Dr Katy Ritzmann > GSK Stockmann > Berlin, Germany > Lawyer Profile

With extensive skills in IT and data protection matters, GSK Stockmann is well equipped to advise on competition issues relating to digital business models and transformation. This expertise is particularly called upon by technologically oriented and international clients, who also benefit from the cooperation with its London office, which opened in September 2022. Katy Ritzmann, who is experienced in licensing agreements and trade marks, jointly heads practice with technology and digitalisation expert Jörg Kahler.

GSK Stockmann is experienced in the technology sector and supports investors, companies and start-ups in financing rounds, transactions and exits. The team frequently cooperates with the locations in Luxembourg and London on cross-border matters. The practice is led by Katy Ritzmann (focus on the digital, tech, high-tech and insurtech industries) and Thomas Derlin (IT, Internet, mobility and technology). Counsel Dennis Gehnen focuses on transactions in the mobility, digital, tech and insurtech industries. In July 2023, Markus Söhnchen (PE, VC, corporate) joined GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB, while Andreas Bauer (transactions and corporate) left the firm and founded his own law firm in December 2022.

GSK Stockmann‘s data protection expertise is utilised in the advice on GDPR compliance, the creation of data protection concepts as well as in clients’ representation before the authorities. Practice heads Jörg Kahler and Katy Ritzmann are experienced in the mobility, finance and real estate sectors and regularly assist with transactions and, thanks to the firm’s focus on the real estate segment, advise facility managers on monitoring software, serviced apartments and parking space management.