LAW FIRM
ZENK Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB is an independent, full service commercial law firm with approx. 40 attorneys, a notary office, a mediation practice and a tax consulting service at its offices in Hamburg and Berlin. It advises on national and international projects in all core areas of commercial law. Our clients include medium-sized German companies, international corporations and public institutions at federal, state and local level.
Hamburg
ZENK was founded in Hamburg at the beginning of the 1970s. At present, approx. 30 lawyers and a tax consultant advise clients at the Hamburg office on Neuer Wall.
Berlin
During the reunification of Germany in 1991, the Berlin branch was opened in the government district to establish a presence in the newly emerging political and cultural metropolis.
At present, the Berlin office at Reinhardtstraße has approx. 20 lawyers. It also has its own notary office led by three notaries.
AWARDS
ZENK lawyers have been listed and awarded as leading advisors in the German legal market for years in various renowned rankings in the various fields of law. These rankings are based on surveys of various media among legal colleagues (peer-to-peer reviews) and other market participants such as clients.
Handelsblatt 2022 and Best Lawyers 2023: 22 ZENK Lawyers recognized as Germany's Best Lawyers
Exclusively for the German Handelsblatt and based on an extensive peer-to-peer survey, US publisher Best Lawyers identifies every year the leading advisors in the German legal market. The lawyers are nominated by colleagues and market participants and then evaluated in an anonymous survey. The ranking is also published exclusively in the Handelsblatt as “Germany’s Best Lawyers“.
ZENK is pleased to announce that 22 heads have been recommended as “Germany’s Best Lawyers 2022”.
In Real Estate Law, Alexander Baden, Dr. Oliver Nowoczyn, Dr. Henrik Nacke, Victoria-Luise Vollstedt, LL. M. and Birgitta Weihrich were recognized.
In Construction Law, Alexander Baden was honored for the twelfth time in a row, Dr. Peer Feldhahn, Anja Teiwes, and Florian Werner, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) were recognized as well.
In Public Law, Dr. Kostja von Keitz was recognized. In Environmental Law, Dr. Wolfgang Hopp, Dr. Ralf Hüting, Dr. Kostja von Keitz and Dr. Martin Düwel were recognized.
In the field of Intellectual Property Law, Dr. Christian Freudenberg, Dr. Stefanie Hartwig and Dr. Lisa Feuerhake were recognized.
In Mergers & Acquisitions, Jan Dietze was recognized as well as Dr. Bastian Schmidt-Vollmer, LL. M. in Corporate Law.
Dr. Carsten Oelrichs was honored for the twelfth consecutive year in Advertising Law, for Healthcare Law and for Food Law. Sonja Schulz, LL. M. was in Advertising Law.
In Employment and Labour Law, Dr. Markus Kelber and Dr. Rolf Zeißig were recognized for the first time.
FOCUS Magazine 2022 ``TOP commercial law firm for construction law``
Also for the sixth year in a row, the construction law department at ZENK was listed as a recommended commercial law practice by the FOCUS editorial team in their special edition on “Germany’s Top Lawyers 2022”. The list is categorized into 24 specialist areas of law. The Germany-wide ranking is based on recommendations from peers and surveys of legal departments in companies.
JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2022/2023
JUVE “Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien” is a reference work of the German legal market. The publication is based on extensive research carried out by an independent editorial team among law firms, corporate managers, representatives of public authorities and employees of the judiciary and academia.
The 2022/2023 handbook makes special mention of: Dr. Carsten Oelrichs (‘professionally and personally convincing,’ client); Dr. Stefanie Hartwig (‘looks beyond the horizon,’ competitor, ‘very understanding in trademark and copyright law,’ competitor); Alexander Baden (‘very competent and customer-oriented,’ client; ‘very experienced, also pragmatic and straightforward,’ client); Dr. Henrik Nacke (‘level-headed and collegial negotiator,’ client); Dr. Christian Freudenberg (‘very cooperative despite tough dispute,’ competitor)
Legal 500 Germany survey 2022
“The Legal 500 (Germany)” is a detailed qualitative review of law firms and lawyers in 48 specialistareas and is used as a referenceby professionals and clients. Every year, the editorial staff interviews hundreds of lawyers and records around 14,000 customer references.
In the 2022 survey, ZENK was listed in the rankings for the Hamburg metropolitan region and the Brandenburg/Berlin metropolitan region with special mention of Dr. Bastian Schmidt-Vollmer and Dr. Michael Hackert as well as Dr. Martin Düwel and Dr. Kostja von Keitz.
The trademark and competition law expertise of the team led by Dr. Stefanie Hartwig, Dr. Carsten Oelrichs and Sonja Schulz was also acknowledged.