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Dr. Said W. Ashrafnia
Lawyer
Associated Partner at a leading German law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Corporate/M&A/Private Equity) until 04/2021
Senior Associate at a leading international law firm in Frankfurt am Main and Milan (Capital Markets / Banking & Finance) until 06/2017
Secondee at a leading German bank in the legal field (Capital Markets / M&A) and business field (Capital Markets and Treasury Solutions as well as Global Markets)
University of Gießen (Dr. jur.)
Legal clerkship at the higher regional court in Frankfurt am Main with stations at an international firm in Frankfurt am Main and the German Emirati Joint Council for Industry & Commerce in Dubai
University of Frankfurt am Main (Law Studies)
Rouven Baumann, LL.M.
Lawyer
Advising for nationwide personnel service providers and hire in the subjects of personnel demployment, outsourcing and strategic human resource until 2019
Partner at a medium-size law firm (Labor and Employment law) docusing on deployment of external personnel and outsourcing from 2004 to 2008
Master of Laws (LL.M.) with a minor in commercial agency law
Legal clerkship at the higher regional court in Stuttgart with labor and employment law as his main studies at University of Freiburg
University of Konstanz (Law Studies)
- Employment Law
Outsourcing
External staff deployment
- Corporate Law
Dr. Judith Erren, LL.M.
German Lawyer / Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand
Lawyer / Of Counsel at a boutique law firm in the Duesseldorf area (Labour Law)
Of Counsel at a leading German law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Labour Law / Governance & Compliance / Corporate / Criminal Law / White Collar Crime) until 2024
Regional Manager and In-house Lawyer/ Senior Legal Consultant at an international crew leasing business in Auckland, New Zealand until 2020
Lawyer and law clerk at major international law firms in Frankfurt am Main (Labour Law and Corporate)
Legal clerkship at the higher regional court of Frankfurt am Main
Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main (Dr. jur.)
University of Auckland, New Zealand (Graduate Law Studies)
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (Master of Laws)
Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main (Undergraduate Law Studies)
Dr. Hans-Joachim Fritz
Certified Attorney for Commercial and Corporate Law Mediator
Partner at a leading German law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Labour Law / Governance & Compliance / Corporate / Criminal Law / White Collar Crime) until 2024
Partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (Labour Law / Governance & Compliance / Corporate / Criminal Law / White Collar Crime) until 2021
Lawyer a town law firm, then Salger Rechtsanwälte until 2006
Lawyer at a leading German law firm (Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner) until 2011
Worked in industry: Fiat S.p.A./Iveco Magirus AG, Turin, Ulm and IWKA AG, Karlsruhe(today: KUKA AG, Augsburg) until 1997
University of Mannheim (Dr.jur.)
University of Freiburg and London (UK) (LSE)
Lecturer at the University of Regensburg and ZHAW Winterthur, Switzerland in the field of corporate governance (Internal investigations)
Winner of multiple awards, including Best Lawyers for Labor Law, since 2017
Member of the Corporate Law and Europe Committees of the German Federal Bar Association, Berlin/Brussels, since 2009
Claus Gerber, LL.M.
Attorney at law, n.y.
Equity Partner at a leading German law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Corporate / M&A / Private Equity / Venture Capital) until 2024
Equity Partner at a leading international US law firm (Latham & Watkins) (Corporate / Corporate Finance) until 2007
Equity Partner at a leading German law firm (Wessing Berenberg-Gossler) (Corporate) until 2002
Lawyer at a leading international US firm (Jones Day) (Corporate) until 1999
Bar Exam / Admission to the Bar, New York, USA
Fordham University, School of Law, New York: Master of International Business and Trade Law
Legal clerkshipin New York, Frankfurt am Main and Speyer
University of Dijon (France) and Mainz (Germany) (Law Studies)
Associated professor at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg on the issue “International Transactions and Financings” (2018 – 2021)
- Corporate
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Commercial and distribution law / general contract law
- Corporate Finance
Christoph Goerke
Lawyer
Since 05/2021 Associate at Corestone Legal
Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main with stations at a leading German law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Real Estate / Litigation / Corporate) as well as at the German Football League (DFL)
Trainee Lawyer in a leading German law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Real Estate) from 04/2017 to 12/2018
Ongoing PhD studies at the Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen in sports law (jurisdiction of associations and federations)
Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen (Law Studies)
Since 2019 member of the Sports Court of the West German Football Association. Previously, from 2011 to 2019, member of the Sports Court of the Mittelrhein Football Association
Since 2019 member of the Legal and Statutes Committee of the Mittelrhein Football Association
- Real Estate
Litigation
Sports Law
Association Law
Dr. Marcus Herrmann
Best Lawyers for Corporate Law 2025
Equity partner at two leading German law firms until 2024
Equity Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP until 2016
Lawyer/Equity Partner at Wessing Berenberg-Gossler until 2002
University of Münster (Dr. jur.)
Legal clerkship at the higher regional court Munich and Graham & James in New York, NY
University of Freiburg, Munich and Münster (Law Studies)
Philipp Hoffmann
Lawyer
Lawyer at an international law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Corporate/Corporate Governance) until 03/2024
Corporate Legal Counsel at a white label insurance company (Corporate / M&A / Venture Capital; Assistant to the Board of Directors) until 07/2021
Legal Counsel at one of the largest European fintech company builders (Corporate / M&A / Venture Capital) until 09/2019
Lawyer at a leading German law firm in Berlin (Corporate / M&A / Private Equity and Notary) until 10/2018
Legal clerkship at the higher regional court in Berlin with stations at the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and at a leading German law firm in Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin (Law Studies)
Dr. Martin Kienzler
Lawyer
Lawyer at a leading German law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Real Estate / Corporate / Notary) until 04/2021
Lawyer at a German boutique law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Corporate Real Estate / Notary)
Lawyer at an international law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Real Estate)
Legal clerkship at the higher regional court in Frankfurt am Main with stations at an international firm in Frankfurt am Main
University of Saarland (Dr. jur.)
University of Warwick (UK) (Law Studies)
University of Saarland (Law Studies)
Professional training as an office clerk in Freiburg
Emily Legner, LL.M.
Associate at a leading German law firm until 2024
Legal clerkship at the higher regional court of Frankfurt am Main
Master of Laws at the University of Sydney, Australia
University of Heidelberg (Germany) and Lausanne (Switzerland) (Law Studies)
Sarah Chumilla Taboada, LL.M.
Since 08/2025 Associate at Corestone Legal
Prior to that, until 03/2025, research associate at a leading German commercial law firm in Frankfurt am Main in the Corporate/M&A practice group
Legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Darmstadt, Germany
Master of Laws at the University of Glasgow, Scotland
Studied law at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
Daniel S. Zakrzewski
Lawyer
Counsel at an international law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Corporate/M&A/Private Equity) until 09/2021
Lawyer at a German boutique law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Corporate Real Estate) until 12/2015
Associate at an international law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Corporate/M&A/Private Equity) until 09/2015
Legal clerkship at the higher regional court in Frankfurt am Main with stations at a.o. an international law firm in Frankfurt am Main
University of Mainz (Law Studies)