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Jörg Michael Siecke is a lawyer and partner at the Berlin office of Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. He advises on real estate transactions with a focus on commercial real estate, in particular retail and light industrial. He further assists with sale and purchase agreements and legal due diligence cases as well as other aspects of real estate law (commercial tenancy law, neighbor law, broker law). He speaks German and English.

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...

Dr Stefan Lebek is a partner and co-head of real estate at POELLATH in Berlin. He specialises in private real estate law with a focus on advice during real estate transactions (due diligence, asset and share deals, lease agreements, financing agreements, real estate-related corporate law), as well as in providing legal advice in connection with project development, joint ventures and real estate private equity investments. He also renders legal advice on all aspects of real estate-related pub...

Dr Dominik Greinacher is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT's Berlin office and a member of the Corporate / M&A practice group. His area of activity comprises advice on energy law and the energy industry. He particularly advises his clients on public energy law issues, including planning law and the law of expropriation, as well as on emission trading matters. He further advises and represents his clients on energy-related state aid law before the EU institutions. Dr Greinacher also provides leg...

Jesko Stark focuses his practice on restructuring and insolvency matters. He was admitted to the Berlin bar in 2008 and has been regularly appointed as an insolvency administrator and trustee from the courts of Berlin Charlottenburg and Potsdam since 2012. Jesko is admitted as a specialist lawyer for insolvency law (Fachanwalt für Insolvenzrecht) and has ten years of experience in the fields of insolvency and restructuring matters. He advises national and international companies prior to...

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...

Henning Sieber focuses his practice on real estate and corporate law. He regularly advises on real estate acquisitions and sales, including the structuring and financing of real estate transactions, and has broad experience in advising in particular institutional clients on transactions in Germany and abroad. Henning is also experienced in the restructuring of real estate investments, including advising on restructuring and refinancing of distressed investments as well as on real estate inves...

Martin Wirtz works in all fields of intellectual property matters, with a particular emphasis on trade mark, competition, and copyright law, including litigation. A further focus of his work is patent infringement proceedings. His clients include large and medium-sized firms as well as international companies and associations from a wide variety of different areas. Martin Wirtz studied law at the University of Passau, the University of Freiburg, the University of Cologne, and at Queens' Colle...

Frau Dr. Katrin Meschede ist als Counsel in der Praxisgruppe Kartellrecht und Fusionskontrolle tätig. Sie berät und vertritt nationale und internationale Unternehmen in kartellrechtlichen Schadensersatzprozessen, grenzüberschreitenden Zusammenschlussverfahren und Kartellverfahren vor dem Bundeskartellamt und der Europäischen Kommission.

Partner, Dentons, Berlin, 2017 to date Partner, DLA Piper, Hamburg and Berlin, 2012-2017 Partner, Baker McKenzie, Berlin, 2000-2012 Associate, Baker McKenzie, Frankfurt and Toronto, 1996-2000 Freie Universität Berlin, 1996, Dr. iur. Freie Universität Berlin, 1992, Law School Apprenticeship, Deutsche Bank, Berlin