ILP Global Rechtsanwälte

ILP Global Rechtsanwälte is a law firm based in Cologne, a few steps from the cathedral. According to its website, it has practised nationwide and internationally for over 10 years. It advises in almost all areas of civil and commercial law, with a particular focus on supporting companies in their activities in Germany and abroad. Its clients range from start-ups to medium-sized companies and corporate groups. Listed focus areas include corporate law, M&A and commercial law, German-Spanish contract and commercial law through a Spanish Desk, real estate transactions, inheritance law, receivables management and tax-optimised succession planning.

The firm is a member of ILP Global, an alliance of legally independent law firms from currently five countries. It also says it was a founding member of a larger international network, founded in Madrid over 20 years ago, which now includes mid-sized commercial law firms from 22 countries. Its lawyers are Andrés Klein, Martin Dewes, Jochen Mertens and Markus Thiele. Thiele has also been admitted as an Abogado in Spain since 2003 and heads the German Desk of the Spanish partner firm ILP Abogados in Madrid. The firm is also an exclusive theme partner for commercial and corporate law in the Mittelstandsforum Köln-Bonn.