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We are very pleased with the result of this year’s iurratio employer ranking: FGvW ranks 7th among the TOP 10 employers in the REF50 ranking for legal traineeships in the southern region. In addition, we are among the TOP 50 employers for career entry nationwide in the Career50 ranking as well as in the ranking...

With Dr Gabi Müllejans, LL.M. oec., we have gained an experienced expert in the field of intellectual property as a local partner. She will join Dr. David Kipping‘s team in Cologne as a local partner in December. The certified specialist specialist in intellectual property law provides comprehensive advice on trademark, design and competition law. She...

I was born in the Palatinate, a region that is not called the “Tuscany of Germany” for no reason. I spent my childhood in Speyer, the imperial city with its impressive history and the cathedral that towers over the city. Very close to the cathedral, I was allowed to go to the “High School at...

In this year’s ranking by Leaders League (international media and rating agency) we have been awarded once again. In the areas of Insolvency, M&A Mid-Cap, Real Estate, Venture Capital and Restructuring we are named among the best law firms 2025. Dr Stefan Lammel ist recommended for Restructuring. Highly recommended lawyers are Dr Frank Büchler and Dr Stefan Lammel for Insolvency, Dr Alexander...

The Baden-Württemberg Regional Labor Court (LAG) follows the case law of the Federal Labor Court (BAG), according to which a direct claim of a released works council member can arise from Section 78 sentence 2 of the Works Constitution Act (“BetrVG”) in conjunction with Section 611a (2) of the German Civil Code (“BGB”) if the...

On June 29, 2023, the EU Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products, or EUDR) came into effect with little public attention. Initially set to apply to many companies following an 18-month transition period on December 30, 2024, the European Commission has since proposed a 12-month delay, pending expected approval from...

The current JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2024/2025 has been published and with it the associated TOP 50 ranking. As in previous years, Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner is represented in this national overview of leading law firms. JUVE particularly recommends our firm in the areas of: The following partners were highlighted as...

WirtschaftsWoche has recognized Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner as one of the top law firms for inheritance law. Our partner Dr. Matthias Jünemann is a highly recommended lawyer for inheritance law. We are very pleased about this success and congratulate Dr. Matthias Jünemann and our entire inheritance law team! This ranking was carried out...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has answered two controversial questions with its decision of October 4, 2024 in case C-21/23: The background to the procedure is the action taken by a pharmacist against competitors due to the sale of pharmacy-only medicines that are not subject to prescription. In his opinion, their distribution via Amazon...

I was born and grew up in Freiburg i. Br. – strictly speaking, however, I was not born in the right Freiburg clinic to be a Freiburg Bobbele. Fascinated from an early age by Freiburg and its diversity and not lastly the proximity to the mountains and lakes beyond the borders in France and Switzerland,...