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Olga Braeuer is a counsel in the Litigation/Controversy Department, and a member of the International Arbitration Practice Group. She joined the firm in 2010 and focuses on international arbitration and dispute resolution. Ms. Braeuer focuses on international arbitration and dispute resolution. She has represented clients in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes governed by a broad variety of substantive and procedural laws, of both civil and common law jurisdictions. She has acted as counsel...

Claudio Kühn is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Venture Capital Law. Claudio practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Claudio Kühn since 2022. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Claudio Kühn is held by other lawyers.

Anika Mitzkait is a partner in the finance department. She focuses her practice on national and international financings for real estate transactions of all asset classes. Her practice covers a wide range of finance-related matters of real estate investments, starting from development financings via acquisition financings through to restructurings, and also includes any refinancings of the lenders, whether by syndication, securitization or loan sales. Anika advises national and international ...

Tanja Galander is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Corporate Law. Tanja practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Tanja Galander since 2026. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Tanja Galander is held by other lawyers.

Born in Göttingen in 1966, Dr. Martin Düwel studied law and history in Regensburg, in Aberdeen, UK and at the Free University of Berlin. From 1994 to 1998, he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for State Studies, Constitutional and Administrative Law. He has been active as a lawyer in Berlin since 1996. In 1999, he received his doctorate in constitutional law on the subject of of “Oversight Powers of the Federal Constitutional Court in Constitutional Complaints ag...

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...

Dorothee v. Einem is a Local Partner in the Practice Group Labor & Employment in Germany and co-chairs the fully integrated special unit “GT Labor Lab” together with Thilo Ullrich. She advises national and international enterprises on all labor and employment law related matters. A strong focus of Dorothee's practice is advising on and implementing operational changes and restructurings, TUPE and post-merger integrations, including communication and negotiation with the works ...

Lucas focuses on competition/antitrust, foreign trade, and regulatory law. He advises companies, particularly in technology-driven sectors, on structuring and executing joint ventures, cross-border mergers, infrastructure partnerships, and restructurings, with a strong emphasis on regulatory compliance and competition law. Additionally, he assists clients with foreign direct investment (FDI) control in cross-border transactions as well as in matters of sanctions and export control law. Anothe...

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...

Gunnar Baumgärtel is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Intellectual Property Law. Gunnar practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Gunnar Baumgärtel since 2014. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Gunnar Baumgärtel is held by other lawyers.