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Dr. Marc Pfirmann

My areas of expertise

Mergers & Acquisitions

Company law

Business succession

Shareholder disputes (corporate litigation)

Corporate Finance

More about me

I regularly advise national and international companies as well as financial investors on M&A transactions. In addition, I have particular experience in the area of corporate succession, in disputes between shareholders and am involved in promoting charitable causes as a member of the supervisory board of the Caritasverband e.V. Pforzheim.

Career

Since 2025: Lawyer and partner at Bartsch Rechtsanwälte and head of the Pforzheim office
2009 to 2024: Lawyer and partner at two medium-sized commercial law firms
2007 to 2009: Lawyer at an international commercial law firm
2006: Foreign associate at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Los Angeles (USA)
Doctorate at the University of Mannheim
Legal studies at the University of Heidelberg; legal clerkship in Landau and Koblenz

Memberships

Member of the German-American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV) and its M&A working group
Member of the supervisory board of the Caritasverband e.V. Pforzheim

Publications

The contractual and non-contractual liability of the carrier for consequential damages (2008)

Good to know

Interview with Dr. Marc Pfirmann

Assistance

Janine Gioia

Dr. Marc Pfirmann joins Bartsch Rechtsanwälte in Pforzheim

01.01.2025

Dr. Simon Bahlinger

My areas of expertise

Corporate law / M&A

Corporate law encompasses the legal relationships between companies organised as partnerships (GbR, oHG, KG, PartG) or corporations (GmbH, UG, AG, SE, Verein), their shareholders and their governing bodies. Corporate law regulates and sorts the individual interests of these parties, which are usually similar but still individual. If – as is often the case – the general legal regulations do not adequately reflect the interests of the parties involved, they can use individual agreements and regulations to create a set of rules among themselves that deviates from the general legal regulations and is tailored to their needs. Corporate law offers great freedom of design for this, which needs to be utilised. If a dispute nevertheless arises between the company, shareholders or governing bodies, a forward-looking structure proves its worth in the corporate dispute that then has to be resolved.

Inheritance law

Well-thought-out estate planning ensures that your wishes are respected and disputes avoided. When organising your succession or settling an estate, we take into account not only legal issues and economic interests, but also the interpersonal component.

More about me

As a lawyer, I advise medium-sized companies and their shareholders in the areas of corporate and inheritance law. This includes the formation of companies, the drafting of articles of association, the support of capital measures and transformation processes, as well as the resolution of shareholder disputes. A particular focus is on corporate succession.

I support private individuals in the drafting of wills, the structuring of asset succession and in inheritance disputes.

Career

After studying law at the University of Heidelberg, I initially worked as a research assistant at a major international law firm in Frankfurt am Main. I then worked on my doctoral thesis, which was supported by a scholarship from the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw). In 2021, I was awarded a doctorate in law from the Institute for Foreign and International Private and Commercial Law at the University of Heidelberg. Before joining Bartsch Rechtsanwälte, I worked as a lawyer for another commercial law firm in Baden-Württemberg.

My main areas of practice are corporate and inheritance law. I also regularly publish in these fields in specialist books and leading journals, including the Munich Handbook of Corporate Law (Vol. 9: Family Businesses).

Lectures

Examination tutorial in international corporate law, University of Heidelberg (winter term 2021/2022; winter term 2022/2023)

Publications

Note on ECJ, judgment of 25 April 2024 – C-276/22 (Edil Work 2), NZG 2024, 956 et seq.
Privileging of partnerships under §§ 5, 6 GrEStG in terms of land transfer tax until the end of 2024, DB 2023, 2852 et seq.
The outsourcing of the pension promise of the shareholder-managing director, DB 2023, 2587 et seq.

Consequences of the new partnership law for advisory practice – Overview and recommendations for tax advisors before the entry into force of the MoPeG on 1 January 2024, NWB Steuer- und Wirtschaftsrecht 13/2023, p. 921 et seq.
Limits of the freedom of choice of law in corporate law, Carl Heymanns (AHW series), Cologne 2022 (also doctoral thesis, University of Heidelberg
The cross-border family business, in: Bochmann/Cziupka/Prütting (eds.), Munich Handbook of Corporate Law, Volume 9, Law of Family Businesses, Munich 2021 (together with Prof. Dr. Leonhard Hübner)
Quotas for Women in Corporate Law, Neue Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht 2020, p. 1212 et seq. (together with Dr Maximilian Leydecker)
Report on the Discussion, in: Bergmann et al (eds), From Groups to Unitary Enterprises, Current Development Perspectives of German and European Group Law (ZGR Special Issue 22), 2020, p. 137 et seq.
Search and seizure in the sphere of the company lawyer in the course of internal investigations, BB 2018, p. 2953 et seq. (together with Dr Alexander Kiefner and Karl-Jörg Xylander)
Legal problems of personal liability of corporate bodies leading to an existential threat in the law of stock corporations, StudZR Wiss-On 2017, p. 1 et seq.

Good to know

Interview with Dr. Simon Bahlinger

Assistance

Janine Gioia

Opening ceremony for our Pforzheim location on May 14, 2025

16.05.2025

Dr. Marc Pfirmann joins Bartsch Rechtsanwälte in Pforzheim

01.01.2025

Julia Lüders

My specialties

Construction law

The construction and real estate sector is an anchor of stability and a driver of growth for the German economy. At the same time, it fulfills an essential function for society as a whole: it creates a liveable living and working environment. Construction and real estate law is characterized by a particularly high number of legal standards, whereby the boundary between legal and technical regulations is fluid. In addition, digital and sustainable solutions are also playing an increasingly important role here and are politically prescribed. In this complex environment, we provide you with comprehensive, targeted and specialized advice so that you are prepared for the legal challenges that arise in construction projects.

Building Smart

Building is technically complex. At the same time, it should be sustainable. The set deadline and budget targets should be met. At the moment, construction projects too often end in disputes over supplements or defects and none of the targets set are achieved. At the same time, the world is becoming more digital. A rethink is therefore necessary. Smart building is the order of the day and we provide the necessary legal tools.

Real Estate

We deal with all important issues relating to real estate and advise our clients in particular on real estate transactions, project developments and asset management. Our team is proficient in the development and management of large-scale real estate projects – from planning to execution and sales through to realization.

Planning & Project Management

Technically demanding projects require professional planning and implementation. Creating the optimum legal framework for such projects and being able to successfully accompany such projects requires a high degree of understanding of the given technical and economic contexts. We claim to understand something of what moves you in relation to your projects. That is why we are at your side in the best possible way.

Public procurement law

As specialist lawyers for public procurement law, we provide our clients with comprehensive support in all legal matters relating to tenders above and below the EU thresholds. We support the public sector and other clients in the design and implementation of procurement procedures. As lawyers for public procurement law, we also support companies that apply for public contracts as bidders and, if necessary, ensure effective legal protection – not only in review proceedings.

More about me

I carry out my professional work as a lawyer with great commitment, conscientiousness and attention to even the smallest detail.
The focus of my work is on construction and real estate law.
This is a varied and complex field that requires quick and practicable solutions and makes a close and open exchange with you as a client indispensable.

Julia Lüders in person

For me, sport is the balance to my everyday working life.
It’s another passion that I can immerse myself in, that challenges me and allows me to grow.
I also take part in our running events and ski trips with great enthusiasm, where we can demonstrate our good team spirit in a completely different way.

Career

I completed my law degree at the University of Mannheim.
My legal clerkship took me to Karlsruhe Regional Court, where I was able to gain valuable practical experience.
During this time, I worked at dm-drogerie markt GmbH + Co KG in the construction sector, where I was responsible for sustainability reporting.
I have been working for the law firm Bartsch Rechtsanwälte since October 2021.
I started there as a research assistant in the field of construction and real estate law.
I have been working in this field as a lawyer since 2024.

Good to know

Interview with Julia Lüders

Assistance

Janine Gioia

Constanze Stallecker

My specialties

Building contract law

Construction contract law is an essential part of the construction industry. My aim is to ensure that your construction projects are legally compliant. From the careful drafting of contracts to effective conflict resolution, I stand up for your interests in order to minimize risks and ensure the success of your construction project.

Property development law

Inproperty development law, I offer individual and practice-oriented solutions. I concentrate on the legal support of property development projects, from the drafting of contracts to successful acceptance.

Real Estate

Real Estate deals with the purchase, sale, development and management of land and buildings. I provide you with legal advice on real estate purchases and sales and support you in project development to ensure the security and success of your real estate investments.

Letting

I advise landlords and tenants on the drafting of rental agreements/additions and represent their individual interests in contract negotiations.

More about me

It is important to me to provide my clients with comprehensive advice. In addition to technical expertise, a precise grasp of the facts and the ability to act with foresight are essential components of my work. I enjoy working for my clients and achieving the best possible solution for them.

Constanze Stallecker in person

My passion is running: It allows me to organize my thoughts, enjoy nature, train my stamina and pursue new goals. I am particularly pleased that there are also some running enthusiasts among our colleagues at Bartsch Rechtsanwälte and that the firm even regularly organizes its own running event – the Bartsch Run.

Career

After studying economics at the University of Hohenheim, I studied law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. I completed my legal clerkship at Karlsruhe Regional Court. During my administrative internship at the Pforzheim legal department, I gained valuable insights into the activities of the building law department, among other things. I have been working for Bartsch Rechtsanwälte since 2024, focusing on construction and architectural law as well as tenancy and residential property law.

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Assistance

Janine Gioia

Dr. Gerhard Wagner

My specialties

Labor and Employment Law

We advise companies and executives on all aspects of employment law. We support you in drafting contracts, developing personnel and remuneration models and help you to develop tailor-made concepts for your company. Our clients appreciate the fact that we develop pragmatic and tailor-made solutions as a daily point of contact for management and the HR department.

Restructuring, outsourcing, reorganization and turnaround situations

A competent and solution-oriented partner is needed to manage the increasing complexity for entrepreneurs and companies, but also for employees. I see myself as such. With more than twenty-five years of practical experience in various positions of responsibility in industrial companies, as well as my work as a lawyer, I am familiar with the concerns and needs of entrepreneurs and companies, but also of employees. My approach has always been to find pragmatic, successful solutions in the interests of the company, based on in-depth knowledge of the relevant area of law.

Compliance

Companies, their executive bodies and employees have to know and observe a large number of sometimes complex rules. If violations occur, there is not only the threat of criminal and civil law consequences, but often also reputational damage and business losses. The scope of the rules, their complexity and the level of sanctions have been steadily increasing for years. At the same time, companies are losing money because they are not taking advantage of business opportunities due to excessive caution. With our many years of experience, we help you to identify and objectively assess risks without ignoring or over-dramatizing them.

More about me

The context in which many companies and entrepreneurs, as well as employees, operate today is becoming increasingly complex due to advancing digitalization, internationalization and globalization.
This has a tangible and direct impact on all those involved, not least due to the plethora of legal regulations within which companies, employers and employees now have to navigate and find their way around.

Regulations that are applied in the course of restructuring, outsourcing, reorganization and turnaround situations, but also works constitution law and collective bargaining law are just a few examples.

A competent and solution-oriented partner is needed to manage the increasing complexity for entrepreneurs and companies, but also for employees. I see myself as such. With more than twenty-five years of practical experience in various positions of responsibility in industrial companies, as well as my work as a lawyer, I am familiar with the concerns and needs of entrepreneurs and companies, but also of employees. My approach has always been to find pragmatic, successful solutions in the interests of the company, based on in-depth knowledge of the relevant area of law.

Career

I studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls-University in Heidelberg. I completed my doctorate on the subject of “German and Austrian Works Constitution Law – A Comparison from a Legal History Perspective” at the Private University in the Principality of Liechtenstein, Triesen, under Professor Dr. Bernd Waas (Goethe University Frankfurt/Main).

I completed my legal clerkship in Darmstadt. I was admitted to the bar in 1995 and have been a specialist lawyer for employment law since 1999. In addition to my work as a lawyer, I held various management positions, first at a company of the Deutsche Bahn Group, then at a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, then at Brückner Maschinenbau GmbH and finally for almost twelve years at HOERBIGER Holding AG, for the HOERBIGER Group. In the last five years there, I was Chief Human Resources Officer and a member of the Group Executive Board.

Good to know

Assistance

Janine Gioia

“If Mary and Joseph had known!” Short presentations by Bartsch Rechtsanwälte

10.11.2022

I Event

Dr. Stephanie Funk

My specialties

Inheritance law

Inheritance law often does not correspond to a person’s ideas about what should happen to their assets after their death.

This affects entrepreneurs more than private individuals, especially when it comes to company succession. Well thought-out testamentary dispositions help to avoid disputes.

I think through legal options, draft individual inheritance law concepts and implement them with my clients. So that the last will and testament corresponds to what is really wanted.

More about me

As a Rhinelander, I live in the Palatinate and work in Baden. Family and friends are very important to me. I spend my free time with them and recharge my batteries with joint activities. I find relaxation in a good book.

Career

Dr. Stephanie Funk studied law at the Universities of Passau and Heidelberg. After completing her legal clerkship in Düsseldorf, she was admitted to the bar in 2004 and has since focused on inheritance law. She has been a specialist lawyer for inheritance law since 2009.

Dr. Stephanie Funk completed her doctorate at the University of Cologne on the subject of “Assisted living for senior citizens – term, concept and legal classification in distinction to residential care facilities in accordance with the Nursing Home Act”.

Dr. Stephanie Funk has been with Bartsch Rechtsanwälte since July 2011.

Good to know

Interview with Dr. Stephanie Funk

Assistance

Janine Gioia

03.07.2023

Certified executor

Ulrich A. Goetz

My specialties

Commercial Law

You will hardly experience a working day on which you are not confronted with questions of commercial law, regardless of whether these are your own terms and conditions of delivery or purchase, ongoing agreements with customers or project-specific contracts. With our many years of experience, we can help you with the rapid provision of standard contracts as well as with the drafting of complex special agreements. We can also check the rules and regulations of your business partners and assist you in contract negotiations.

Corporate Law / M&A

Company law covers the legal relationships between companies managed as partnerships (GbR, oHG, KG, PartG) or corporations (GmbH, UG, AG, SE, Verein), their shareholders and their executive bodies. Company law regulates and organizes the mostly similar but individual interests of these parties. If – as is often the case – the general statutory regulations do not adequately reflect the interests of the parties involved, they can use individual agreements and regulations to create a set of rules that deviates from the general statutory regulations and is tailored to their needs. Company law offers a great deal of freedom for this, which needs to be utilized. If disputes nevertheless arise between the company, shareholders or executive bodies, a forward-looking approach will prove its worth in the event of a company dispute.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual property law is used whenever you need to protect your intellectual property, such as patents, trademarks and copyrights, and protect it from damage caused by unfair competition. We support you with tailor-made legal structuring (e.g. trademark searches and registrations, structuring and obtaining licenses and rights of use) as well as with the enforcement of or defence against claims for compensation in the event of infringement.

More about me

It is important to me that legal advice, in addition to its legal aspect, always has its economic and financial implications in mind, so it always contains a strong “entrepreneurial” component. When drafting contracts, during consultations and also when conducting legal disputes, I always assess the economic consequences for clients and do my utmost to achieve a pragmatic solution that is justifiable from a business perspective. Because that’s what I was hired for.

Career

I studied law at the Universities of Freiburg and Heidelberg. I completed my legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Heidelberg and in the legal department of the City of Heidelberg.

As a specialist lawyer for commercial and corporate law, I am a founding member of the law firm Bartsch Rechtsanwälte.

I also hold positions on the supervisory boards of several technology and service companies.

I am a member of the Working Group for Commercial and Corporate Law of the German Bar Association (DAV) and the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and Copyright.

Memberships

Working Group on Commercial and Corporate Law of the DAV
Supervisory Board in several stock corporations

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Assistance

Janine Gioia

Sarah Zentner

My specialties

Building contract law

Construction contract law is an essential part of the construction industry. My aim is to ensure that your construction projects are legally compliant. From the careful drafting of contracts to effective conflict resolution, I stand up for your interests in order to minimize risks and ensure the success of your construction project.

Property development law

In property development law, I offer individual and practice-oriented solutions. I concentrate on the legal support of property development projects, from the drafting of contracts to successful acceptance.

Real Estate

Real Estate deals with the purchase, sale, development and management of land and buildings. I provide you with legal advice on real estate purchases and sales and support you in project development to ensure the security and success of your real estate investments.

Letting

I advise landlords and tenants on the drafting of rental agreements/additions and represent their individual interests in contract negotiations.

More about me

In hardly any other area of law are theory and practice as far apart as in construction law. Laws and regulations are often complex. There are often obstacles to practical implementation on construction sites. My job is to find practical solutions to enable compliance with the regulations. I fulfill this task by analyzing the problems together with our clients and discussing various approaches in order to ultimately find a solution that meets their needs.

Sarah Zentner in person

I grew up bilingual (German-Polish). During my studies, I spent a semester in Krakow. Krakow has become my absolute favorite city, which is always worth a visit.

Career

I studied law at the Universities of Münster, Heidelberg and Krakow (Poland). During my legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Karlsruhe, I worked in a civil law firm in Pforzheim and at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. I have been working as a lawyer at Bartsch Rechtsanwälte since 2017, specializing in construction and real estate law.

Good to know

Interview with Sarah Zentner

Assistance

Janine Gioia

15.06.2023