Lars Bollensen
Areas of practice
Lars Bollensen specialises in private building, architectural and real estate law. He advises real estate project developers, industrial companies, institutional builders, family offices, hospitals and the public sector, amongst others, on all aspects of real estate and building law. Further focus areas include the construction of plants for industrial companies, as well as advising on complex building construction and infrastructure projects, residential district developments and the development of business parks. Lars Bollensen also advises on matters pertaining to energy law, with a particular emphasis on energy from renewable sources. He is a nationally recognised expert when it comes to implementing complex building projects, advising from the initial planning stage all the way through to the finishing touches to the buildings. In addition, he has many years of experience representing clients in court and arbitration proceedings.
Vita
Lars Bollensen studied law in Göttingen (Germany) and was admitted to the German Bar in 1998. He is a certified specialist in building and architectural law and worked as an in-house lawyer in an energy supply company in the past. Prior to joining Luther, Lars Bollensen worked as a real estate lawyer in various commercial law firms in Hamburg (Germany).
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendation in "Construction Law" (first recommendation in 2024 in "Construction Law – Project Developement", "Lars Bollensen is very pragmatic and straight to the point. Opinions and draft can directly be used in business and internal communication, no abstract kind of expert opinion")
- Best Lawyers 2026: Recommendation in "Construction Law" (first recommendation in 2021) and "Real Estate Law" (first recommendation in 2022)
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation in "Corporate Law" (first recommendation in 2022)
Clients
- Comprehensive building and plant construction advice to an international chemical and pharmaceutical company
- Comprehensive advice to an international food manufacturer on the shutdown of a production site, including advising on a complex sale and lease-back agreement
- Advice during construction and advice on real estate transactions to various nationally operating real estate project developers on residential, commercial and hotel projects
- Advice during construction and public procurement law advice to a large number of hospitals in connection with the implementation of large building projects
- Building law advice to an internationally operating project developer regarding large solar and wind park projects
- Comprehensive real estate law advice to a family office in Southern Germany regarding several residential and business park developments, including advising on complex contracting structures for the supply of energy for the projects
- Building law advice to a German research institute on the successful implementation of a plant and research project
Memberships
- Zentraler Immobilien Ausschus e.V. (ZIA)
- Freier Immobilien-und Wohnungsunternehmen e.V. (BFW)
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Dr Jan Sonntag
Associate
Berlin
Henrike Sophie Tröger
Associate
Leipzig
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Vivienne Blank
Associate
Stuttgart
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Günniker
Essen
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
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Partner
Stuttgart
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
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Partner
Luxembourg
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Partner
Luxembourg
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Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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Partner
Leipzig
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Counsel
Munich
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Counsel
Berlin
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
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Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
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Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Essen
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Essen
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Associate
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
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Associate
Cologne
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Associate
Hamburg
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Associate
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
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Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
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Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
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Senior Associate
Munich
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Hanover
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Associate
Munich
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Associate
Hamburg
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Hanover
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Associate
Munich
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Senior Consultant
Essen
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Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Essen
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Associate
Stuttgart
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Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Berlin
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Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Berlin
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Berlin
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Associate
Essen
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Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Cologne
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Partner
Berlin
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Senior Associate
Berlin
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Partner
Munich
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Senior Consultant
Hamburg
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Of Counsel
Berlin
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Associate
Leipzig
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
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Associate
Leipzig
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Senior Consultant
Berlin
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Partner
Munich
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Associate
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Partner
Berlin
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Senior Associate
Cologne
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Partner
Hamburg
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Counsel
Essen
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Of Counsel
Singapore
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Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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Partner
Stuttgart
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Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
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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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Senior Associate
Munich
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Counsel
Munich
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Partner
Munich
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Counsel
Essen
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Partner
Cologne
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
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Senior Associate
Brussels
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
Cologne
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Raphaël Schindler
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Counsel
Essen
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Counsel
Dusseldorf
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Senior Associate
Munich
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
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Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ludger Gruber
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Frederic Tewes
Partner
Dusseldorf
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Sebastian Wuschka LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Counsel
Hamburg
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Partner
Hamburg
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Partner
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Essen
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Partner
Essen
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Counsel
Leipzig
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Counsel
Hamburg
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Essen
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Partner
Munich
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
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Partner
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Hamburg
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Partner
Leipzig
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Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Hamburg
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Partner
Hanover
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Partner
Stuttgart
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Counsel
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
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Partner
Hamburg
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Partner
Essen
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Counsel
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Stuttgart
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Managing Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Leipzig
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Hamburg
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Counsel
Essen
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Dusseldorf