Thomas Mestwerdt

Born in Duisburg in 1974, Dr. Kostja von Keitz studied law in Düsseldorf. He received his doctorate in European nature conservation and national administrative procedural law in 2005, with a thesis on the subject of “The Legal Protection of Private Individuals against Special Areas of Conservation”. He began his career as a lawyer in 2005, working initially for a major international law firm. He became a specialist in administrative law 2008 and joined ZENK in 2009. He has be...

Sascha Feies is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Restructuring and Insolvency Law. Sascha, 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 Sascha is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Georg von Wallis chairs the firm’s German Tax Group. For more than 25 years, Georg has been advising clients on all tax aspects of finance and corporate transactions, in particular in cross-border situations in the media as well as the real estate sectors. Georg has wide-ranging experience handling tax litigation, VAT and other indirect taxes. He represents national and international financial institutions, major media and entertainment companies, private equity and venture capital fund...

Lawyer, Accredited Specialist in Employment Partner

Kati Beckmann is a partner in the German Finance Group with a focus on investment law, acquisition and corporate finance as well as financial restructurings. She advises sponsors and investors on fund formations, investments in and marketing of funds, as well as on regulatory requirements for specific institutional investors. Kati has also a wide-ranging experience in advising clients on the borrower and lender side regarding national and cross-border financing, refinancing transaction and in...

Oliver Markmann is as a Shareholder within the German Private Equity/M&A team, where he focuses on representing a diverse range of private equity and growth equity clients in various private M&A transactions. His work spans buyouts, minority investments, co-investments, equity rollovers, and joint venture structuring, primarily concentrating on the technology, business services, and healthcare & life sciences sectors. Besides his professional commitments, Oliver values the opportu...

Guido Brucker is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT's Berlin office and member of the Corporate / M&A practice group. He advises national and international clients on all issues under energy and regulatory law, energy trade law and renewable energy law. He assists clients with regulatory administrative proceedings and is an experienced litigator.

Jörg Meissner is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law and Venture Capital Law. Jörg, who practices law in Berlin, Germany, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jörg is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jens-Uwe Hinder is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law and Tax Law. Jens-Uwe, 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 Jens-Uwe is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Studies in mechanical engineering and process engineering at the RWTH Aachen and the Imperial College London (until 1991) Doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) at the ETH Zürich, Laboratory for Technical Chemistry (1991-95) Consultant (1991-95) in the area of process simulation und dynamics Patent attorney (since 1999), partner at Maikowski & Ninnemann (since 2000) LL.M. (European Intellectual Property Law) at the Kurt-Haertel Institute, Fernuni Hagen Since 2002 lecturer und since 2009 honorary...