Lawyers in Germany

Jörg Jaecks

Partner

Raue

Jörg Karenfort

Dr. Jörg Karenfort, LL.M. (LSE), is and ESG Specialist and Global Head of the Competition and Antitrust practice group (Berlin/Brussels). He advises clients in European and German competition and regulatory matters. Jörg has comprehensive expertise in dealing with German and European merger control as well as in cartel and abuse of dominance proceedings before European and national competition authorities and courts. He also advises national and international companies and trade associations in connection with ESG issues and regulatory proceedings both at national and EU level. Jörg is an experienced litigator in complex competition cases and an expert for complex settlement matters. His comprehensive sector expertise covers automotive, banking, energy, TMT as well as life sciences. Jörg is a lecturer on EU and German Competition Law at the University of Potsdam and regularly publishes on EU and national competition and regulatory matters. Jörg is CEO and one of the founders of YUVEDO Foundation—an organization that aims to eliminate Parkinson’s disease from the list of incurable diseases by 2032.

Dentons

Jörg Michael Voß

LL.M., Partner Partner / Intellectual property, media and information technology; Commercial, litigation & arbitration

avocado rechtsanwälte

Jörg Risse

Joerg Risse is widely recognized as one of Germany's leading arbitration lawyers. Being double-qualified as an attorney-at-law in Germany and in New York (USA), he represents his clients in international arbitration proceedings under the rules of all major institutions. Joerg Risse is one of Germany's most-in-demand arbitrators; as a result, his clients also benefit from his judiciary "outlook" on a case. Joerg Risse teaches dispute resolution and advocacy skills at the University of Mannheim and at Humboldt-University, Berlin. Joerg Risse focuses on corporate law and post-merger & acquisition disputes, in particular on price adjustment claims, accounting and tax related disputes and reps & warranty claims. His second main area of practice are disputes related to large infrastructure projects such as power plants, airports, offshore wind farms and public transport projects. Most of his clients are companies form the chemical, automotive, medical and mass transport industry. Joerg Risse has special expertise in ADR proceedings where he advises his clients in settlement negotiations, mediation and adjudication proceedings.

Baker McKenzie

Jörg Rodewald

Jörg Rodewald’s services include advising on all issues relating to German limited liability company and partnership law (including representing his clients in court), acquisitions and sales of companies, in particular, distressed M&A situations, mediation services in connection with disputes among shareholders/partners, and handling D&O liability issues (prevention and representation in legal disputes).

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Jörg Siegels

Jörg Siegels advises clients on corporate tax matters. His practice covers tax-related issues, including international and domestic tax planning. He counsels clients on the tax implications of mergers, acquisitions, and group reorganizations, such as spinoffs and outsourcings. He also works with foreign investors on their German-market activities, including permanent establishments, branches, partnership structures, subsidiaries, and joint ventures. Additionally, Jörg advises businesses on tax issues related to employee compensation, and financial instruments and investments. For more information, view Jörg's biography at https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/jsiegels

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Jörg Weber

Dr. Jörg Weber is a finance partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He advises German and international clients in national and cross-border banking and finance law transactions. Jörg’s work particularly focuses on syndicated loans, acquisition finance and financial restructurings.

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Jörn Kowalewski

Jörn Kowalewski is a partner in Willkie’s Restructuring Group, Co-Chair of the German Restructuring Group and Co-Chair of the European Restructuring Group. Jörn is a top-ranked restructuring attorney with long-standing experience advising stakeholders within complex and mostly multijurisdictional and/or cross-border corporate restructurings, both out of court and within insolvency proceedings, as well as handling distressed M&A and debt-to-equity transactions. He is known for his entrepreneurial, pragmatic approach and negotiation skills and regularly advises distressed investors, lenders, and steering committees, as well as debtors, shareholders, and management.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Jörn Manhart

DLA Piper

Jürgen Ehrlichmann

Jürgen is the Head of the Real Estate & Infrastructure team. His wide-ranging experience includes advising real estate and commercial enterprises as well as banking organisations on developing long-term strategies. He is specialised in commercial tenancy law and strategic optimisation of operating and energy costs, and collaborates with companies focused in these areas. With about twenty years' experience, Jürgen is considered by his clients to bring a commercial approach to the table, working with them and the other side to achieve the required result both swiftly and efficiently.

Osborne Clarke GmbH & Co. KG

Jürgen Feldmeier

Managing Partner

Prüfer & Partner

Jürgen Meier

PARTNER, Patentanwalt, European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative Dr. Meier specializes in prosecution proceedings, oppositions, revocation proceedings as well as infringement proceedings relating to biotechnology as well as in pharmaceuticals. He has extensive experience, inter alia, in the prosecution and litigation of antibody technologies, including important drugs like blinatumomab, trastuzumab or rituximab, in the pharmaceutical area, in particular the neurological and metabolic field, including drugs in Alzheimer or in diabetes intervention, in small molecule drugs, like bisphosphonates. He has also experience in the prosecution and litigation of cases relating to fermentation technologies and microbiology, including amino acid production, alcohol fermentation and brewing technologies. Further exemplary post and present cases relate to stem cell technologies and their uses, RNA technologies, including miRNA, siRNA diagnostics and therapeutics, SNP diagnostics and biomarkers, microbiological test assays and antigen diagnostics, including M. tuberculosis, Anthrax, HPV, HCV and HIV tests, biomarkers for personalized medicine and companion diagnostics, treatment and dosage regimens, and transgenics and research tools. Also novel sequencing and gene modification technologies are comprised in his portfolio. Novel technologies handled by Dr. Meier also comprise biophysics, laser- and thermophoresis technologies. Furthermore, he advises national and international clients on employee’s remunerations and employee’s inventions and in portfolio management. He gives presentations and lectures on patentability issues of biotechnology, biocomputing inventions as well as formal and legal aspects of patent law. Dr. Meier has published several articles on IP matters and is a co-author of the book “From Clones to Claims” on the European Patent Office's jurisdiction in the field of biotechnology in comparison to the US and Japanese practice , 6th edition (December 2015) and he also teaches in the "D-course (legal course)" at CEIPI of the Université de Strasbourg, France, at the University of Würzburg, Germany, the Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany as well as at the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI), in Austria.

Vossius & Partner

Kaan Gürer

Linklaters

Kai Bodenstedt

DLA Piper

Kai Rüting

PARTNER, Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-Law), UPC Representative He specializes in national and cross-border patent litigation. Kai has comprehensive litigation experience, in particular in the areas of standard-related patents, electronics, medical technology, chemistry and life sciences. He also has broad experience advising international clients on strategies relating to enforcement of IP rights in Europe. Kai publishes regularly and lectures on current issues of patent and procedural law. He is inter alia co-author of the widely acclaimed "Cepl/Voß, Prozesskommentar zum Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz" (commentary on German procedural law in IP), 3nd edition published in 2022. Kai is recommended in Chambers Global 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 "Germany – Intellectual Property" as "Foreign Expert for USA". Managing IP describes him in Patent Editorial 2018 as "brilliant litigator whose solutions are all very well-considered". According to JUVE, Kai is "technically competent and success-oriented" (Patent Litigation 2018), “highly professional” with “excellent expertise” (Patent Litigation 2019), “well thought-out and structured” (Patent Litigation 2020) as well as “experienced, pragmatic, good” (Patent Litigation 2021/2022). He is also named as being among the world’s leading patent lawyers (Who’s Who Legal: Patents 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), leading figures in the IP field (Who is Who Legal IP 2022) and being among the highest-ranked lawyers (Who is Who Legal: Germany 2024). Who’s Who Legal recommends him also for the categories Life Sciences (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), IP (2021, 2023), Patent Litigation (2022, 2023, 2024) and “Thought Leaders Germany” (2021, 2022). IAM Patent Ranking ranks him in the category “infringement” (2020) and is listed in IAM Strategy 300 (2019, 2020, 2021) as being among “The World’s Leading IP Strategists”. Furthermore, Kai is listed in the IAM Patent 1000 Ranking (category “Individuals – Infringement”) and is quoted as “very thorough and practical in his approach”. Kai has been selected by Best Lawyers in Germany for Intellectual Property Law (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024). Legal 500 recommends him in the sectors Electronics, Medical Devices and Life Sciences.

Vossius & Partner

Kai Terstiege

Partner

Dechert LLP

Kai-Oliver Krüger

Kai-Oliver Krüger is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Frankfurt am Main office and advises on M&A transactions, Joint Ventures, as well as complex group reorganisations and restructurings, such as mergers or other transformation processes. The focus of his M&A advice in national as well as international transactions is on sustainable Real Estate transactions around the topics of ESG (environmental, social, governance), especially in impact investments as defined by Art. 9 of the Disclosure Regulation. In corporate transformations and group reorganisations, he advises in particular on the establishment of European Companies (Societas Europaea), corporate governance and corporate co-determination. He advises national and international funds as well as asset managers. His clients also include domestic and foreign investors, corporate groups and medium-sized companies.

Fieldfisher

Karl von Rumohr

National Partner

Dechert LLP

Karsten Brandt

Partner | Laywer | Certified Specialist Laywer for Intellectual Property Rights Competences: Infringement proceedings in the fields of patents, trademarks and copyright; Unfair competition; Licensing; Due Diligence

LUTZ | ABEL RECHTSANWALTS PARTG MBB

Karsten Köhler

Karsten Köhler advises public-sector companies on matters pertaining to public procurement and contract law in connection with the implementation of complex public procurement projects. He particularly focuses on providing assistance with plant construction projects in the energy industry (e.g. gas turbine and gas engine power plants) and on advising the housing industry on large investments (projects regarding the construction of new buildings, broadband cable projects, public procurement advice).

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Karsten Metzlaff

Karsten Metzlaff is a Partner in Noerr's Commerce & Trade and also Antitrust & Competition Practice Group in Noerr's Berlin office. He specialises in EU and German merger control, cartels, monopolies, state aid, competition compliance. Karsten Metzlaff represents clients before the EU Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office and European and German courts. He has extensive experience in automotive, financial services, retail, food and media regulation.

Noerr

Karsten Müller

Associate

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER

Karsten Raupach

Partner

Ashurst LLP

Karsten Wöckener

Partner

White & Case LLP