10. September 2026

OPPENLÄNDER strengthens its corporate law practice with Simon Wawatschek

Simon Wawatschek studied law at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg and completed his legal training in the district of the Bamberg Higher Regional Court. He joined OPPENLÄNDER in Stuttgart to undertake his legal training. Simon Wawatschek has been practising as a lawyer at OPPENLÄNDER in the field of corporate law since September 2026. He has also been a lecturer at a legal revision centre operating throughout Germany since 2024. He is currently working on his PhD in the field of corporate co-determination.

He is starting his legal career as part of the team led by Dr Christian Gunßer.

Simon Wawatschek

+49 (0)711 60187-251
simon.wawatschek@oppenlaender.de

Dr. Christian Gunßer

+49 (0)711 60187-162
gunsser@oppenlaender.de

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29. September 2026

Rhineland-Palatinate State Government wins case with OPPENLÄNDER at the Administrative Court in dispute over municipal financial equalisation

The Administrative Court in Neustadt an der Weinstraße has dismissed the test case brought by the city of Pirmasens and the district of Südwestpfalz against the municipal financial equalisation scheme in Rhineland-Palatinate. The court of first instance has thus confirmed the state’s position: according to the ruling, the State Financial Equalisation Act (LFAG), as amended at the end of 2022, is not unconstitutional.

04. September 2026

NTT DATA Business Solutions AG advised on the acquisition of Swedish ServiceNow specialist Netgain by OPPENLÄNDER

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27. August 2026

JUVE has nominated OPPENLÄNDER 2026 as Law Firm of the Year for Antitrust

JUVE has nominated us for the 2026 awards, alongside Geradin Partners, Glade Michel Wirtz and Hogan Lovells Cadwalader. We are delighted by this recognition of our antitrust practice and look forward to the awards ceremony on 29 October 2026.

26. August 2026

OPPENLÄNDER strengthens its corporate law practice with Dr Marcel Lerch

Dr Marcel Lerch joined OPPENLÄNDER’s corporate law team in August 2026. He studied law and obtained his doctorate at the University of Heidelberg.