10. December 2024

At the turn of the year 2024/2025, ARQIS will appoint four Managing Associates as Counsels. In doing so, ARQIS is strengthening strategically important areas and developing talents from its own ranks. Nora Stratmann, Benjamin Bandur, Malte Griepenburg and Martin Weingärtner will be promoted. ‘The expertise and commitment of the new Counsels will enable us to expand into new and to develop strategically important legal practice areas. All four are outstanding talents who not only have excellent legal expertise, but also always have the business objectives of our clients in mind,' says Dr. Andrea Panzer-Heemeier, Managing Partner at ARQIS.

With the appointment of Nora Stratmann, ARQIS is strengthening its commercial legal advice offer. ARQIS is thus responding to the growing market demand for excellent legal advice. At the same time, the promotion of Benjamin Bandur and Malte Griepenburg strengthens the steadily growing transaction practice. Martin Weingärtner, lawyer within the HR.Law focus group, will work at the interface between labour law and transactions. With its HR Transactions subgroup, ARQIS has a unique competitive advantage in the market and is able to provide targeted and efficient labour law support for transactions.

The new Counsels at ARQIS:

Benjamin Bandur (Munich) has been advising domestic and foreign private equity funds, investment banks, multinational strategic investors, venture capital funds as well as start-ups and their founders as a lawyer at ARQIS since 2019.

Malte Griepenburg (Dusseldorf) joined ARQIS as a lawyer in 2018. He advises clients, particularly in the private equity sector, on legal issues related to corporate law, mergers & acquisitions and medical law. In the future, he will further expand his advice in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector.

Nora Stratmann (Munich) has been working at ARQIS in the IP and Commercial areas since 2019. She will play a key role in the further development of ARQIS’ commercial law advisory services and advise on the drafting and negotiation of contracts. Her focus is on commercial and distribution law as well as advising on the interface with M&A transactions.

Martin Weingärtner (Dusseldorf) has been with ARQIS as a lawyer since 2018. Within the HR Law focus group, he advises clients on topics related to compensation and benefits. In the future, he will focus his advice on the interface between labour law and transactions. ARQIS is one of the leading providers in the market for advice in the area of HR transactions.