Osborne Clarke — Germany

Alexander Dlouhy

Alexander is a Partner in the Cologne office and heads the Energy & Utilities group in the German offices of Osborne Clarke. He advises national and international companies and investors on M&A transactions, restructurings and joint ventures with a special focus on the energy sector. He also advises power and gas sector companies on power-plant, infrastructure and storage projects, both in the area of conventional power production and renewable energies. Alexander also advises on regulatory aspects and energy supply agreements. · Energy & Utilities

Alexander Kirschstein

Alexander acts for national and international companies in all types of commercial disputes in both litigation and arbitration.He deals mainly in cases with an international or cross-border dimension. He also advises on all real estate related aspects of corporate and property transactions, particularly in renewable energy projects. · Commercial Litigation

Andrea Schmoll

Dr. Andrea Schmoll is a partner in our IP team. She advises national and international clients on all matters of intellectual property law with a particular focus on the commercialisation of IP rights. Andrea has longstanding experience in advising and representing national and international clients on technology transfer, in particular as regards the in- and out-licensing of IP Rights as well as research and development collaborations and antitrust issues. Among her further areas of expertise are trademark and unfair competition law. A special focus of her activity is the field of employee invention law. She has extensive experience with the IP-aspects of M&A transactions. · Intellectual Property

Anke Freckmann

Anke is a Partner in the Cologne office of Osborne Clarke, advising high-profile domestic and foreign companies in all areas of employment law, and also acting for major players. She has wide experience in restructuring, the consequences of transfer of businesses (TUPE), litigation against unfair dismissal, modification of employment contracts, works councils agreements and collective bargaining agreements, leading negotiations with works councils and trade unions. · Employment Law

Annabel Lehnen

Annabel is experienced in individual and collective employment law, ranging from initial advice through to trial stages. She provides advice to a variety of professional groups and individuals, creating employment contracts, in relation to protection from unfair dismissal, collective dismissal, TUPE issues, as well as works closures and negotiation with members of works councils. Additionally, she advises on takeovers and a variety of wage-related issues. As a German Rechtsanwältin, who has also studied Spanish law extensively, she is perfectly suited to advise companies undertaking cross-jurisdictional work, as well as on domestic matters. She is the author of many employment law articles, which have been published in various magazines and newspapers. Further to this, Annabel works closely with a number of TV and press journalists, aiding them with their programme content relating to employment issues. · Employment and Benefits

Björn Hürten

Björn advises medium to large enterprises on corporate law issues.He also has in-depth experience in transactions, financings and restructurings, as well as corporate, M&A and litigation, and advises both financial and strategic investors. Björn spent six years working in the corporate department of a leading German law firm in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt am Main. He also worked in the legal department of a German DAX listed group. · Corporate Law

Carsten Dau

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Carsten Schneider

Carsten specialises in contentious and non-contentious cross-border work in both corporate and commercial matters. He provides advice to numerous international clients on large M&A deals, helping them to establish subsidiary businesses in Germany, as well as on day-to-day corporate and commercial work. · M&A

Christoph Torwegge

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Daniel Stein

Daniel is part of the firm's commercial group. His work includes providing advice on a wide range of aspects of German and European competition and trade law. Specialising in matters of distribution law, Daniel drafts and negotiates commercial agreements, advises clients in their international business relations and represents them in contentious proceedings. He also has extensive experience of advising on competition (antitrust) issues arising out of contractual and unilateral business practices. His clients include a variety of major and mid-sized corporations in Germany and abroad. · Competition And Antitrust

David Plitt

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Flemming Moos

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Gereon Abendroth

Gereon is a Partner in the Osborne Clarke Technology Team and advises clients in the energy and utilities sector on commercial and civil law issues. He provides legal consulting in the area of renewables and energy innovation technology. He supports renewable energy projects in Germany and abroad and takes on the legal project management for clients. Gereon has special expertise in drafting procurement and supply agreements as well as EPC and operation and maintenance contracts in the renewable energy sector. His clients include investors, component manufacturers, and EPC providers. · Renewable Energy

Hendrik Schöttle

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Jens Kleinert

Jens practises as a lawyer and a certified tax lawyer, advising clients on all issues dealing with national and international tax law, in particular on the development of tax-optimised structures and the implementation thereof. This also comprises the development and application of capital market products, especially by using investment funds. He has broad experience in advising on complex restructurings and cross-border transactions. His focus is particularly on business succession and estate planning, as well as tax opinions. His clients are national and international enterprises, banks in particular, and high net worth individuals. · Tax Law

Joachim Breithaupt

Joachim specialises in mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and succession, and advises on venture capital deals and management buyouts. He also has wide experience of cross-border tax issues and the development of closed-end funds. In addition, he assists in developing tax-optimised structures for SMEs and entrepreneurs. As legal adviser of the Association of Mercedes-Benz car dealers in Germany, Joachim has very broad knowledge of the automotive sector. Together with members of the commercial team in Cologne, he advises several car dealers and dealer associations on the new block exemption for the distribution and servicing of motor vehicles in the European Union. He also advises on mergers and the restructuring of car dealers and car dealer groups. · Mergers and Acquisitions

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. · Real Estate

Katharina Feddersen

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Konstantin Ewald

Konstantin Ewald is a Partner and Head of Digital Business at Osborne Clarke, Germany. He advises leaders in the digital media and software industry throughout Europe and the US on all matters of digital media and IT law as well as IP/technology-related transactions. Konstantin's practice focuses on advising on technology related matters with a particular emphasis on SaaS and PaaS cloud deployment models, complex software implementation and licensing projects, distribution agreements and white labelling strategies that safeguard IP. He is a specialist in E- and M-commerce law, as well as data protection issues. A large part of his practice is working with clients in the digital media/video game/mobile sector. Konstantin regularly acts for major computer and mobile games developers and publishers as well as other rights owners who are licensing rights for use in interactive software products. He regularly counsels clients during the product development phase, providing advice about how to design games/apps and other digital media products to avoid claims for infringement and to comply with privacy and youth protection regulations. · Digital Business

Marcus Sacré

Marcus is an adviser and litigator, specialising in intellectual property and competition. He has wide-ranging experience in media and advertising, as well as patent and trade-mark litigation, including injunctive proceedings. Based on his thorough technical knowledge, he acts for domestic and international organisations in major product liability cases, including litigation. Marcus represents the association of German automotive spare part dealers (GVA) as its general legal counsel. This includes lobbying on national and European competition legislation issues. · Intellectual Property

Martin Soppe

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Martin Sundermann

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Matthias Elser

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Nicolas Gabrysch

Nicolas's primary focus is on venture capital and private equity transactions, as well as cross-border M&A transactions. He also advises on other corporate matters, such as start-ups, establishing German subsidiaries for international clients, public take-overs and stock option schemes. He has advised on numerous venture capital and business angel financing for both venture capital funds and companies seeking capital. · Venture Capital

Philip Meichssner

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Ralf W. Schlößer

Ralf is Head of Tax and also a member of the corporate team in Germany. He has advised on a large number of acquisitions, including the restructuring of companies on a national and international level. He is legal counsel for a large number of companies, in particular mid-sized enterprises with headquarters both in Germany and overseas, which he advises on corporate and tax issues. Additionally, he has broad experience in criminal tax law, capital gains in particular. He has more than ten years' experience in the automotive sector, in particular with car dealers and their relationships with manufacturers and importers. Ralf has been legal adviser of the Association of Mercedes-Benz car dealers (VVMB) for many years. His deep understanding of the automotive sector, together with his broad experience in tax and corporate law, has made him the adviser on a large number of M&A deals, as well as on the restructuring of companies in this sector. · Tax

Rudolf-Matthias Hübner

Rudolf-Matthias is the head of the corporate department in Cologne. He has advised on a large number of acquisitions and venture capital transactions, including the restructuring of companies on a national and international level.He has also acted for numerous companies, venture capital investors and shareholders as legal counsel, and specialises in advising on solutions for succession problems in family-owned enterprises. · Corporate

Rüdiger Bonnmann

Rüdiger specialises in advising project developers, investors, insurance companies and retail firms, as well as advising the building and construction industry on private and public building and real estate law. He also focuses on project transactions, including due diligence and process guidance in civil proceedings and litigation. He advised accountancy firm Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft in property law for more than ten years, particularly in finding business locations. · Real Estate

Stefan Rizor

Stefan has advised on a large number of major domestic and cross-border acquisitions and transactions. He advises numerous companies on the establishment of their businesses and the handling of their national and international trade. He is also a litigator in court as well as arbitration proceedings. He worked as a legal counsel for major real estate and property development companies on the realisation of large business parks and real estate projects. · Mergers and Acquisitions

Tanja Aschenbeck-Florange

As a Partner in the banking and capital markets team, Tanja advises national and international companies on banking matters and capital markets. Her main focus is on corporate finance, real estate finance, structuring funds and regulatory matters, including payment processing. She has acted for numerous US and UK companies and investors on cross-border transactions, and regularly advises German companies on capital market, corporate and banking law. · Banking & Finance

Thomas Schnabel

Thomas is a Partner in our property team in Cologne. He advises clients on their real estate transactions, asset deals and portfolio transactions, as well as corporate transactions pertaining to property rights. He specialises in contract review and contract design across commercial tenancy law, and represents his clients in all matters relating to real estate law in court proceedings. His clients include project developers, retail companies and investment companies. He provides his clients with specialist knowledge, particularly on renewable energy, fund development, the purchases and sales of wind and solar parks, and major national and international retail companies. · Real Estate And Infrastructure

Tim Reinhard

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Timo Karsten

As a member of the Employment department Timo provides legal guidance to national and international companies on collective and individual employment and labour law issues. One of his main focuses is formulating strategies and implementing company reorganisations and restructurings, including the protection of companies' interests in the field of shops' committees and social partnerships. He has particular expertise in designing and negotiating collective agreements, a topic he dealt with in greater detail in his doctoral thesis in regard to wage agreements governed by the law of obligation and non-exempt social partnership agreements. He also has sound experience in international trade law. Due to his good business connections in Northern Europe - Finnish is his second mother language - Timo advises clients from Finland and Scandinavia on their business activities in Germany and on cross-border legal issues. · Employment Law

Ulrich Bäumer

Ulrich Bäumer is a partner in the technology group of Osborne Clarke in Cologne. He advises the clients of the firm mainly in the area information technology and (offshore) outsourcing. He drafts and negotiates complex international IT project (especially offshore outsourcing) contracts and assists the technology clients of the firm in M&A transactions. He also advises in all other aspects of technology, data protection and licensing law. He advised many German and international companies on data centre and R&D centre outsourcings - onshore, nearshore and offshore. Ulrich Bäumer has successfully worked on and finalised 180 + global outsourcing projects in the last 15 years. Clients of the firm recommend him as a lawyer who “gets the deal done”. · Information Technology

Uwe Brosette

Uwe is the head of the German Commercial team. He specialises in developing and improving complex distribution systems. Uwe advises clients from the retail and automotive sector on all aspects of commercial law, especially on trade and competition (antitrust) issues. Among other matters he negotiates dealer and service agreements with manufacturers on behalf of large car dealer associations and advises Tupperware Germany and US-American guitar manufacturer Taylor Guitars on the development of their distribution systems. · Commercial Law