Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider advises private clients and family offices on business succession with a special emphasis on tax aspects, as well as providing transaction advice, assisting with tax structuring issues and advising on not-for-profit structures. In addition, he is a regular author and lecturer on topics at the interface between tax and corporate law.
Since 2015, he has been a permanent contributor to Schwarz/Pahlke/Keß, “AO/FGO-Kommentar”, a legal commentary on the German Tax Code and Tax Court Code published by Haufe, and, since 2017, a permanent contributor to the tax law magazine “Umsatzsteuer- und Verkehrsteuer-Recht” (UVR), published by Stollfuß Medien GmbH & Co. KG, in the field of inheritance and gift tax law.
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider studied law and business law (LL.B.) at the Universities of Osnabrück (Germany) and Budapest (Hungary). He then successfully completed a master’s programme, earning an LL.M. Taxation degree, and did his doctorate with a thesis on a corporate/tax law topic. In 2016, he was admitted to practise as a tax advisor and was appointed a certified specialist in tax law. Since then, he has additionally been appointed a certified specialist in commercial and corporate law and a specialist advisor for business succession.
Zacharias-Alexis Schneider joined Luther’s Hanover office as a partner in 2021. Before moving to Luther, he headed for several years the private client practice of an international “Big Four” firm, providing comprehensive tax law and civil law structuring advice as a lawyer and tax advisor.
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
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Counsel
Munich
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
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Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
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Associate
Cologne
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
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Partner
Essen
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
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Of Counsel
Essen
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Associate
Munich
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
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Senior Associate
Singapore
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Munich
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Partner
Hanover
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Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Yangon, Singapore
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Partner
Hamburg
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Counsel
Stuttgart
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Associate
Singapore
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Hanover
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Partner
Hamburg
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Partner
Berlin
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Counsel
Berlin
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Counsel
Essen
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Associate
Luxembourg
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Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Stuttgart
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Leipzig
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Counsel
Luxembourg
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Hamburg
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Partner
Singapore
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Associate
Leipzig
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Counsel
Stuttgart
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Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Berlin
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Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Hamburg
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Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Munich
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Associate
Hanover
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Partner
Berlin
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Associate
Berlin
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Counsel
Essen
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Partner
Essen
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Essen
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Stuttgart
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Partner
Essen
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Partner
Luxembourg
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Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Cologne
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Of Counsel
Singapore
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Associate
Berlin
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Essen
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Partner
Stuttgart
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Yangon
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Of Counsel
Hanover
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Associate
Essen
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Partner
Hanover
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Partner
Hamburg
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Associate
Munich
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Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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Partner
Hamburg
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Associate
Munich
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Counsel
Stuttgart
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Associate
Hanover
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Associate
Hamburg
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
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Associate
Hamburg
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Consultant
Hanover
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Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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Partner
Berlin
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
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Partner
Hamburg
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Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Singapore
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Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Munich
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Partner
Munich
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Associate
Cologne
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Partner
Hanover
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Cologne
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Partner
Essen
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Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Partner
Jakarta
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Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
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Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
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Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Berlin, Cologne
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
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Associate
Berlin
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Leipzig
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Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
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Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Partner
Singapore
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Associate
Munich
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Associate
Essen
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Partner
Stuttgart, London
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Partner
Cologne
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Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Leipzig
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Partner
Cologne
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
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Partner
Luxembourg
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Partner
Luxembourg
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Singapore
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Managing Partner
Cologne
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Counsel
Cologne
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Associate
Singapore
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Counsel
Dusseldorf
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Counsel
Leipzig
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Partner
Bangkok
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Associate
Munich
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Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
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Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
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Partner
Essen
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Counsel
Leipzig
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Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Stuttgart
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Partner
Singapore
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Senior Associate
Essen
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
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Luxembourg
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Counsel
Berlin
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Associate
Berlin
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Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Yangon
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Of Counsel
Singapore
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Senior Associate
Hanover
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Counsel
Hamburg
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Partner
Stuttgart
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Partner
Essen
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Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
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Counsel
Hamburg
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Partner
Leipzig
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Counsel
Cologne
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Associate
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Hanover
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Associate
Singapore
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Senior Consultant
Essen
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Partner
Munich
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Counsel
Cologne
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Senior Consultant
Berlin
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Hamburg
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Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
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Partner
Stuttgart
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Counsel
Singapore
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Associate
Hamburg
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Counsel
Hamburg
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Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Essen
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Senior Associate
Munich
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Associate
Hanover
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Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
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Partner
Munich
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Partner
Berlin
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Hanover
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Senior Associate
Cologne
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Associate
Singapore
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Senior Associate
Cologne
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Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
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Partner
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Partner
Hamburg
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Counsel
Essen
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Senior Associate
Munich
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Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
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Partner
Leipzig
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Associate
Cologne
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
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Senior Associate
Cologne
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Counsel
Hanover
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Partner
Hamburg
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Associate
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Counsel
Hanover
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Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Hanover
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Counsel
Cologne
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Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Senior Associate
Cologne
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Counsel
Luxembourg
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Associate
Hanover
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Senior Associate
Berlin
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Associate
Essen
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Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
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Of Counsel
Leipzig
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Associate
Berlin
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
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Partner
Munich
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Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Senior Partner
Luxembourg
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Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Yangon
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Associate
Singapore
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Yangon
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Senior Associate
Hanover
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Leipzig
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Partner
Singapore
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Counsel
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Singapore
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
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Partner
Munich
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Berlin, London
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Associate
Leipzig
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Cologne
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Partner
Hamburg
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Associate
Essen
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Essen
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Counsel
Hamburg
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Associate
Stuttgart
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Senior Associate
Hanover
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Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
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Associate
Yangon
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Of Counsel
Berlin
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Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
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Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Senior Associate
Singapore
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Associate
Berlin
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Associate
Dusseldorf