Munich, 2 November 2026 - Business law firm FPS is expanding its advisory offering in Munich: with Dr. Claus Elfring, the firm gains an experienced transaction lawyer as equity partner. He joins from PwC Legal.

With immediate effect, he is building up the Corporate/M&A practice in Munich. For around 25 years, Elfring has advised national and international companies as well as private equity funds on complex M&A transactions and joint ventures. He also advises clients on corporate law matters, in particular restructurings.

After positions at two international law firms, he became an equity partner at EY Law in 2010, where he was responsible for Transaction Law in Germany for several years. He later headed EY Law's Munich office. He then moved to PwC Legal's Munich office as an equity partner.

His industry experience is broad, ranging from automotive, retail and consumer products to real estate and insurance. His long-standing clients include PUMA, Rohde & Schwarz and the ZBI Group.

According to Florian Wiesner, Managing Partner at FPS, Dr. Claus Elfring brings more than two decades of top-level transaction experience; with him, the firm is expanding its Corporate/M&A practice in Munich and strengthening its presence in one of Germany's most important business locations. (Quote rendered in summary form.)

Dr. Claus Elfring added that the full-service set-up of an independent firm such as FPS means one team, short distances and quick decisions for clients, and that he is looking forward to further advancing the Corporate/M&A practice from Munich together with his colleagues. (Quote rendered in summary form.)

For Dr. Thomas Schnülle-Weingart, equity partner in Corporate/M&A, the arrival is a significant step in the strategic development of the practice: his expertise in demanding national and cross-border transactions specifically strengthens the firm's advice to listed groups, large family businesses and institutional investors, and FPS is now represented in Corporate/M&A in Munich alongside Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berlin. (Quote rendered in summary form.)

Since its opening in 2024, FPS has been consistently expanding its Munich office. Elfring's arrival is part of a long-term growth strategy. The aim is for FPS to be represented in all important German markets with its own transaction strength and to advise clients nationally and internationally from a single source.

This text was automatically translated from the German original.