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Profil<\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dr. Stephan Sch\u00e4fer is a partner at ZENK and a specialist attorney in commercial and corporate law (listed as \u201cfrequently recommended\u201d by JUVE). His practice focuses on the food, FMCG, and medical technology sectors. He leads the ZENK Food Deal Team, which brings together ZENK\u2019s expertise in regulatory matters, M&A transactions, and strategy for the food industry. Dr. Sch\u00e4fer is also a sought-after expert on issues related to supply chain law and environmental and social compliance (e.g., LkSG, CSDDD, CSRD, Deforestation Regulation).<\/p>\n

Dr. Sch\u00e4fer has particular expertise in the contractual and procedural modeling and implementation of innovative business models. Dr. Sch\u00e4fer is a lecturer at the University of Bayreuth and the author of numerous articles. He is also the managing director of Aktuelles Recht f\u00fcr die Praxis GmbH (AfP GmbH) and the executive director of the Association for the Promotion of the Research Center for German and European Food Law at the University of Bayreuth e.V.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Corporate Law & M&A in particular M&A Food & FMCG Industry,
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Dr Sch\u00e4fer studied law in Bayreuth and Parma, Italy. From 2010 to 2013, he was a research assistant and managing director of the Research Centre for German and European Food Law at the University of Bayreuth. He completed his doctorate there on European private law. His legal clerkship took him to the Federal Foreign Office, a major international law firm and the German Embassy in Lisbon before finally leading him to ZENK in Berlin.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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German, English, Italian, Portuguese<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Publications<\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Purnhagen\/Sch\u00e4fer\/Horst (Hrsg.) 2026: BeckOK Lebensmittelrecht, C.H. Beck M\u00fcnchen<\/a><\/p>

Rechtsprechungsreport zum Lebensmittelrecht 2024, WRP 04\/2025<\/a><\/p>

Rechtsprechungsreport Lebensmittelrecht 2023, WRP 20.03.2024<\/a><\/p>

ZENK Corona-Update V | Ma\u00dfnahmen zur Abmilderung der Folgen der Covid-19-Pandemie im Zivil-, Insolvenz- und Strafverfahrensrecht, 25.03.2020<\/a><\/p>

Coronavirus und Vertragsrecht \u2013 was tun, wenn Lieferketten zusammenbrechen? BB-Betriebsberater, 18.03.2020<\/a><\/p>

Gr\u00fcndung auf Knopfdruck? Was sich mit der EU-Digitalisierungs-Richtlinie im Gesellschaftsrecht \u00e4ndert, BB-Betriebsberater, 4.11.2019<\/a><\/p>

\u201eProzente, Prozente, Prozente!\u201c und am Ende haftet der Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrer: Die neue Gesellschafterliste nach \u00a7 40 Abs. 1 GmbHG, BB-Betriebsberater, 20.11.2017<\/a><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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15. Food Safety Kongress 2023 | Vortrag \u201eDie Umsetzung des LkSG in Unternehmen \u2013 Trends der Beratungspraxis\u201c
Berlin | 25. Mai 2023<\/p>

16. Marburger Symposium zum Lebensmittelrecht | Vortrag \u201eSorgfaltspflichten der Unternehmen nach dem Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz\u201c
Marburg | 24. November 2022<\/p>

ortrag \u201eDas holistische Verst\u00e4ndnis der Lieferkette\u201c | Florin Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Lebensmitteltechnologie und BOGK
Willich | 8. November 2022<\/p>

Workshop zum Lieferkettenrecht \u2013 LKSG | Kulinaria Deutschland e.V.,
online | 4. November 2022 | In Kooperation mit der AFC Consulting Group<\/p>

Workshop zum Lieferkettenrecht \u2013 LkSG | Fachverband der Gew\u00fcrzindustrie e.V.,
online | 21. Oktober 2022 | In Kooperation mit der AFC Consulting Group<\/p>

\u201eLieferkettensorgfaltsgesetz:Inhalt\/Management\/Digitale L\u00f6sungen\u201c
online | 23.M\u00e4rz 2022, 13.00 \u2013 15.00 Uhr | In Kooperation mit der AFC Consulting Group<\/p>

LMR Uni Bayreuth Symposium 2021
online | 14.\/15. Oktober 2021<\/p>

dti digital | \u201eNeue Sorgfaltspflichten in der Lieferkette\u201c
online | 24. September 2021<\/p>

Food Safety Kongress 2022 | Vortrag \u201eDas Lieferkettengesetz und die Lebensmittelwirtschaft \u2013 Praktische Perspektiven zur Umsetzung\u201c
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Profil<\/h2>\n

Dr. Stephan Sch\u00e4fer is a partner at ZENK and a specialist attorney in commercial and corporate law (listed as \u201cfrequently recommended\u201d by JUVE). His practice focuses on the food, FMCG, and medical technology sectors. He leads the ZENK Food Deal Team, which brings together ZENK\u2019s expertise in regulatory matters, M&A transactions, and strategy for the food industry. Dr. Sch\u00e4fer is also a sought-after expert on issues related to supply chain law and environmental and social compliance (e.g., LkSG, CSDDD, CSRD, Deforestation Regulation).<\/p>

Dr. Sch\u00e4fer has particular expertise in the contractual and procedural modeling and implementation of innovative business models. Dr. Sch\u00e4fer is a lecturer at the University of Bayreuth and the author of numerous articles. He is also the managing director of Aktuelles Recht f\u00fcr die Praxis GmbH (AfP GmbH) and the executive director of the Association for the Promotion of the Research Center for German and European Food Law at the University of Bayreuth e.V.<\/p>\n

Skills<\/h2>\n

Corporate Law & M&A in particular M&A Food & FMCG Industry,
Commercial, Goods & Services,
IT & E-commerce,
Compliance and Delegation,
Liability & Recourse,
Supply Chain Law,
Sustainability<\/p>\n

About<\/h2>\n

Dr Sch\u00e4fer studied law in Bayreuth and Parma, Italy. From 2010 to 2013, he was a research assistant and managing director of the Research Centre for German and European Food Law at the University of Bayreuth. He completed his doctorate there on European private law. His legal clerkship took him to the Federal Foreign Office, a major international law firm and the German Embassy in Lisbon before finally leading him to ZENK in Berlin.<\/p>\n\"Stephan\n

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German, English, Italian, Portuguese<\/p>\n

Publications<\/h2>\n

Purnhagen\/Sch\u00e4fer\/Horst (Hrsg.) 2026: BeckOK Lebensmittelrecht, C.H. Beck M\u00fcnchen<\/a><\/p>

Rechtsprechungsreport zum Lebensmittelrecht 2024, WRP 04\/2025<\/a><\/p>

Rechtsprechungsreport Lebensmittelrecht 2023, WRP 20.03.2024<\/a><\/p>

ZENK Corona-Update V | Ma\u00dfnahmen zur Abmilderung der Folgen der Covid-19-Pandemie im Zivil-, Insolvenz- und Strafverfahrensrecht, 25.03.2020<\/a><\/p>

Coronavirus und Vertragsrecht \u2013 was tun, wenn Lieferketten zusammenbrechen? BB-Betriebsberater, 18.03.2020<\/a><\/p>

Gr\u00fcndung auf Knopfdruck? Was sich mit der EU-Digitalisierungs-Richtlinie im Gesellschaftsrecht \u00e4ndert, BB-Betriebsberater, 4.11.2019<\/a><\/p>

\u201eProzente, Prozente, Prozente!\u201c und am Ende haftet der Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrer: Die neue Gesellschafterliste nach \u00a7 40 Abs. 1 GmbHG, BB-Betriebsberater, 20.11.2017<\/a><\/p>\n

Events<\/h2>\n

15. Food Safety Kongress 2023 | Vortrag \u201eDie Umsetzung des LkSG in Unternehmen \u2013 Trends der Beratungspraxis\u201c
Berlin | 25. Mai 2023<\/p>

16. Marburger Symposium zum Lebensmittelrecht | Vortrag \u201eSorgfaltspflichten der Unternehmen nach dem Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz\u201c
Marburg | 24. November 2022<\/p>

ortrag \u201eDas holistische Verst\u00e4ndnis der Lieferkette\u201c | Florin Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Lebensmitteltechnologie und BOGK
Willich | 8. November 2022<\/p>

Workshop zum Lieferkettenrecht \u2013 LKSG | Kulinaria Deutschland e.V.,
online | 4. November 2022 | In Kooperation mit der AFC Consulting Group<\/p>

Workshop zum Lieferkettenrecht \u2013 LkSG | Fachverband der Gew\u00fcrzindustrie e.V.,
online | 21. Oktober 2022 | In Kooperation mit der AFC Consulting Group<\/p>

\u201eLieferkettensorgfaltsgesetz:Inhalt\/Management\/Digitale L\u00f6sungen\u201c
online | 23.M\u00e4rz 2022, 13.00 \u2013 15.00 Uhr | In Kooperation mit der AFC Consulting Group<\/p>

LMR Uni Bayreuth Symposium 2021
online | 14.\/15. Oktober 2021<\/p>

dti digital | \u201eNeue Sorgfaltspflichten in der Lieferkette\u201c
online | 24. September 2021<\/p>

Food Safety Kongress 2022 | Vortrag \u201eDas Lieferkettengesetz und die Lebensmittelwirtschaft \u2013 Praktische Perspektiven zur Umsetzung\u201c
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