Hengeler Mueller announces eleven new partners and seven new counsel

Hengeler Mueller is delighted to announce that Sebastian Adam (Tax, Frankfurt), Ingo Berner (M&A, Berlin), Sebastian Dworschak (Antitrust, Düsseldorf), Jan Häller (M&A, Frankfurt), Theresa Lauterbach (Corporate, Munich), Arvid Morawe (Restructuring, Berlin), Marika Öry (M&A, Frankfurt), Matthias Rothkopf (Intellectual Property, Dusseldorf), Tobias Schneiders (M&A, Düsseldorf), Tobias Schubert (TMT, Berlin) and Christian Strothotte (Corporate, Düsseldorf) have been promoted to partners with effect from 1 January 2025.

At the same time, Johannes Ahlswede (Corporate, Munich), Tobias Chowdhury (Finance, Frankfurt), Kristina Große (Dispute Resolution, Frankfurt), Yasemin Jüngling (Dispute Resolution, Berlin), Nicholas Kubesch (M&A, Frankfurt), Mathias Priewer (Criminal Law, Berlin) and Pierre G. Zickert (Legal Tech, Frankfurt) will become counsel at Hengeler Mueller.

Thomas Müller and Bernd Wirbel, Co-Managing Partners of Hengeler Mueller, said:

"We would like to congratulate all new partners and our new counsel. We are particularly pleased with the large number of appointments across a broad spectrum of practice groups. This shows the unique pool of outstanding young lawyers we have, the broad career opportunities we can offer and, last but not least, how successfully we have developed and will continue to develop our practice areas."

Sebastian Adam advises clients in tax matters. His main areas of expertise include transaction-related tax advice, advice on financial and corporate tax law and investment tax law.

Ingo Berner's practice focuses on M&A transactions and corporate law. He advises corporate clients and private equity investors on mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and general corporate matters. His expertise includes co-investments and joint ventures, carve-outs, as well as public takeovers and capital market related transactions.

Sebastian Dworschak advises clients in all areas of European and German antitrust law, including merger control and abuse of dominance cases as well as cartel investigations and (follow-on) cartel damage claims.

Jan Häller advises companies and investors comprehensively on national and cross-border M&A transactions, reorganisations and joint ventures with a particular focus on the financial industry, including regulatory issues.

Theresa Lauterbach advises listed and privately held companies on corporate and capital markets law issues, reorganizations, corporate disputes, compliance issues and M&A transactions, as well as corporate bodies and their members on directors' and officers' liability and compliance matters.

Arvid Morawe advises companies and investors in restructuring situations. Besides distressed M&A transactions and carve-outs, his focus is on cross-border financial restructurings.

Marika Öry advises companies and investors on M&A transactions, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and a broad range of corporate matters. She also advises on infrastructure projects and private equity transactions.

Matthias Rothkopf advises on intellectual property law in licensing and transactional matters as well as in contentious proceedings. He also specializes in advising technology companies on antitrust law.

Tobias Schneiders specializes in advising on M&A transactions and other complex corporate matters. Most recently, his practice has included, among other things, a focus on co-investments and joint ventures.

Tobias Schubert advises domestic and foreign companies in the communications, technology and media sectors on intellectual property, antitrust law, information technology law and public commercial law, in particular media law.

Christian Strothotte advises on corporate law, reorganizations and M&A transactions. His practice focuses on capital and structural measures, transformations as well as group law and capital market aspects.

Johannes Ahlswede advises companies and investors in particular on corporate and capital markets law issues, reorganizations, corporate disputes and M&A transactions.

Tobias Chowdhury has a broad practice covering financing, banking and capital markets. He advises lenders and borrowers on all sorts of corporate finance transactions and on all types of debt financing.

Kristina Große’s practice covers complex commercial litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. She focuses on commercial, contract and corporate law disputes including post-M&A matters and capital market mass litigation.

Yasemin Jüngling leads and coordinates complex disputes for companies before courts, in arbitration proceedings, and in alternative dispute resolution. Her focus is on post-M&A disputes and conflicts in regulated industries, particularly in the finance, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing sectors.

Nicholas Kubesch advises companies and investors on national and international M&A transactions as well as corporate restructurings, with additional expertise in the real estate sector. He also advises on management participations.

Mathias Priewer advises his clients in proceedings with authorities and in all areas of white-collar criminal law, administrative offences law and corporate compliance, as well as on regulatory issues, both nationally and internationally.

Pierre G. Zickert is Manager Legal Technology in Hengeler Mueller's Legal Tech Center, which provides legal tech-based services to clients and drives the digital transformation of our advisory practice. In addition, Pierre G. Zickert advises on legal matters in the field of digital transformation as well as cloud and AI technologies.