Lawyers in Germany

Norbert Hansen

Partner German Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney UPC Representative Chemist

Maiwald GmbH

Norbert Schulte

Dr. Norbert Schulte is a partner in the Corporate Department and Real Estate Group. He advises on all aspects of corporate real estate law, including mergers and acquisitions, cross-border real estate transactions, real estate investment banking, real estate transaction finance, privatisations, real estate outsourcing, joint ventures and project development. For further details of Norbert's biography, please view McDermott website here.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Norbert Wimmer

Partner

White & Case LLP

Norbert Windeln

Partner, Labour Law. Certified Specialist Lawyer for Labour Law

avocado rechtsanwälte

Ofeliia Assa

Ofeliia Assa has gained significant experience advising leading German, Australian, European and U.S. asset managers and credit institutions on tax and regulatory matters with special focus on compliance under the Solvency II regulations, CRR/CRD IV and the German Insurance Supervision Act. She advises clients on the structuring and regulation of foreign investment funds, with particular emphasis on alternative investments, including hedge funds, infrastructure and real estate investment funds, private debt funds, securitisations and alternative UCITS. She is highly experienced in risk exposure optimization and regulatory reporting and compliance, advising global asset managers and financial institutions targeting institutional investors regulated in Europe.

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Olaf Fasshauer

National Partner

Dechert LLP

Olaf Gratzke

Partner | Lawyer | Certified Specialist Lawyer for Banking and Capital Market Law | Lecturer at Berlin School of Economics and Law Competences: Regulatory law, in particular advice to avoid situations in companies that require a licence; Management and administration of real estate from the owner's and investor's perspective; GmbHs or KGs as vehicles for SMEs or real estate; disputes between shareholders or members of owners' associations or WEGs regarding defects in resolutions

LUTZ | ABEL RECHTSANWALTS PARTG MBB

Ole Köster

Ole Köster is an Associate in Fieldfisher’s Berlin office and advises in the area of Corporate law. He advises project developers, investors and energy utility companies on the implementation of national and international energy and infrastructure projects, in particular in the field of renewable energy and grid expansion. A particular focus of his work is providing legal advice on transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors. In this context, he supports our clients with due diligence processes and the drafting of the relevant contracts. In addition, he assists with the assessment and review of energy regulatory matters and the drafting of corresponding agreements.

Fieldfisher

Olena Tokman

Linklaters

Oliver Dreher

Oliver Dreher, LL.M. (King’s College), is a partner in Dentons’ Frankfurt office and Head of the Debt Capital Markets (DCM) practice group in Germany. His main areas of expertise include corporate, bank and sovereign bonds, MTN-, CP- and structured issuance programmes, structured finance products, Schuldschein loans and registered bonds (Namensschuldverschreibungen), derivatives and advising on financial infrastructure, such as the clearing and settlement of financial instruments.

Dentons

Oliver Habighorst

Partner

White & Case LLP

Oliver Kairies

Dr Oliver Kairies specialises in assisting and coordinating complex, competitive tendering procedures, privatisations, and restructuring projects. He also coordinates national and international corporate transactions as well as assisting investors, sponsors, and athletes in issues concerning sports law. At Luther, Dr Kairies leads the Health Care & Life Science sector.

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Oliver Kronat

Oliver Kronat advises on German and international structured finance transactions, portfolio trades and alternative investments. His experience includes the securitisation of trade, consumer, leasing and loan receivables and the structuring of ABCP Conduit Programmes. He also advises on the restructuring of securitisation and other structured finance transactions as well as on securitisations by insolvent companies. He advises insurance companies and funds in tailor-made alternative investments, i.e. in loans, debt and infrastructure funds.

Clifford Chance

Oliver Lieth

Dr. Oliver Lieth leads McDermott’s German banking and finance practice since 2011. His own advisory focus is on real estate finance. His long-standing track record in this area includes high-volume single asset transactions (including the financing of many landmark projects such as Kaufhaus des Westens, Alsterhaus and Elbtower) as well as complex portfolio transactions in senior and mezzanine structures. He and his team are familiar with both, financings according to the LMA standard as well as the VdP standard. Furthermore, Dr. Oliver Lieth has special expertise in corporate credit lines and automotive wholesale finance. In automotive wholesale finance, he advises banks and car manufacturers on cooperation agreements for sales financing in the automotive industry. The geographic scope and industry knowledge in the automotive finance sector covers Europe, South America as well as Asia. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/lieth-oliver/

McDermott Will & Schulte

Oliver Markmann

Partner/Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig Germany

Oliver Rosenberg

Linklaters

Oliver Socher

Dr. Oliver Socher is EMEA Banking & Finance Chair and member of Global Banking & Finance Steering Committee. His practice covers banking and finance and distressed debt matters. Prior to joining the Firm in January 2006, he worked as an associate for a "Magic Circle" law firm in Frankfurt and London. He also worked as an associate for a Wall Street law firm in New York. Dr. Socher studied law at the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, where he also earned his doctor’s degree in law, and at Fordham School of Law in New York. He was admitted to the German bar in 2001. Dr. Socher advises banks and investors in all aspects of banking and financing transactions, including national and international syndicated financing transactions.

Baker McKenzie

Oliver Süme

Oliver Süme is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office and co-head of the international Technology Sector Group, specialising on Technology, Data Protection and IT Law. He has been advising companies on legal issues relating to digitalization, data protection, and IT and technology law for over 25 years. His particular expertise lies in international data protection law, IT and technology contract law, as well as data economy, cybersecurity, and e-commerce law. He supports companies of all sizes - from dynamic tech start-ups to global corporations and public sector institutions - in the legally compliant design and implementation of complex digitization, cloud, and IT infrastructure projects. A central focus of his work is on the legal design of modern data strategies, the establishment of forward-looking data spaces, and the development and implementation of legally compliant solutions in the field of artificial intelligence. With his many years of experience in advising international technology markets and rapidly scaling digital companies, Oliver Süme offers practical and strategic advice, characterized by a deep understanding of technological contexts and the respective legal requirements. He has been following regulatory and legal policy developments in the European internet and technology sector for many years and has served as an expert witness in several hearings of the German Bundestag in the context of legislative processes on data law. Among other things, he advised the German Federal Ministry of Economics on the development of the European cloud and data ecosystem “Gaia-X.”

Fieldfisher

Oliver Vollstädt

Partner

KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht

Onur Küçük

Senior Associate

Baker McKenzie

Patricia Nacimiento

Partner, Frankfurt

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Patrick Daum

German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative, Partner »Every idea starts with a first stroke. Your idea is a valuable asset which needs protection. To best protect your ideas, you need an experienced team of professionals. I am proud to be a lead member of our team, helping you obtain and enforce IP rights.« As a patent attorney, Patrick Daum is involved in patent prosecution as well as opposition proceedings to attack and defend patents in the areas of wireless communications (mobile communications), electrical engineering, aerospace technologies and mechanics. A further aspect of his work focusses on the enforcement of patents in litigation and nullity proceedings before German courts. Furthermore, Patrick Daum regularly prepares infringement and validity assessments for clients. He brings to the table an extensive technical know-how and research experience acquired at various academic institutions and applies this knowledge in the prosecution and enforcement proceedings in the respective areas of technology.

Bardehle Pagenberg

Patrick Halfpap, MLE, LL.M. (Finance)

Dr Patrick Halfpap, MLE, LL.M. (Finance) is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on Corporate, Commercial and Financial Law. He regularly advises German and multinational companies, family offices and financial intermediaries. His focus is particularly on financial and M&A transactions as well as general corporate structural advice. He regularly supports his clients in connection with (financial) regulatory issues and in the context of reorganisations and restructurings. He also has extensive experience in debt and mezzanine financing, in particular asset and project financing as well as acquisition financing. Finally, he regularly provides non-litigation and litigation advice in connection with shareholder disputes and directors' and officers' liability cases as well as post-transaction disputes. Among other things, he advised Sonova on the acquisition of Sennheiser's headphone division, the merger of the charter shipping companies Leonhardt & Blumberg and Buss-Shipping, and the sale of Intercard to Verifone. He is recommended by various professional magazines and platforms, including being listed as a "frequently recommended" lawyer for Corporate Law by JUVE.

Fieldfisher

Patrick Meiisel

Patrick Meiisel is a partner and heads Willkie's German tax practice. Patrick focuses on providing tax advice for corporate clients, private equity funds and financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions, corporate tax matters, reorganizations, domestic and international tax planning, double tax treaty matters and EU law. He also counsels clients on capital markets and debt finance transactions. Patrick's writings are regularly published in various tax law publications and he is a frequent speaker at seminars and universities. He holds the position of a teacher (Lehrbeauftragter) for tax law at the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP