private construction law, architecture and engineering law as well as project monitoring and property development law. She advises, represents and helps clients to manage common problems arising from the drafting of contracts, follow-up management, acceptance procedures, liability for defects and fees.

Since 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Spatscheck & Partner, partner 2012 – 2018: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, partner 2009 – 2011: Kantenwein • Zimmermann • Fox • Kröck & Partner, salary partner 2008 – 2009: Syndicus / Head of transaction management at Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (previously: Hypo Real Estate Bank AG) 2006 – 2007: International bank and finance holding (Hypo Real Estate Ho...