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KRISTINA PROSKURINA LEGAL ASSISTANT
Kristina Proskurina
Legal Assistant Real Estate & InvestmentsLegal Assistant Private & Family
with vpmk since 09/2018
EDUCATION:
- Master’s degree Russian State Tax Academy, Moscow. Focus on public service
- Master of Business Administration in European Management, Berlin School of Economics and Law
LANGUAGES:
Russian, English, German
CONTACT:
proskurina [at] vpmk.de
VOLKER MAUCH ATTORNEY AT LAW | PARTNER
Volker Mauch
ATTORNEY AT LAW | PARTNERSPECIALIST IN LABOUR LAW
biographical
- Born 1971
- 1990 – 1995: Law studies at the University of Hamburg (focus: private international law)
- 1995 – 1997: Legal clerkship in the State of Brandenburg
- April 1998: Admitted to the Berlin Bar
- May 1998: Founding partner of vpmk Rechtsanwälte
- 2005: Further training as specialist lawyer for tax law
- 2006: Further training as specialist solicitor for labour law
- 2007: Admission as specialist lawyer for labour law
- 2007: Entry into the real estate department of vpmk and focus on international investors
LECTURES
- Lectures in China/Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Moscow, on civil and tax law issues in connection with investments in German real estate;
- Berliner Immobilienrunde 27.02.2012 “Advising foreign real estate investors in Berlin”.
- 6 July 2022 – 4th Berlin Real Estate Talk – Tax Law for Foreign Real Estate Owners
- 24 May 2022 – IVD Profit Meeting – Lecture on the acquisition of real estate by non-residents
- 13 September 2022 – 36th Berlin Real Estate Talks
- Since 27 October 2022 BGI – Balms Group International – Member of the Board
LARS KROIDL ATTORNEY AT LAW | PARTNER
Lars Kroidl
ATTORNEY AT LAW, L.L.M | PARTNERLawyer | Specialist in Administrative Law
MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY
- Business start-up and investment in Germany
- Real Estate Law
- Tenancy law
- Corporate Law
- Administrative Law
BIOGRAPHIC
- Born in Wisconsin/USA
- Studies in Göttingen and Leiden/Netherlands
- Master of Laws at the University of San Diego/USA
- Scholarships: Erasmus scholarship from Leiden University/Netherlands, Merit scholarship from the
University of San Diego/USA - Traineeship: Bremen Regional Court | Department of International Law of the German Foreign Office (assistance at the hearing on forced labour compensation) | international: Heskia-Hacmun, Law Firm in Tel-Aviv/Israel
- Partner at vpmk since May 2003
- Specialist in administrative law since 2008
MEMBERSHIPS
German Bar Association, pro asyl e.V., Zeuthener Segler-Verein e.V. Berlin-Wannsee, CFB Hasenheide e. V.
Publications
Lars Kroidl and Christoph von Planta,
editing of the chapter “Germany” in: Dennis Campbell (General Editor) “International Immigration and Nationality Law”, 2nd edition 2016
SILVIA CASERTANO LEGAL ASSISTANT
Silvia Casertano
Legal AssistantReal Estate & Investments
at vpmk since 03/2017
EDUCATION:
Postgraduate studies “Conference Interpreting”, Westminster University, London
European Master “Conference Interpreting”, University “L’Orientale”, Naples
LANGUAGES:
Gernan, English, Italian
CONTACT:
casertano [at] vpmk.de
MATTHIAS GRABOWSKI SENIOR LEGAL ASSISTANT
Matthias Grabowski
Head of Real Estate & Investments
Senior Legal Assistant
YOSEF OVADIA LEGAL ASSISTANT
YOSEF OVADIA
Legal Assistent Real Estate & Investments
at vpmk since 10/2016
EDUCATION:
Certified economist, studied “Economics” at the Open University Tel Aviv, Israel
LABGUAGES:
Hebrew, English, German
CONTACT:
ovadia (at) vpmk.de
ALEKSANDRA CHEREPANOVA SENIOR LEGAL ASSISTANT
Aleksandra Cherepanova
Senior Legal Assistant | Real Estate & Investments
with vpmk since 09/2018
EDUCATION
LL.M. International Economic Law and Politics (IELPO), University of Barcelona, Spain Master in World Economic System, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia BA International Relations, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia
LANGUAGES:
German, English, Russian
CONTACT:
cherepanova [at] vpmk.de
TILL HEINRICH ATTORNEY AT LAW | PARTNER
Till Heinrich
Lawyer | PartnerSpecialist lawyer for copyright and media law
Corporation Contract Law Intellectual Property & Media Venture Capital Litigation
BIOGRAPHIC
Studies at the Eberhardt – Karls – University of Tübingen
2010 Admission to the bar
Since 2012 Lecturer at the fashion and graphic design school MF Mannheim
2010-2015 Employed as lawyer in a law firm for music and
media law
2015 – 2017 Self – employed lawyer for copyright and media law
2018 Joined the l aw firm vpmk as a partner
2018 Certification as data protection officer DEVK
2022 Designation as specialist lawyer for copyright and media law
MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of the Working Group on Information Technology (DAVIT)
- Member of the Working Group Intellectual Property & Media
(AGEM) - Member of the German Bar Association and the Stuttgart Bar Association
PUBLICATIONS
Sustainable data protection management, in: FOODTEC 2019
Data protection as an opportunity, in: Prozesstechnik 1/19
Lecture “Copyright in digital art” in: Digitale Kunst 0711,
Stuttgart 09.22