Who we are

Our clients are our main priority

Dr. Said W. Ashrafnia

LAWYER | Partner
  • 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)

Nuri Al-Tabatabaie, LL.M.

Lawyer I Partner
  • Lawyer

  • Senior Legal Counsel at a leading development service provider (automotive) in Berlin (Corporate / M&A) until 12/2024

  • Lawyer in his own law firm in Berlin (Corporate / M&A) until 10/2022

  • Lawyer at a major international law firm in Berlin (Corporate / M&A) until 10/2022

  • Senior Legal Counsel at a major German corporation (railway/logistics) (Compliance) until 5/2018

  • Senior Legal Counsel at a major German corporation (railway/logistics) (Corporate / M&A) until 1/2010

  • Lawyer in a major international law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Corporate / M&A) until 9/2004

  • Lawyer in a leading German commercial law firm in Frankfurt am Main in the field of (Corporate / M&A) until 6/2002

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick (UK)

  • Legal clerkship at the higher regional court of Bamberg

  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) at the Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA

  • University of Marburg and Würzburg (Law Studies)

Dr. Hans-Joachim Fritz

LAWYER I PArtner
Certified Attorney for Employment Law
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)

  • Member of the Corporate Law and Europe Committees of the German Federal Bar Association, Berlin/Brussels, since 2009

Dr. Marcus Herrmann

Lawyer I Partner
  • 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 | PARtner
  • 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

Rechtsanwalt | Partner
  • 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

Daniel S. Zakrzewski

Lawyer | Partner
  • 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)

Christoph Goerke

Lawyer
  • 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

Ali Yalcinkaya

Lawyer
  • Lawyer

  • Lawyer at a leading German law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Real Estate and Litigation with focus on aviation law) until 08/2023

  • Trainee Lawyer at a leading German law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Real Estate) until 12/2019

  • Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main

  • Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main (Law Studies) with focus on Internationalization and Europeanization of law

  • German Scholarship Holder 2011 due to extraordinary performances

  • Member of the German-Turkish Lawyers Association

Marie Glander

Attorney at Law I Of Counsel
  • Attorney at Law

  • In-house Counsel (Syndikusrechtsanwältin) at a project developer within the Zech Group, with comprehensive responsibility for all legal matters in the areas of project development and acquisition until 09/2024

  • Previously, In-house Counsel (Syndikusrechtsanwältin) at one of the leading project developer in Frankfurt

  • Previously, Attorney at a leading boutique law firm specializing in real estate law, focusing on the advice of project developments, commercial lease law, and real estate transactions

  • Legal clerkship (Referendariat) at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main, with stations at two international law firms

  • Law studies at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

  • Member of the German Bar Association (DAV) and the Forum Young Lawyers

  • Voluntary mentor at JOBLINGE gAG FrankfurtRheinMain

  • Voluntary mentor at GROW@Goethe, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Sven Kurzawe, LL.M.

Lawyer | Of Counsel
  • Lawyer

  • Legal Counsel in the General Secretariat of KfW (since 2017)

  • Public Prosecutor at the public prosecutor's office in Darmstadt inter alia in charge of White Collar Crime until 2017

  • Lawyer at a leading international law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Capital Markets / Banking & Finance until 2015)

  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) at the University of Edinburgh (Most Distinguished Scholar - T.B. Smith Prize)

  • Legal clerkship at the higher regional court in Frankfurt am Main at an international firm in Frankfurt am Main and the European Central Bank (ECB)

  • University of Frankfurt am Main (Law Studies)

  • Commercial Law

  • Criminal Law / White Collar Crime

  • Liability of Board Members

  • Litigation / Interdisciplinary Strategy Consulting

  • Pro Bono Work

Dr. Julius Speth

LAWYER | OF Counsel
  • Lawyer

  • Legal Counsel in a large German mobility and logistics corporation (since 01/2024)

  • General Counsel at a company in the IT and mobility industry until 12/2023

  • Lawyer at a leading German law firm in Frankfurt am Main until 03/2022 (Public Procurement law / Public Commercial law / Real Estate)

  • Review of court decisions on Public Procurement law on a regular basis as an author for the juris PraxisReport Vergaberecht (since 05/2022)

  • University of Würzburg (Dr. jur.)

  • Legal clerkship at the higher regional court in Frankfurt am Main with stations at the Embassies of the Federal Republic of Germany in Beijing, Peoples Republic of China and Canberra, Australia as well as an international law firm in Frankfurt am Main

  • University of Würzburg (Law Studies)