Lawyers in Germany

Katharina A. Weimer, LL.M. (UNSW)

Katharina A. Weimer, LL.M. (UNSW) is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Munich office and advises on Data Protection Law and Life Sciences. As a data protection expert, she helps her clients to find their way through the German and European legal jungle and to find solutions for their scientific and commercial proposals for data marketing. Her focus on the connection between Life Sciences and Data Protection is related to a plethora of complex questions about the collection and use of sensitive data. National and international companies entrust her with the structure and roll-out of their GDPR projects and engage her as a consultant on e-commerce websites and data flows, on personal data of employees and on the creation of consent forms for clinical trials. She not only helps on the data protection side, but also deals with the underlying commercial contracts and structures on a daily basis. Since every sector has to comply with the regulatory requirements in equal measure, her clients come from all sectors. However, a certain focus - obvious due to her practice - is on Healthcare and IT. From start-ups in the field of social media marketing to established pharmaceutical companies, her services are used as a trusted advisor. For a medical device manufacturer, she acts as European legal counsel on almost all legal issues, including reimbursement strategies as well as health advertising, competition advice and research collaborations. In addition, she supports transactions in the telecommunications sector and assists her clients with their contractual and regulatory matters in Germany. She publishes regularly with PL&B and in numerous other publications: The EU Digital Omnibus Package: Key GDPR reforms, published in Privacy Laws & Business International Report, February 2026 Landmark case on using publicly available data for AI development, first published in Privacy Laws & Business International Report, August 2025 (with Celin Fischer) / Download as PDF Germany’s new commissioner, update on laws, and future focus, first published in Privacy Laws & Business International Report, December 2025 (with Celin Fischer) / Download as PDF Germany debates changes to its federal data protection law, first published in Privacy Laws & Business International Report, August 2024 (with Julia Garbaciok) / Download as PDF

Fieldfisher

Katharina Feddersen

Please see full biography at: http://www.osborneclarke.com/lawyers/feddersen-katharina/

Osborne Clarke GmbH & Co. KG

Katharina Schlett

Katharina Schlett is a Counsel in Fieldfisher's Munich office and a member of the Life Sciences Regulatory team. Her clients include national and international companies. Furthermore, she advises pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers of medical devices in regulatory matters and negotiates and drafts various types of contracts in the field of life sciences.

Fieldfisher

Katharina Spenner

Katharina Spenner is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Munich office and a member of the Firm's Steering Committee of the EMEA International Commercial & Trade Practice Group. She joined the Firm's Frankfurt office in 2000 and transferred to the Munich office in 2004. She was seconded to the Amsterdam office for eight months in 2003. Katharina previously worked as a freelancer in the legal department of Lufthansa Cargo AG from 1997 to 1999. She has written several commentaries on competition and distribution law and regularly delivers presentations and workshops on topics related to distribution and competition law. Katharina advises clients engaged in all industries and services on all issues related to commercial law, in particular, national, European and international distribution law and competition law. She is specialized in assisting clients as regards the set up and implementation of their distribution systems in particular selective distribution systems, and advises in relation to internet sales activities. She also provides advice to companies with respect to general contract law and compliance issues including the performance of compliance trainings and audits.

Baker McKenzie

Katharina Stüber

Dr. Katharina Stüber is a lawyer and holds a degree in business administration. She is a partner in the German Corporate Practice Group in Baker McKenzie's Frankfurt office and advises on stock corporation and capital markets law. The focus of her work is advising listed companies on stock corporation and group law, including corporate governance, as well as capital market law, in particular on publication obligations as a consequence of the stock exchange listing. She is the author of various publications on stock corporation and capital market law, in particular on the statutory quota for women and market abuse law. Katharina has been awarded by Handelsblatt, Gemany's best lawyers, Wirtschaftswoche and Legal 500 with "Name of Next Generation" quoted with, 'Brilliant lawyer, not only in terms of her legal expertise, but also because of her pragmatic approach to proposing solutions. Always "on the ball" with upcoming legislative projects, regardless of the stage the project is at. She is well networked with the associations and institutions and, despite a very heavy workload, has an open ear for issues that need to be resolved at short notice within the company and never gives the impression that the call is a nuisance. It goes without saying that agreed deadlines are kept. Throughout the year it is a great pleasure to work with her.' Katharina regularly gives lectures at the Deutsches Aktieninstitut, Deutscher Investor Relations Verband, Deutsche Börse AG, WM Seminare, University of Augsburg, Bucerius Law School Hamburg, etc. Dr. Katharina Stüber advises listed companies on German and European stock corporation and capital markets law. This includes advising on issues relating to the rights and duties of management and supervisory boards, corporate governance, group law, market abuse and transparency law. She also regularly accompanies critical general meetings and advises in the context of public takeovers. One focus of her work is insider law. Clients include listed companies, in particular in the pharmaceutical, chemical, industrial and financial services sectors.In the attempted public takeover by Hellmann Friedmann and Blackstone of Scout24 AG, Katharina Stüber advised the target company, as well as on the various measures of capital repayment to shareholders of Scout24 AG and its change of legal form into an SE. Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA on the contemplated acquisition of Akorn Inc. listed in the USA.

Baker McKenzie

Katharina Vollmer

Katharina Vollmer advises on all issues concerning public law, in particular environmental and planning law issues. Furthermore, she has expertise in advising projects concerning public building law.

Clifford Chance

Katharina Wodarz

Partner

Raue

Kati Beckmann

Partner/Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig Germany

Katja Giese

Partner

KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht

Katja Häferer

Katja Häferer is a partner with more than 15 years of experience in labor and employment law. She co-heads the German Employment & Compensation practice and is an active member of the Firm's European Labor Law and Global Labor Law practice groups. Recognized as a Stand-out Legal Talent by Acritas in 2021 and listed among Wirtschaftswoche’s most renowned employment law practitioners from 2021 to 2024, Katja’s experience is well-regarded in the legal community. Her international perspective is enriched by her tenure in the Firm’s San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. Katja also co-leads Baker McKenzie's FeMale Leaders Initiative, promoting diversity and leadership opportunities for women in the legal sector and business community. A regular speaker and panel moderator at conferences, she conducts training on a variety of employment topics and frequently publishes in law journals, legal commentaries, and business newspapers. Katja provides strategic and comprehensive employment advice on domestic and multi-jurisdictional projects, including pre- and post-merger corporate restructurings, collective dismissals, negotiations with works councils and unions, cross-border secondments, global equity plans, and gender pay audits. She supports several multinational clients in the management of their global workforce regarding, addressing global working conditions, cross-border personnel deployment, and global HR compliance matters. Katja often leads multi-jurisdictional employment projects. Katja has extensive experience advising companies on employee representation in Societas Europaea (SE) supervisory boards and works councils, as well as European Works Councils (EWCs). She also provides strategic guidance on navigating the complex process of transforming into a Societas Europaea (SE). Katja authored a legal commentary on German SE-legislation “SEBG,” published in “AR - Kommentar, Kommentar zum gesamten Arbeitsrecht” (2021). She is also an experienced litigator in complex employment and SE law matters, including cases before the Federal Labor Court (BAG) and the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Katja's client base ranges from Germany- and EMEA-headquartered clients with global operations to local subsidiaries of multinationals.

Baker McKenzie

Kay N Kasper

Partner

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER

Kemal Ahmedi

Lawyer Senior Assoiciate

Annerton

Kerstin Schaepersmann

Kerstin Schaepersmann specialises in the area of banking and capital markets, with a particular emphasis on regulatory issues and structured finance transactions. She advises on licensing and approval procedures, cross-border banking and investment services as well as the regulation of derivatives and financial market infrastructures. Her experience in respect of German and international structured finance transactions includes advising sponsors, arrangers, lenders, lead managers, issuers and originators on synthetic and cashflow securitisations (including CLOs, CMBS, repackagings and securitisations of trade and lease receivables) and secured loan transactions, as well as the restructuring thereof.

Clifford Chance

Kerstin Schnabel

DLA Piper

Kerstin Wilhelm

Linklaters

Kerstin Wolff

Partner German Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney UPC Representative Ph.D. Molecular Biology and Microbiology

Maiwald GmbH

Kevin Wilcock

European Counsel

Jones Day

Kian Tauser

Kian Tauser is partner focusing his practice on tax advise in the following areas: M&A transactions for strategic investors and private equity houses, reorganisations, restructurings, structured finance, management participations, fully integrated advise on fund structuring, tax audits. Kian is highly experienced in transaction centered advise to groups, financial institutions, investment banks, private equity houses and fund initiators. For further details of Kian's biography, please view McDermott website here.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Kimberley Fischer

Kimberley Fischer is a member of the international trade practice in Baker McKenzie's Berlin office. She joined the Firm in 2022. Kimberley studied law at the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg and the Universidad de Deusto (Spain), specializing in public international law and human rights. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Kimberley completed her legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main, the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin and at an international law firm in Brussels and Frankfurt am Main. She also gained significant experience in public (international) law as a research assistant at the University of Heidelberg and at a reputable law firm. Kimberley focuses on international, European and public law governing international trade compliance and sustainability. She advises clients on internal compliance systems, sanctions and embargo regimes, export control law and foreign investment reviews. She accompanies internal and external investigations and self-disclosures of export control and sanctions breaches. In addition, she assists clients in complying with the rapidly evolving EU and German legal landscape on sustainability, in particular the new directives and regulations under the EU Green Deal and the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act. This includes setting up and improving corporate governance structures and internal compliance programs with regard to environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters.

Baker McKenzie

Kirsten Donner

Local Partner

White & Case LLP

Kirsten Placke

Linklaters

Klaus Berger

LL.M., Partner / Freiburg, Cologne

avocado rechtsanwälte

Klaus Goecke

Of Counsel

Raue

Klaus Haft

Partner

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER