IP law firm LichtensteinKörner joins forces with Schalast
Schalast has announced the expansion of its Stuttgart office, with the integration of the LichtensteinKörner law firm, effective October 1st 2022. Since its foundation in Stuttgart in 1948, IP firm LichtensteinKörner has focused on trademark, design, unfair competition and copyright law. Its three partners, Prof. Dr. Thomas Sambuc, LL. M., Dr. Kerstin Gründig-Schnelle and Dr. Alexander Hauch, will contribute their skills and expertise to enhance the capabilities of Schalast’s IP, Media and Technology practice group.

Schalast has announced the expansion of its Stuttgart office, with the integration of the LichtensteinKörner law firm, effective October 1st 2022.
Schalast is a German commercial law firm present in Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart with more than 75 lawyers, organized into practice groups covering employment law, banking & finance, corporate/M&A, dispute resolution, IP, media and technology, tax, communications and energy. The firm runs a notary office and assists clients across the globe, as member of the international network Multilaw.
Wolfgang Sigler, co-head of Schalast’s Stuttgart office and a member of the corporate/M&A practice group commented: "We are very pleased to be able to expand our office with the addition of renowned colleagues Prof. Sambuc, Dr. Gründig-Schnelle and Dr. Hauch. Their IT expertise will be important for our clients from the ‘Mittelstand’ as well as for those from the startup scene - especially with regard to the advancing digitalization and integration of new technologies."
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