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Lutz Aderhold has been advising with passion and professionalism in all questions of commercial and corporate law, inheritance law, for M&A projects, corporate successes and foundation topics for over 42 years. Due to the close interdisciplinary cooperation with auditors/tax consultants and management consultants of the Aderhold Group, the questions are not only legally, but holistically answered with their business and tax references. Due to his interdisciplinary advice, Lutz Aderhold is a member of the supervisory bodies of companies of various industries, especially for family businesses. Lutz Aderhold is dealt with with demanding process management as well as with challenging extrajudicial conflict resolution. He has participated in numerous complex arbitration proceedings, as an assessor and partly also as chairman, and numerous large -scale press -effective major processes.

Lutz Aderhold sees himself as a competent service provider of his entrepreneurial clients, whose questions and problems are answered quickly, understandably and with personal empathy.

Due to his many years of work as a fee professor at the University of Münster, Lutz Aderhold is able to work on demanding legal issues at a scientific level.

Lutz Aderhold studied law at the University of Cologne and passed his first legal state examination there. Afterwards he was an assistant to Prof. Dr. HP Westermann at the University of Bielefeld. There he did his doctorate with the published dissertation "The BGB Society's Guilty Model" and made his second state examination in 1980.

In 2000, Lutz Aderhold was one of the founding partners of the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH.

In 2009, Lutz Aderhold from the University of Münster was appointed honorary professor in recognition of his teaching at the university on the subject of “contract design and commercial law”.

In 2021, Lutz Aderhold was honored by friends, colleagues and companions by handing over a commemorative publication entitled "Dispute and avoidance in family businesses".

• German Institution for Arbitration (DIS)

• Bank law association

• Working group insolvency law & renovation in the German Lawyers' Association

Dr. Johannes von Aulock primarily advises in the crisis in the areas of renovation and restructuring, often in a team with auditors, tax consultants and management consultants. The advice includes the design and implementation of renovation concepts as well as questions of bankruptcy, economic and corporate law.

Dr. Johannes von Aulock studied law in Bayreuth, Lausanne and Münster. Dr. completed his legal trainee From Aulock at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court. Dr. Von Aulock also received his doctorate at the University of Münster. Since October 2023, Dr. by Aulock as a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Düsseldorf.

Alexander Bardenz advises lawyers in the area of ​​contract design and in the event of disruptions of contractual relationships, in particular in product liability law, as well as in real estate law, especially in building and architectural law, as well as in banking law. His regular activities include the handling of large warranty cases, especially in trade and plant construction, also with an international connection, as well as the introduction of structured legal and contract management systems, including the design of general terms and conditions. In recent years, Alexander Bardenz has also been active in the context of corporate law disputes and building statements.

Alexander Bardenz advises as a notary with official residence in Dortmund in particular on real estate law, corporate law and inheritance and family law. One focus of his notarial activity is the restructuring of companies according to the conversion law, especially by means of fusion, division or change of form. As part of generational management, Alexander Bardenz advises and accompanies clients on will designs, the transfer of assets, in particular real estate and companies, on family holding companies and the next generation.

Alexander Bardenz was appointed notary in 2019 in Dortmund. Alexander Bardenz has been a lawyer since 2000 and has been a partner of the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft since 2005. Since 2009 Alexander Bardenz has been a lecturer at the University of Münster (Jurgrad gGmbH) in the master's degree in business law and lecturer for banking and capital market law at Hagen Law School. Before his work for Aderhold, Alexander Bardenz was Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in Düsseldorf and at the same time board and supervisory board assistant. Alexander Bardenz received his doctorate at the University of Münster on the subject of "From German to international accounting - HGB and IAS". Alexander Bardenz completed his legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm (second state examination). Alexander Bardenz studied law at the University of Münster and was at the Institute for International Business Law and Legal comparison by Prof. Dr. Bernhard Großfeld LL.M. from 1993 to 1996 as a research assistant.

Alexander Bardenz was awarded the 5th time as Best Lawyer in product liability law in 2024, 2023 for the 10th time in banking and capital market law.

David Betthaus focuses on the areas of German and European antitrust law as well as corporate law.

David Betthaus has been working for the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH since May 2024.

Mr. Betthaus has been a lawyer since 2023 and initially worked in a law firm boutique specializing in corporate law. He studied law at the University of Münster.

Bianca Böttcher's main advisory points are in the areas of national and international trade and corporate law, M&A transactions as well as litigation and arbitration proceedings.

Bianca Böttcher studied law at the University of Leipzig and at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In addition, she qualified as a mediator at the University of Bielefeld and as a specialist lawyer for commercial and corporate law. She began her legal career in 2001 as a lawyer at the law firm CMS Hasche Sigle and moved to Aderhold & Kollegen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH in early 2007, Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH since April 2011. Bianca Böttcher has been a partner of Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH since January 2014.

Bianca Böttcher is a member of the German Lawyers' Association e. V. as well as the working group commercial and corporate law in the German Lawyers' Association e. V. and acting as a lecturer at Leipzig University of Applied Science (HTWK). She is on a voluntary basis at the Club International e. V. committed as treasurer.

• German Lawyers' Association

• Working group commercial and corporate law in the German Lawyers' Association

Max Bucher advises medium-sized capital and partnerships as well as private individuals as a partner in all areas of commercial and corporate law as well as general civil law. The focus of his activity lies in particular in the process management, the judicial and extrajudicial dispute settlement, the accompaniment of shareholder disputes as well as the implementation and accompaniment of judicial mediation procedures.

Max Bucher studied law and medical ethics law at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. He completed his legal trainee at the Leipzig district court. In the summer of 2024, Max Bucher started working as a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Leipzig.

Golo Busch is a specialist lawyer for labor law. Golo Busch represents employers from the commercial middle class, the health and social economy as well as public employers. He has a special expertise with the advice of church employers. He advises employers in all matters of individual and collective labor law as well as in social security law. He accompanies restructuring and conducts labor court processes.

For years he has accompanied and represents church bodies, caritas associations, institutions of the diakonia, hospital operators, workshops for disabled people, sponsors in the field of outpatient and inpatient assistance as well as youth welfare institutions. Another focus is on advising employers in public service law. He has extensive experience in the field of contract design, the creation of operating and service agreements, the preparation and implementation of personnel adaptation measures and the accompaniment of arbitration procedures. He represents his clients in front of the ordinary and church labor courts as well as the church arbitration and arbitration boards. Golo Busch also advises in the area of ​​interfaces on social security and severely disabled law and for company audits.

He also advises managing directors and board members in labor and service contract law.

Golo Busch regularly gives lectures for employers on labor and social security issues.

Golo Busch studied law at the Ruhr University Bochum. Since 1999 he has worked as a lawyer in various civil and labor law firms as well as in an auditing company in the Ruhr area and in the Münsterland, largely as a partner or in a managerial function. In addition to his legal activity, Golo Busch was the managing director of the West German Volleyball Association from 2005 to 2009. From 2019 to 2022 he headed the department of labor and social security law of the Wolter Hoppenberg law firm lawyers in Hamm. Golo Busch has been a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH since October 2022. He is a lecturer at the University of Münster.

Sven Degenhardt advises comprehensively in the area of ​​the renovation and restructuring of companies as well as the preparation and implementation of bankruptcy proceedings, in particular as a protective shield and self-management procedure. Further advisory focuses on the company law as well as M&A transactions and the creation or implementation of successor concepts.

Sven Degenhardt is a trained bank clerk and studied law at the Universities of Bonn and Aberystwyth with a focus on corporate law. He completed his master's degree in moderation and negotiation in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has been a lawyer at Aderhold since July 2004, since January 2008 as a partner. In August 2021, he opened the Cologne Aderhold location after previous 17 years in the Düsseldorf branch.

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Juliane Dörfer, as a specialist lawyer for commercial and corporate law, advises national and international companies on shareholders and on all questions of commercial law and general civil law. In addition to legal advice and contract design, the focus of your work is particularly in the process management, judicial and extrajudicial dispute settlement as well as the implementation and accompaniment of judicial mediation procedures. In addition, Juliane Dörfer advises and represents companies, shareholders and insolvency administrators in connection with the enforcement and defense against insolvency contamination and liability claims.

Juliane Dörfer studied law at the University of Leipzig and completed her legal trainee at the Free State of Saxony. Since January 1, 2018, she has been a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Leipzig.

Juliane Dörfer is a member of the German Lawyers' Association e. V. and the local Leipzig Lawyers' Association e. V. It regularly participates in the events of the trade and corporate law that take place several times a year.

In addition, Juliane Dörfer is involved in the area of ​​legal training, be it as a lecturer at Leipzig University of Applied Science (HTWK), as a practitioner to support seminar events from the Chair for Civil Law, Commercial and Social Affairs and Business Laws at the University of Leipzig or in-house at the trainee and assessor training. In addition, Juliane Dörfer Sächsische Schools offers their support for legal education (democracy education).

• German Lawyers' Association

• Leipziger Lawyers' Association e. V.

Claudia Epller advises national and international companies in all areas of commercial and contract law. In addition to legal advice and contract design, the focus of your activity is to accompany M&A transactions on both buyers and on the seller's side.

Claudia Epller studied law at the University of Leipzig with a focus on corporate law. She completed her legal trainee in the Free State of Saxony. She has been a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH since March 2015.

Hubertus Frhr. v. Erffa advises comprehensively in bankruptcy law and corporate law -related corporate law, the renovation and restructuring of companies as well as when buying a company or in bankruptcy. He also takes over the creditor representation in bankruptcy proceedings and advises on the revitalization of needy real estate portfolios. Hubertus Frhr. v. Erffa has many years of experience with the renovation of medium -sized and large companies and the development of insolvency plan solutions. He also accompanies business management for liability avoidance in the area of ​​insolvency. During his work as an insolvency administrator, he has accompanied over 350 procedures so far.

Hubertus Frhr. v. Erffa completed the study of law at the University of Regensburg and the Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg. He began his professional career in 2000 as a lawyer and insolvency administrator in the firm CMS Hasche Sigle. Since 2006 he has been a lawyer and insolvency administrator and partner at Aderhold & Kollegen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH, since April 2011 Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH.

Nicole Forberg focuses on commercial and corporate law as well as tax law. Another focus of your work is process management.

Nicole Forberg studied law at the University of Leipzig with a focus on tax law. She completed her legal trainee in the Free State of Thuringia. Nicole Forberg has been a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Leipzig since September 2022.

Lennart Haag advises clients in the areas of renovation and restructuring companies, bankruptcy law, as well as corporate law and M&A transactions.

Lennart Haag studied law and law and economics in Bonn. He focused on "economy and competition", within which he wrote the thesis in banking and capital market law. In the meantime, Lennart Haag worked as a research assistant in a medium -sized bankruptcy law firm. He completed the subsequent legal clerkship in the Cologne Higher Regional Court. Since May 2024, Lennart Haag has been a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft in Cologne.

• Legal Chamber of Cologne

Dr. Jörg Heyer advises in commercial and corporate law as well as in Mergers & Acquisitions. He is a member of the supervisory board of various medium -sized companies.

Dr. Jörg Heyer initially completed an apprenticeship as a bank clerk, then studied law at the University of Cologne and received his doctorate there in 1996. From 1996 to 1997 he worked as a lawyer for Wessing Berenberg-Gossler Zimmermann Lange in Düsseldorf, from 1997 to 2001 as a lawyer and partner for Clifford Chance in Düsseldorf and London, from 2001 to 2017 as a partner at Schlütter Debatin and Bornheim (today: Seitz) in Cologne and since 2017 as a single lawyer. Since August 2021 he has been of Counsel for the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Cologne.

Working group commercial and corporate law in the German Lawyers' Association

Working group sports law in the German Lawyers' Association

In the area of ​​commercial and corporate law, Alexander Hohnert advises on corporate transactions and restructuring, taking into account tax law issues. Alexander Hohnert has many years of experience in accompanying dispute, both in court and out of court.

Another focus of advice in tax law is non -profit organizations. Alexander Hohnert supports the foundation, advises on all questions about charitable statements, accompanies audits and leads formal legal remedies and lawsuit before the financial courts.

Alexander Hohnert studied law at the University of Augsburg with a focus on tax law. He also worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Public Law, Financial Law and Tax Law with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Jakob at the University of Augsburg. He has been working as an independent lawyer in Leipzig since 1995. From 1998 to 2011 he was a partner of the Sozietät Hohnert, Klapper Laukmanis (HKL law firm). He has been a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH since 2019.

As CEO of the Forum Thomanum Leipzig e. V. Alexander Hohnert has been involved in building the educational campus forum Thomanum since 2004 ( www.forum-thomanum.de ).

• Saxon tax group e. V.

• Specialist districts of tax law and commercial and corporate law of the Leipziger Lawyers' Association e. V.

Christian Hoppe's main advisory points are in the areas of banking law, structured financing, renovation and restructuring financing and corporate law.

Christian Hoppe studied law at the Ruhr University Bochum from 1991 to 1996. He received his doctorate on the "legal bases and borders of unwritten obligations of the tax advisor in tax criminal law and tax law crime law" with Prof. Dr. Ellen Schluchter in Bochum. He started his legal career at Menold & Aullinger in 2000 and then switched to Aderhold & Kollegen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH as a lawyer and partner, since April 2011 Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. Christian Hoppe is a member of the banking law association.

• Bank law association

• German-Israeli Society eV

• Historical Association for Dortmund and the Grafschaft Mark eV

Tim-Robin Karras advises as a lawyer in particular on corporate law and general business law as well as in notarial matters.

One focus of his work is the accompaniment of clients in all notarial matters and the design of contracts, be it to the acquisition and transfer of real estate assets, for sale and purchase of medium -sized companies (M&A), start -up processes or restructuring according to the conversion law by means of merging, division and change of form.

In recent years, Tim -Robin Karras has been a lawyer as part of corporate law and business law disputes as well as disputes about property broadcasts and sales.

Tim-Robin Karras has been a lawyer of the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft since 2017. He completed his legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm (second state examination). Tim-Robin Karras studied law at the Westphalian Wilhelms-Universität Münster (first state examination).

Juri Kessen's main advisory points are in the areas of national trade and corporate law, as well as M&A transactions.

Juri Kessen studied law at the University of Osnabrück, as well as at the University of Leipzig. He completed his legal trainee at the Dresden Higher Regional Court. In the summer of 2019, Juri Kessen took up his work as a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Leipzig.

Jessica Kießling advises and processes in the area of ​​banking law as well as in bankruptcy and renovation law, there with a focus on enforcement and defense against insolvency contamination claims and other insolvency-specific claims. In addition, it takes over the legal accompaniment of companies as part of insolvency proceedings in self -administration.

After training as a bank clerk, Jessica Kießling completed the study of law at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. Jessica Kießling has been working as a lawyer in bankruptcy law since 2003. Initially, she was employed as a lawyer and insolvency administrator at two medium-sized law firms in the Rhine-Main area. In 2007 she acquired the title of specialist lawyer for bankruptcy and renovation law. Jessica Kießling has been active in the field of legal advice since 2015, and in 2017 she was given the term specialist lawyer for banking and capital market law. In February 2022, she switched to the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Frankfurt.

Patrick Klawa advises comprehensive companies in crisis situations. The advisory spectrum ranges from extrajudicial restructuring, the preparation and implementation of starug procedures to the preparation and implementation of bankruptcy proceedings, in particular as a protective shield and self-management procedure. In addition, Mr. Klawa advises on the transaction of companies in the crisis (distributed M&A) and in corporate law.

Patrick Klawa completed the study of law at the Technical University in Dresden and the master's degree in "Private and Public Business Law" at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. In 2002 he began his professional career as a lawyer and insolvency administrator in the firm CMS Hasche Sigle. In 2006 he switched to Aderhold & Kollegen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH as a lawyer and insolvency administrator, since April 2011 Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. Since January 2014, Mr. Klawa has been a partner of the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. Patrick Klawa is a lecturer at Leipzig University of Applied Science (HTWK).

Dirk Helge Laskawy, as a specialist lawyer for labor law, advises national and international companies in all areas of labor and service contract law, in particular in matters of the company constitution, in the design of remuneration systems, employment and resolution agreements as well as in conflict management. It has extensive experience in connection with transactions, restructuring, renovations, outsourcing of business areas and personnel reduction measures.

In addition, due to his many years of specialization, Mr. LASKAWY collected special know-how in the accompaniment of corporate melting and the associated problems of the transfer of business. One focus of his activity is the strategic preparation and support of outsourcing and restructuring projects as well as advice in connection with company agreement and collective bargaining as well as the flexibility of working conditions.

He represents companies and managers in court and out of court. Mr. Laskawy regularly gives special lectures for managers, training courses and seminars for HR managers, managing directors and works councils. In addition, he is an author in leading specialist journals, in particular on current questions of contract design as well as the right of termination and temporary limits.

Dirk Helge Laskawy completed the law at the Georg August University in Göttingen. He is a specialist lawyer for labor law and mediator trained at the University of Bielefeld. In addition, Mr. Laskawy is a lecturer at the HTWK Leipzig. He is a member of the Leipziger and the German Lawyers' Association e. V. and the working group labor law in the German Lawyers' Association e. V. In the leading industry compends (Juve, Legal500), Mr. Laskawy is highlighted as a particularly recommended lawyer in labor law. In 1998 he began his professional career as a lawyer at the firm CMS Hasche Sigle. In 2007 he switched to Aderhold and colleague Rechtanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH since April 2011 Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH.

• Leipzig Lawyers' Association e. V.

• German Lawyers' Association

• Working group Labor Law in the German Lawyers' Association e. V.

Gunther Lehleiter is mainly active in the areas of banking and stock exchange law, corporate law, bankruptcy law and compliance.

Studied law at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Bonn, at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and at the University of Cambridge. Since 2000 managing partners, since May 2024 of Counsel. He was a lecturer for banking law at the Hagen Law School, member of the banking law association and regularly gave lectures on the field of banking law.

Alexander Leier advises on all questions of real estate and real estate management law as well as building & architectural law. In addition to the design and negotiation of complex transactions with a real estate reference, he advises and accompanies our clients, among other things, on all ongoing questions about property, brokerage law, the new conclusion and the negotiation of extensive commercial agencies. He also takes over the representation of disputes with real estate reference in court and out of court.

In addition, Alexander Leier regularly advises on inheritance law disputes and in connection with building sorts.

Alexander Leier has been a lawyer of the Aderhold Lawyers' Society since 2014. He completed his legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm (second state examination). Alexander Leier studied law at the Ruhr University Bochum (first state examination).

Peggy Lomb, as a specialist lawyer for labor law, advises national and international clients in all areas of labor and service contract law, in particular in matters of works constitution law, in the design of service and employment contracts for organs, managers and employees, in the design of resolution agreements, in dismissal protection law and in conflict management. It accompanies companies in all labor law issues in connection with operating changes, company transitions, renovation and restructuring projects and represents clients in court and out of court.

Peggy Lomb completed the law at the University of Leipzig. She is a specialist lawyer for labor law and a mediator trained at the University of Bielefeld. She started her legal career in 1997 as a lawyer at the law firm CMS Hasche Sigle. In 2002 she moved to GGV Greützmacher/Gravert/Viegener and 2005 to the Franz & Häberer law firm. Since February 2011 she has been a lawyer at Aderhold & Kollegen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH, since April 2011 Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. Peggy Lomb is the lecturer of the State Student Academy Leipzig/Vocational Academy Saxony.

Michael Löser advises comprehensively in the areas of renovation, restructuring and bankruptcy. The focus is on the care of companies in the crisis, often in a team with auditors, tax consultants and management consultants.

Michael Löser studied law at the University of Münster and Cologne and Schloss, the subject -specific foreign language training for lawyers (FFA) at the University of Münster as a side course. After graduating from the University of Cologne at the end of 2005, he started working as a lawyer at Aderhold & Kollegen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH in 2006. He has been a lawyer since April 2011 and has been a partner of the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH since January 2012.

Maximilian Michelsen advises comprehensive companies in crisis situations. The advisory spectrum ranges from extrajudicial restructuring to the preparation and implementation of insolvency proceedings, in particular as a protective shield and self-administration procedure. Due to his many years of experience, Mr. Michelsen can achieve the best possible renovation in the interest of everyone involved even in challenging situations.

In addition, Mr. Michelsen advises on the transaction of companies in the crisis (distributed M&A) and in corporate law.

Maximilian Michelsen studied law in Regensburg, Utrecht and Düsseldorf. Since 2014, Mr. Michelsen has worked in a boutique law firm in Düsseldorf specializing in bankruptcy law and renovation. There he accompanied a large number of extrajudicial renovations as well as insolvency proceedings as a self-administration and protective shield procedure. In 2022 Maximilian Michelsen switched to the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH.

Christian H. Müller advises on all questions of German and European antitrust law including merger control. This includes in particular the transaction-related advice (in particular fusion control and joint venture), advice on antitrust law-compliant contract and sales system design as well as representation in administrative and fine procedures. The civil law enforcement and defense against antitrust law claims (in particular compensation) as well as the advice and support of company -specific antitrust law compliance are part of its field of activity.

Due to his experience, Christian H. Müller also regularly advises in connection with internal investigations and the enforcement of compensation claims in complex facts.

Christian H. Müller is regularly mentioned in Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt (most recently in the 2024 edition), a law firm based on the recommendations of other colleagues, as the leading lawyer in the areas of "cartel and competition law" and "conflict resolution". 

Christian H. Müller has been a lawyer and partner at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH since October 2020 and advises primarily in the field of antitrust law and fusion control as well as compliance.

From 2016 to 2020 Christian H. Müller, as a lawyer, built the antitrust law in a medium -sized law firm, since 2019 as a partner.

Christian H. Müller began his legal career in 2013 as a lawyer in the antitrust team of Hengeler Mueller in Düsseldorf after he was on the subject of antitrust compliance with Prof. Dr. Pohlmann received his doctorate at the University of Münster. Christian H. Müller completed his legal clerkship in the Düsseldorf Oberlandes district. He studied law with additional economics (WIWIZ) at the University of Bayreuth as well as at the Université de Lausanne (CH) and the University of Münster.

Since 2022 he has been working as a lecturer at Jurgrad gGmbH at the University of Münster in the field of commercial law and acts as an author with various antitrust publications.

• Study Association Cartel Law e. V.

• Working group "Antitrust law in the Ruhr area"

Dominik Müller advises on the fields of commercial legal protection and copyrights, IT law as well as the law and sales law. In addition to national and international contract design, for example in the case of license contracts as well as delivery and sales contracts, the representation of companies in official and judicial procedures is also part of its areas of responsibility.

Dominik Müller has been a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH since 2014 and has been a partner since 2023. Dominik Müller had previously worked as a lawyer at the patent recycling agency of the universities of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. From 2012 to 2014, Dominik Müller completed a master's degree and acquired the Master of Laws at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf in commercial legal protection. Dominik Müller completed his legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm with stations in London, Düsseldorf and Bonn. Dominik Müller studied law at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster.

Volker Ostermeyer advises mainly in the areas of labor law, renovation and restructuring of companies as well as economic and contract law.

Volker Ostermeyer studied law with a focus in labor law at the Philipps University Marburg. After supervising the labor law area of ​​a medium -sized law firm and bankruptcy administration, he moved to the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Düsseldorf in 2015. Since August 2021, Volker Ostermeyer has been a partner at the Cologne office location.

Patrick Palmen advises on all questions of individual and collective labor law. He advises and represents employers on the preparation and implementation of personnel measures as well as current questions of contract design. Patrick Palmen also takes over the representation of employers in judicial disputes.

Patrick Palmen studied law with a focus on labor law at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. After his legal clerkship at the Mönchengladbach district court, he began his professional career at a medium -sized business office in Düsseldorf. Patrick Palmen has been a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Cologne since June 2022.

Julia Pätzold advises medium-sized capital and partnerships as well as private individuals as a partner in all areas of commercial and corporate law as well as general civil law. The focus of your activity is in particular in the process management, the judicial and extrajudicial dispute settlement, the accompaniment of shareholder disputes as well as the implementation and accompaniment of judicial mediation procedures. In addition, Julia Pätzold advises and represents companies, shareholders and insolvency administrators in connection with the enforcement and defense against insolvency contamination and liability claims.

Julia Pätzold studied law at the University of Leipzig, received his doctorate at the chair of Prof. Dr. Gero R. Dolezalek for civil law, Roman law with a focus on common law and church legal history of the University of Leipzig and completed a supplementary degree at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer. Since December 2009 she has been a lawyer at Aderhold & Kollegen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH, since April 2011 Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. In April 2013, she was appointed "Significant at the IHK in Leipzig".

Julia Pätzold is a member of the German Lawyers' Association e. V., the Working Group Commercial and Society Law in the DAV and the local Leipzig Lawyers' Association e. V. It regularly participates in the events of the trade and corporate law that take place several times a year.

In addition, Julia Pätzold is involved in the area of ​​legal training, be it as a lecturer at Leipzig University of Applied Science (HTWK), as a practitioner to support the chair for civil law, commercial and social and business law at the University of Leipzig at seminar events or in-house at the reference and assessor training. In addition, Julia Pätzold Sächsische Schools offers their support for legal education (democracy education).

• German Lawyers' Association

• Leipziger Lawyers' Association e. V.

• Working group commercial and corporate law in the German Lawyers' Association

Ulrich Peters' advisory focus is on banking law, M&A, corporate law and structured financing.

Ulrich Peters studied law at the University of Hamburg after training as a bank clerk and completed the master's degree in M&A in Münster. He started his legal career in Cologne in 1999 and moved to Aderhold in 2005. He works as a lawyer and partner in Dortmund.

Ulrich Peters has been the lecturer at Jurgrad gGmbH at the University of Münster in the Master's degree in business law since 2024.

Dr. Thomas Rautenberg is a focus on public business law, advisory and forensic and there in particular in building law, planning law and environmental law and project development. He advises on all public law issues relating to the property, including the conclusion of urban planning and development contracts, neighborhood agreements, planning approval procedures, public fees, building law enforcement and building right defense before authorities and courts. He also has extensive experience in larger real estate transactions.

Dr. Thomas Rautenberg completed the study of law at the Johann Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and received his doctorate in 1988 with a dissertation on environmental planning law in Hesse. From 1989 to 2001 he was employed in the management of a planning and environmental authority in the Frankfurt region (surrounding association Frankfurt). From 2001 to 2003 he worked as an off Counsel at Baker & McKenzie in Frankfurt, before founding the special law firm IUR-REALISE Lawyers with other colleagues in 2003, after the dissolution of which he joined Aderhold as an of Counsel.

• Society for Environmental Law e. V.

• Society for Frankfurter History e. V.

Benjamin Schauß advises primarily in the area of ​​corporate law, real estate law and banking law.

One focus of his legal activity is the accompaniment of companies and shareholders in corporate transactions (M&A). Benjamin Schauß also advises and accompanies shareholders and managing directors in terms of social law disputes in court and out of court.

In recent years, Benjamin has also been looking nationwide for banks and financial service providers in the field of banking and bankruptcy law.

Benjamin Schauss has been a lawyer of the Aderhold lawyer since 2016. He has been a specialist lawyer for banking and capital market law since 2022.

Benjamin Schauß has been a lecturer for bankruptcy law at the Hagen Law School since 2021 and has been a lecturer for banking law since 2023. Since 2023 he has also been a lecturer for bankruptcy law at FOM. Benjamin Schauß completed his legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm (second state examination). There he also gained initial practical experience in an international business office in Frankfurt. Benjamin Suckß studied law at the universities of Bielefeld and Bochum with a focus on companies and competition (first state examination).

Jürgen Schemann advises in the areas of corporate law (including shares, capital market and cooperative law) and real estate law, as well as financing as well as sales and restructuring of companies.

Jürgen Schemann completed the studies of law with additional economics at the University of Bayreuth, and he also studied business administration there until the preliminary diploma preliminary examination. After a referendum and the legal state examination in Bavaria, he began his legal career in 1990 as a lawyer in the attorney, auditor and tax consultant firm Rosenschon Sperber & Kollegen in Bayreuth. From 1997 he worked as a lawyer and general representative in the Rölf partner group. In 2000 he switched to Aderhold & Kollegen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH as a partner, since April 2011 Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH.

Jürgen Schemann has been approved as a notary in Dortmund since 2010.

Vanessa Schwetschenau advises comprehensive companies in crisis situations. The advisory spectrum ranges from extrajudicial restructuring, the preparation and implementation of starug procedures to the preparation and implementation of bankruptcy proceedings, in particular as a protective shield and self-management procedure. In addition, Ms. Schwetschenau advises on the transaction of companies in the crisis (distributed M&A) and in corporate law.

Vanessa Schwetschenau studied law at the University of Leipzig with a focus on corporate law. She completed her legal trainee in the Free State of Saxony. Vanessa Schwetschenau has been working as a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Leipzig since August 2022.

• Leipzig Lawyers' Association e. V.

• German Lawyers' Association (DAV)

• Working group for bankruptcy law and renovation

• Working group young bankruptcy lawyers

Thorsten Siepe advises as a notary with official residence in Dortmund and lawyer in particular on real estate law, corporate law and inheritance law.

One focus of his legal activity is the accompaniment of companies and shareholders when selling and buying medium -sized companies (M&A) as well as the restructuring of companies according to the conversion law, in particular by means of fusion, division or change of form.

As part of generational management, Thorsten Siepe advises and accompanies his clients in connection with will designs, the transfer of assets, in particular real estate and companies, family holding companies and the next generation as well as in the establishment of foundations.

In recent years, Thorsten Siepe has been active in the context of corporate law disputes, post-m & a disputes and managerial liability cases as well as building ratios.  

Thorsten Siepe was appointed notary in 2016 in Dortmund. Since 2012, Thorsten Siepe has been a lawyer of the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft, partner of the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft since 2015. Before his work for Aderhold, Thorsten Siepe worked as a lawyer for Gleiss Lutz. Thorsten Siepe did his doctorate at the University of Leipzig on the subject of cross -border fusion of German and English corporations. Thorsten Siepe completed his legal clerkship in the district of the Koblenz Higher Regional Court (second state examination). Thorsten Siepe studied law at the universities of Passau, Angers (France) and Bonn (first state examination).

The main focus of tida Stahm is in the areas of renovation and restructuring companies, as well as in the preparation and implementation of bankruptcy proceedings, in particular as a protective shield and self-management procedure. Tsa Stahm also advises in the insolvency-related geselical law as well as with M&A transactions and the creation or implementation of successor concepts.

Tia Stahm studied law at the University of Munich and at the University of Münster. She completed the legal preparation service in the Cologne Higher Regional Court. As part of a station of the preparatory service, Tisa Stahm got to know the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Düsseldorf. In addition, she worked as a research assistant at Lenz and Johlen Rechtsanwälte partnership MBB in Cologne. Since April 2021, Tisa Stahm has been a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Düsseldorf, and has been working in Cologne since August 2021.

Alina Statz's main advisory points are in the areas of commercial and corporate law, as well as contract and commercial law.

After completing her vocational training as a bank clerk in 2012, Alina Statz studied law at the Westphalian Wilhelms-Universität Münster. Before and during her legal clerkship in the Hamm OLG district, she worked as a research assistant at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Dortmund. Alina Statz has been working as a lawyer at the Dortmund location at the Dortmund location since June 2021.

Marco Steinhäußer advises comprehensive companies in crisis situations. The advisory spectrum ranges from extrajudicial restructuring, the preparation and implementation of starug procedures to the preparation and implementation of bankruptcy proceedings, in particular as a protective shield and self-management procedure. In addition, Mr. Steinhäußer advises on the transaction of companies in the crisis (distributed M&A) and in corporate law.

Mr. Steinhäußer completed the study of law at the University of Leipzig with a focus on corporate law and a master's degree in business law at the Technical University of Dresden. He then completed the legal clerkship at the Dresden district court. He has been working at Aderhold as a lawyer at the Leipzig site since January 2, 2025.

Alina Stricker focuses on companies in the crisis in the areas of renovation and restructuring, often in a team with auditors, tax consultants and management consultants. The advice includes the design and implementation of renovation concepts as well as questions of bankruptcy, economic and corporate law.

Alina Stricker studied law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and the University of Münster. Ms. Stricker completed her legal trainee at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, with stations in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg. Alina Stricker has been working as a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Düsseldorf since May 2025.

Susanne Szameitat advises, also in a team with auditors, tax consultants and management consultants, in the crisis, as part of the design and implementation of renovation concepts as well as on questions of banking, bankruptcy and corporate law.

Susanne Szameitat studied law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Following her studies, she graduated there in 2007. In January 2008, Susanne Szameitat began her work as a lawyer at Aderhold and was appointed partner in January 2012. 

• Chamber of law

• Society for Restructision TMA Germany e. V.

• Distressed Ladies - Women in Restructuring e. V.

Lars Thiesen is a specialist lawyer for labor law. He has many years of experience in advising and representing employers in all questions of individual and collective labor law as well as free employment contract law. One focus of his work is the preparation and implementation of personnel measures in renovation and restructuring situations and in the case of corporate takeover, but also when building up and expansion of companies. Mr. Thiesen represents employers to works councils and unions in judicial disputes, arbitration boards, social plan and collective bargaining. Another aspect of his activity forms questions of social security law, including in the context of audits and status procedures. In addition, Mr. Thiesen advises and represents managers, managing directors and board members in individual contractual matters.

Lars Thiesen completed the study of law at the University of Cologne. After stations in the economy, he joined the Aderhold & Kollegen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH in 2000 and was appointed partner in 2005. Since April 2011, Lars Thiesen has been a lawyer and partner at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Düsseldorf, since August 2021 he has switched to the Cologne office of the law firm.

Meike Viethen focuses on companies in the crisis in the areas of renovation and restructuring, often in a team with auditors, tax consultants and management consultants. The advice includes the design and implementation of renovation concepts as well as questions of bankruptcy, economic and corporate law.

Ms. Meike Viethen studied law at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf and completed her legal trainee at the Mönchengladbach district court. At the beginning of her professional career, Ms. Viethen worked in a company as a lawyer for several years. Afterwards Ms. Viethen worked as a lawyer in a boutique law firm in Cologne specializing in bankruptcy law and renovation. In January 2025, Meike Viethen took up her work as a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Düsseldorf.

Till Vosberg advises in the areas of commercial and corporate law with a focus on company foundations and handling as well as shareholder disputes. His repertoir also includes advice on successor issues for companies, including employee participation/MBO, for restructuring- in particular by lawyers and tax consultants- as well as in canon law. The Leipzig District Court regularly appoints him as an insolvency administrator. In addition, he participates in extrajudicial renovations and restructuring.

Till Vosberg studied legal and economics at the Georg August University in Göttingen. He then worked from 1996 to 2000 at the Institute for Bank and Capital Market Law at the Ruhr University Bochum and at the Aulinger law firm. In 2000 he moved to Leipzig, where he worked as a lawyer at CMS Hasche Sigle until 2006. In December 2006, he switched to Aderhold & Kollegen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH as a lawyer and partner, since April 2011 Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH.

Till Vosberg is chairman of the supervisory board of the listed Lübke Kelber AG ( www.luebke-kelber-ag.de ) and cooperative agriculture Kola Leipzig eG ( www.kolaleipzig.de ), with over 2,000 members. He is deputy chairman in the Diakonisches Council of Diakonie Sachsen.

For over 20 years, he has been a volunteer as a member of the Synods of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), the United Ev.-Luth. Church of Germany (Velkd) and the Ev.-Luth. Saxon Church, currently as chairman of the Finance Committee. He has been a member of the Diakonie and Development of the Federal Association of Diakonie ("Bread for the World") since 2020.

Friedrich Vosberg finds the right successor solution for entrepreneurs and companies, in particular family Buy-out (FBO) as well as management Buy-out (MBO) and Management Buy-in (MBI). His profound knowledge in the field of inheritance law and the right to the foundation rounds off his expertise here. This is inseparable from the design of personal legal succession and provisions for provision in personal matters. Understanding of entrepreneurial solutions are characterized by his way of working as well as empathy for the ideas and expectations of the people concerned.

Friedrich Vosberg also advises as a certified data protection officer (TÜV) in data protection law and IT law. His skills are particularly in demand here when IT-specific understanding is required in complex legal contexts. Friedrich Vosberg understands technical relationships as well as he dominates the resulting legal requirements in the field of contract design and its enforcement (out of court and in court).

The areas of activity of Friedrich Vosberg are rounded off by advice and representation in the field of law of intellectual property, in particular trademark law, and in the field of insurance law. His focus here is on the assertion and enforcement of claims from D&O insurance.

Friedrich Vosberg is a member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Testament execution and wealth care e. V. (AGT) and the German Association for Inheritance Law and Succession E. V. (DVEV) and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft inheritance law in the German Lawyers' Association. He studied law at the University of Leipzig and, as the best semester, completed an administrative studies at the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer. As an independent lawyer, he was Corporate Legal Advisor of Sovello AG from 2007 to 2012 and can fall back on many years of experience in processing the bankruptcy of Philipp Holzmann AG. Friedrich Vosberg also has a degree from the University of Music and Theater in Leipzig as a graduate orchestra musician in the subject of violoncello. He is a member of the board of directors of the Diakonisches Werk Inner Mission Leipzig e. V. and the board of the Leipzig church district.

Daniel Wagener advises comprehensively in the area of ​​the renovation and restructuring of companies as well as the preparation and implementation of insolvency proceedings, in particular as a protective shield and self-administration procedure. Further advisory focuses on the company law as well as M&A transactions and the creation or implementation of successor concepts.

Daniel Wagener studied law at the universities of Marburg and Cologne with a focus on corporate law. He also completed a one -year study stay in Aarhus, Denmark. Since March 2013, he has been a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, since January 2019 as a partner. In August 2021 he moved from the Düsseldorf office to the office location in Cologne.

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Jens Weber's main areas of activity are the creation of renovation concepts according to IDW S 6 and their implementation as a faithower. Jens Weber also uses the instruments of the restructuring and bankruptcy plan, ie he implements renovation concepts for continuation in the self-managed bankruptcy. Mr. Weber also implements financial concepts through restructuring plans.

He also examines the reasons for insolvency and creates certificates according to § 270d InsO and Section 74 (2) sentence 2 Starug. The primary goal is to achieve an economically best possible solution to continue the company, taking into account the interests of everyone involved.

Jens Weber studied law and business administration at the Universities of Münster and Paderborn. He took off the tax consultant and auditor exam during his work in the Financial Services department from KPMG. Here he also worked in the legal department. After more than 20 years of activity in the restructuring at Schultze & Braun as well as at Baker Tilly (formerly Roelfs Partner), he switched to the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH as a partner and location manager in spring 2022. Jens Weber is the lecturer of Euro-FH and the Hagen-Law-School.

• Technical committee renovation and bankruptcy (FAS) of the IDW

• Lawyers', Tax Consultant and Authorization Chamber

Barbara Wenker advises in the area of ​​M&A and corporate law/corporate law.

Barbara Wenker studied law at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. From 2010 to 2014 she received his doctorate with Prof. Dr. Ulrich Noack at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf on a topic of corporate law. She started her legal career in 2010 as a lawyer at Flick Gocke Schaumburg in Bonn. Since August 2014 she has been a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH.

Paulina Werkhausen primarily advises companies in the crisis in the areas of renovation and restructuring, often in a team with auditors, tax consultants and management consultants. The advice includes the design and implementation of renovation concepts as well as questions of bankruptcy, economic and corporate law.

Paulina Werkhausen studied law at the University of Trier. Ms. Werkhausen completed her legal trainee at the Koblenz Higher Regional Court, with stations in Luxembourg, Düsseldorf and Trier. Paulina Werkhausen has been working as a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Düsseldorf since September 2023. Before she started with Aderhold, Ms. Werkhausen worked as a legal salary in the area of ​​banking and capital market law.

Catherine Westerwelle advises as a notary with an official residence in Dortmund in particular on real estate law as well as corporate law and inheritance law.

The focus of her work as a lawyer is to advise companies in real estate transactions and construction projects, such as the creation, examination and negotiation of purchase and rental contracts as well as contracts with planners or other construction participants. She also represents clients in judicial and extrajudicial disputes with real estate reference.

In addition, Catherine Westerwelle regularly advises on trade and sales law.

Catherine Westerwelle was appointed notary in Dortmund in 2020. Since 2011 she has been a lawyer and has been a partner of the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH since 2012, previously lawyer of Aderhold & Kollegen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH since 2006. Catherine Westerwelle completed her legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm. Catherine Westerwelle studied law and completed the subject -specific foreign language training (FAA) English at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster.

Matthias Wiese advises as a notary with official residence in Dortmund and lawyer in particular on real estate law, corporate law and inheritance law. His clients are primarily family businesses and entrepreneurs, but also institutional investors.

The focus of his legal activity is the accompaniment of inheritance and corporate law disputes as well as the advice of companies and shareholders when selling and buying medium-sized companies (M&A).

Matthias Wiese also deals particularly intensely with designs in the field of corporate and asset succession, e.g. B. in connection with will designs, transmissions of real estate and companies, including the establishment of family holding companies and with special consideration of foundation designs.

Matthias Wiese was appointed notary in Dortmund in 2014. Matthias Wiese has been a lawyer of the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft since 2007, partner of the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft since 2012. Since 2010, Matthias Wiese has also been a lecturer at the University of Münster. Matthias Wiese did his doctorate at the University of Münster on a topic in the field of international company law. Matthias Wiese completed his legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm (second state examination). Matthias Wiese studied law at the University of Münster (first state examination).

Henriette Willing advises mainly in the area of ​​real estate management law.

Henriette Willing studied law at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg with a focus on forensic practice. She completed her legal trainee at the Halle district court. Henriette Willing has been working at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Leipzig since December 2024.

Toni Woitke advises mainly in the area of ​​real estate management law. In particular, he looks after real estate transactions of individual and portfolio sales. Mr. Woitke works on both sellers and on the buyer side. One focus of Mr. Woitke's transaction advice is in the area of ​​crisis-related M&A processes with a national and international connection. Mr. Woitke also has in -depth knowledge of land register law.

In addition, Mr. Woitke regularly advises on all questions of commercial tenancy law.

Toni Woitke studied at the University of Leipzig and the Université de Friborg (CH). Mr. Woitke completed his legal clerkship in Halle an der Saale and London (UK). Mr. Woitke has been a lawyer since August 2015 and has been active for the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH since January 2023 as an associated partner and head of the Real Estate Law Practice Group of the Leipzig location.

In October 2024, Mr. Woitke obtained the master title (LL.M.) in the master's degree in "Real Estate Law" at the University of Münster.

Inara Zarmann specializes in judicial and extrajudicial enforcement as well as the defense against insolvency law contestation and manager liability claims. Another focus of their work is to accompany self -administration procedures.

Inara Zarmann studied law at the Ruhr University Bochum and gained practical experience in Budapest (Hungary) and Brussels (Belgium). Inara Zarmann completed her legal trainee in the district of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court with stations in Wuppertal, Düsseldorf and Houston (USA). In July 2018, Inara Zarmann was approved as a lawyer and has been a specialist lawyer for insolvency and renovation law since March 2024. Inara Zarmann completed the master's degree in business law at the University of Cologne and acquired the academic degree of the Master of Law (LL.M.). Inara Zarmann has been working as a lawyer at the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Düsseldorf since November 2024.