In 2009 a total of nine new partners were appointed. With Prof. Dr. Christian Winterhoff and the five new partners, six of those nine have been made up from within the Firm. With Robert Alan Heym, Carsten Liersch and Dr. Dominik Ziegenhahn three were lateral recruits.
Christof Kleinmann, Managing Partner said, "We look back on 2009 as an extremely successful year, in which we acquired high-calibre lateral recruits, who strengthen our practice groups. In addition, the growth by a total of six partners from within the Firm shows that we also keep our promises of prospects of partnership. We are on course to continue to grow in 2010 and look forward to new partners in Frankfurt and Munich."
Dr. Robert Theissen, Managing Partner said, We are very pleased to admit the new partners as they are excellent lawyers, some of whom we have known and supported since the beginning of their legal careers. The addition of these new partners sets us up well for the coming years."
The new equity partners:
Arnd Böken (47), Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer) and notary, has been a non-equity partner at Graf von Westphalen in Berlin since December 2007. His main areas of practice are corporate law and advising IT and technology companies. Arnd Böken studied law in Göttingen, Berlin and Rouen (Normandy) and was a research assistant under Prof. Dr. Uwe Diederichsen.
Dr. Morton Douglas (35) began as a lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) with Graf von Westphalen in 2004 after studying in Freiburg and Aberdeen, completing a legal traineeship and receiving a doctorate. He works in Freiburg in the trade mark department together with Norbert Hebeis. His main areas of practice are trade mark, domain and design law; he also advises on competition and pharmacy law. Morton Douglas regularly gives talks on trade mark law.
Dr. Frank Jungfleisch (41) has been a lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) in Freiburg and Stuttgart for 10 years and has worked at Graf von Westphalen in its Freiburg office since 2007. He advises on corporate law, M&A and international commercial law. He is also a teacher of commercial law and computer law at the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) [Dual University of Baden-Württemberg] Lörrach in the Faculty of Business Informatics. He studied in Saarbrücken and Freiburg.
Dr. Stefan Lammel (33) studied in Halle an der Saale and St. Petersburg. He has worked for Graf von Westphalen in Freiburg in the area of corporate law since 2003, initially whilst writing his doctorate in parallel. In 2008 he completed a secondment to Wragge & Co and in 2009 a secondment to the legal department of a large energy company.
Marian Niestedt (37), has been with Graf von Westphalen as a non-equity partner in the area of customs and foreign trade law and procurement law since November 2008. Before that he had practised in this field since 2001 at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Mr. Niestedt studied law in Kiel, Guildford and Liège and obtained a Master of European Studies (MES) at the European Centre for Comparative Government and Public Policy in Berlin.

Contact:
Christof Kleinmann, Managing Partner
Tel. +49 (0) 69 8008519-41
E-mail: christof.kleinmann@grafvonwestphalen.com

Dr. Robert Theissen, Managing Partner
Tel.: +49 (0) 40 35922-136
E-mail: robert.theissen@grafvonwestphalen.com

Annegret König, Business Development & Communication
Tel.: +49 (0) 40 35922-205 or +49 (0) 160 7033250
annegret.koenig@grafvonwestphalen.com

Background:
Graf von Westphalen is a partnership of approximately 150 lawyers, tax advisers and accountants. With offices in Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Hamburg, Munich as well as Alicante, Brussels and Shanghai, Graf von Westphalen is one of the largest independent law firms in Germany. In total the Firm has approximately 350 employees. You can find further information on the internet at www.grafvonwestphalen.com.