12-09-2019News

Partner appointments at Heuking – eleven new Equity Partners

Effective January 1, 2020, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s eleven Salaried Partners will be admitted to Equity Partnership and seven lawyers will be appointed Salaried Partners. “We are going into next year with no less than eleven new equity partners from within the firm. The new peers will contribute to our continued success, just like they have done as Salaried Partners in the past,” said Dr. Pär Johansson, Managing Partner for Human Resources. “This is further evidence of the fact that we are highly successful in training and developing our young lawyers. The wide range of fields in which we have been able to appoint new partners and salaried partners is also a great reward for our efforts.”

The following Salaried Partners will be admitted to Equity Partnership:

Cologne
Dr. Philipp Jansen specializes in Corporate/M&A with a focus on private equity transactions. He is also practicing in Corporate Litigation and Restructuring.

Düsseldorf
Dr. Christopher Marx is working in the Public Sector & Public Procurement, Transport, Traffic & Infrastructure, Real Estate & Construction, and Litigation practice groups. He focuses on advising the public sector on procurement and infrastructure projects and on real estate transactions.

Dr. Gunter Mühlhaus specializes in Corporate and Private Succession Planning and advises in Inheritance, Family, Corporate and Tax Law. He is co-head of the Private Clients practice group and joined Heuking from Ernst & Young Law at the end of 2017.

Kirstin van de Sande is a member of the Public Sector & Public Procurement, Health Care, and Real Estate & Construction practice groups. She advises public clients on planning and construction of infrastructure and on the procurement of services, in particular social services, in Public Procurement Law and Subsidy Law as well as in Municipal Commercial Law.

Dr. Laurence Westen works in the Public Sector & Public Procurement, Transport, Traffic & Infrastructure, and Real Estate & Construction practice groups. He focuses on the procurement of services of general interest for the public sector.

Frankfurt
Stephan Nikschick, LL.M. is a litigator and works in the Litigation and Restructuring practice groups. He specializes in Insolvency Law and Corporate Litigation. Nikschick joined Heuking from FPS in January 2018.

Hamburg
Dr. Sebastian Jungemeyer advises primarily in Commercial Law. He specializes in drafting contracts and representing clients in disputes relating to (international) commercial law, advising on product safety, and providing support in crisis situations such as product recalls.

Dr. Marcus Georg Tischler is a member of the Litigation, Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Commercial, and White Collar & Criminal Compliance practice groups. He is a Certified Specialist Lawyer in Commercial and Corporate Law and in Insolvency Law. He focuses on advising in these fields and is working in Litigation.

Dr. Hans Markus Wulf is a Certified Specialist Lawyer in IT Law and a member of the IP, Media & Technology practice group. He just joined Heuking from SKW Schwarz in June 2018.

Munich
Alexander Weber LL.M. (Wellington) specializes in advising in Venture Capital and Litigation, in particular relating to collective proceedings in civil law.

Stuttgart
Dr. Frank Baßler (also Notarial Assessor in Baden-Württemberg) specializes in Real Estate & Construction, in particular in transaction advice. He is also working in the Corporate/M&A and Private Clients practice groups. Baßler joined Heuking from KPMG Law at the end of 2017.