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Prof Dr Thomas Höppner is a partner with Geradin Partners. Before joining Geradin Partners in 2025, Thomas was a partner at Hausfeld for ten years. With over 20 years of experience, Thomas has advised clients on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious antitrust and regulatory matters. He has assisted clients on numerous high-stake investigations, including some of the most complex cases in the tech, media and network industries. Thomas is also a trusted litigator on matters of E...

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Niclas Hellermann is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Automotive Law, Energy Law, Environmental Law and Public Law. Niclas practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Niclas Hellermann since 2021. 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 Niclas Hellermann 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 ...

Peter Michael Probst is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Public Private Partnership. Peter Michael practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Peter Michael Probst since 2023. 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 Peter Michael Probst is held by other lawyers.

Natalie Hsiao is Local Partner in the Corporate/M&A team and focuses her practice on complex corporate transactions of all kinds, including acquisition and sale processes, joint ventures and restructurings. Natalie has broad experience in the field of M&A transactions for national and international clients with a focus on the real estate, infrastructure and the media, technology and telecoms sectors. In addition, she advises on all aspects of venture capital investments. Natalie repre...

Carsten Kociok is a partner in the Technology, Financial Services and Data Privacy Practice in Berlin and Co-Head of Greenberg Traurig’s global Fintech Group. He advises national and international clients across all industries, including financial services, information technology, artificial intelligence, ecommerce, media, health care, telecoms, retail and real estate, on a wide variety of complex commercial and regulatory matters. Carsten is a leading technology lawyer, ranked consiste...

Thomas Schulz is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate Law, Energy Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Thomas practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Thomas Schulz since 2020. 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 Thomas Schulz is held by other lawyers.

Markus Hutschneider is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Competition / Antitrust Law. Markus practices law in Berlin, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Markus Hutschneider 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 Markus Hutschneider is held by other lawyers.

Born in Dortmund in 1975, Dr. Anu Elina Birkefeld studied law from 1994-1999 at the University of Bielefeld and the Ruhr-University Bochum. She completed her legal clerkship at the District Court of Dortmund between 1999 and 2001 and has been working as a lawyer ever since. Dr. Birkefeld has been with ZENK since 2003. Furthermore she obtained her doctorate in employment and sports law at the University of Bielefeld in 2004, with a thesis on “The Employment Relationship of the Football C...