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Alexander Bejach
Attorney-At-Law, Managing Director
Areas of Expertise
✔ Labor Law
Dismissal protection, contract drafting, strategic employer consulting
✔ Social Security Law
False self-employment, status determination, company audits
✔ Corporate Law
Shareholder disputes, managing director liability
Professional Background & Qualifications
• Law studies at Humboldt University of Berlin
• Legal clerkship at the Berlin Court of Appeal with placements at:
o Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
o Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office
o WilmerHale LLP
o Engling, Stritter & Partners, Windhoek, Namibia
• Several years of experience as Managing Director of a nationwide law firm specializing in labor, social security, and payroll tax law
• Completed specialized labor law course with regular continuing education according to § 15 FAO
• TÜV-certified Data Protection Officer
• Currently pursuing a part-time Master's degree in Labor Law at OTH Amberg-Weiden
Memberships & Engagement
• Member of the German Bar Association (DAV)
• Member of the Labor Law Working Group of the German Bar Association
• Member of the Legal Society of Berlin e.V.
• Regular speaker for labor law training sessions
Languages
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German
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English
✔ Labor Law
Dismissal protection, contract drafting, strategic employer consulting
✔ Social Security Law
False self-employment, status determination, company audits
✔ Corporate Law
Shareholder disputes, managing director liability
Professional Background & Qualifications
• Law studies at Humboldt University of Berlin
• Legal clerkship at the Berlin Court of Appeal with placements at:
o Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
o Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office
o WilmerHale LLP
o Engling, Stritter & Partners, Windhoek, Namibia
• Several years of experience as Managing Director of a nationwide law firm specializing in labor, social security, and payroll tax law
• Completed specialized labor law course with regular continuing education according to § 15 FAO
• TÜV-certified Data Protection Officer
• Currently pursuing a part-time Master's degree in Labor Law at OTH Amberg-Weiden
Memberships & Engagement
• Member of the German Bar Association (DAV)
• Member of the Labor Law Working Group of the German Bar Association
• Member of the Legal Society of Berlin e.V.
• Regular speaker for labor law training sessions
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Dr. Sarkis Bezelgues
Attorney-At-Law, Managing Director
Areas of Expertise
✔ Insolvency Law
(Business and personal insolvency, insolvency avoidance, litigation, managing director liability, insolvency offenses)
✔ Inheritance Law
(Focus on Franco-German inheritance cases)
✔ Family Law
(International family law)
Professional Background & Qualifications
• Law studies in Marseille, Strasbourg, Lyon, and Berlin
• Ph.D. in Insolvency Law from the Free University of Berlin
• Legal clerkship at the Berlin Court of Appeal with placements at:
o Berlin Regional Court
o Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office
o Dentons, Berlin (Restructuring and Insolvency)
o Prof. Dr. Pannen Rechtsanwälte, Hamburg
• Extensive experience at leading insolvency law firms (ECKERT Rechtsanwälte, LWS Rechtsanwälte, Kübler Rechtsanwälte, Prof. Dr. Pannen Rechtsanwälte, White & Case) with a focus on insolvency consulting, insolvency administration, and litigation
• 2016 – 2022 Admission as Avocat à la Cour in Paris
Memberships & Engagement
• Member of the North German Insolvency Forum e.V.
• Member of the Franco-German Business Circle e.V.
• Member of the Franco-German Lawyers' Association e.V.
• Member of the German-Armenian Lawyers' Association e.V.
• Former head of study groups at the Berlin Court of Appeal
Languages
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German
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French
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English
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Spanish
✔ Insolvency Law
(Business and personal insolvency, insolvency avoidance, litigation, managing director liability, insolvency offenses)
✔ Inheritance Law
(Focus on Franco-German inheritance cases)
✔ Family Law
(International family law)
Professional Background & Qualifications
• Law studies in Marseille, Strasbourg, Lyon, and Berlin
• Ph.D. in Insolvency Law from the Free University of Berlin
• Legal clerkship at the Berlin Court of Appeal with placements at:
o Berlin Regional Court
o Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office
o Dentons, Berlin (Restructuring and Insolvency)
o Prof. Dr. Pannen Rechtsanwälte, Hamburg
• Extensive experience at leading insolvency law firms (ECKERT Rechtsanwälte, LWS Rechtsanwälte, Kübler Rechtsanwälte, Prof. Dr. Pannen Rechtsanwälte, White & Case) with a focus on insolvency consulting, insolvency administration, and litigation
• 2016 – 2022 Admission as Avocat à la Cour in Paris
Memberships & Engagement
• Member of the North German Insolvency Forum e.V.
• Member of the Franco-German Business Circle e.V.
• Member of the Franco-German Lawyers' Association e.V.
• Member of the German-Armenian Lawyers' Association e.V.
• Former head of study groups at the Berlin Court of Appeal
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- Phone:+4930200053840
- Email:s.bezelgues@peer.legal
Robert Proto
Attorney-At-Law, Managing Director
Areas of Expertise
✔ Commercial and Corporate Law
Company formation, transaction advisory / mergers & acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, shareholder disputes, litigation, adjudication, dispute resolution
✔ Real Estate Law
Real estate transactions, tenancy law, construction law, condominium law (WEG law), brokerage law
✔ Inheritance and Asset Planning
Business succession, wills and inheritance contracts, anticipated succession during lifetime, power of attorney and general power of attorney
✔ Criminal and Regulatory Offense Law
Defense against charges with commercial and tax law relevance (e.g., violations of trade regulations, tax evasion, endangerment/damage to VAT revenue, negligent tax reduction, etc.)
✔ Defamation and Media Law
False factual claims, defamatory criticism/insults, violation of privacy and intimate sphere
Professional Background & Qualifications
• 2006–2011: Law studies at Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and Freie Universität Berlin
• 2012–2015: Legal clerkship at the Berlin Court of Appeal with placements at:
o Local Court Berlin-Mitte (Civil traffic law cases)
o Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office (Department for homicide, hostage-taking, and extortionate kidnapping)
o Federal Ministry of the Interior (Department for constitutional law)
o Dentons, Berlin (Competition & Antitrust Team)
o Zirngibl Langwieser, Berlin (Intellectual property and copyright law)
• 2016–2017: Becker Büttner Held, Berlin, employed lawyer, focus on electricity and energy tax law
• 2017–2020: State of Brandenburg, Notary Assessor
• 2020: Wegnerpartner, Berlin, employed lawyer, focus on corporate and real estate law
• Since 2020: PROTO LEGAL, Berlin, freelance lawyer
• Since 2023: Ph.D. candidate in Law
• Since 2025: PEER Legal, Berlin, Lawyer and Managing Director
Memberships & Engagement
• Member of the German Bar Association (DAV)
• Member of the Berlin Bar Association
Cooperations
• Since 2020: Professional collaboration with attorney Dr. Sven Bornefeld from Stuttgart
Publikationen
• Gesetzliche Krankenkassen im Kartellrecht, Verlag AVM, München 2013
• BFH: Wechselrichter sind für die Stromerzeugung notwendige Neben- und Hilfsanlagen, in: IR 2016, S.41-42
• Geplante Änderungen im Energie- und Stromsteuerrecht, in: EnWZ 2/2016, S. V-VI
• FG Gotha: Netzverluste eines Fernwärmenetzes sind energiesteuerlich entlastungsfähig, in: IR 2016, S. 93-94
• Generalanwalt beim EuGH: Beiträge zur Finanzierung allgemeiner Kosten des Stromsystems sind keine indirekten Steuern für besondere Zwecke, in: IR 2016, S. 154-155
• FG Düsseldorf: Zur Ermittlung des Energiesteuersatzes ist ein Ersetzbarkeits- und Nähevergleich erforderlich, in: IR 2016, S. 208-210
• FG Hamburg: Verbrauch von Landstrom während Werftaufenthalt entlastungsfähig, in: IR 2016, S. 235-236
• BFH: Standheizungsbetrieb in Omnibussen mit nicht gekennzeichnetem Gasöl nicht entlastungsfähig, in: IR 2017, S. 21-22
• BFH: Entlastung unabhängig von Festsetzung und Entrichtung der Steuer, in: IR 2017, S. 44-45
• BFH: Netzverluste eines Fernwärmenetzes sind energiesteuerlich entlastungsfähig, in: IR 2017, S. 87-88
• FG Düsseldorf: KWK-Anlagen auch ohne AfA energiesteuerlich voll entlastungsfähig, in: IR 2017, S. 255-256 (mit Dipl.-Jur. Madeleine Lenz)
• FG Düsseldorf: Steuerentlastung nur für die produzierende rechtlich selbstständige Gesellschaft auch bei Beherrschung durch andere Gesellschaft, in: IR 2017, S. 256-257 (mit Rechtsreferendarin Anna-Julia Wodatschek)
• EuGH: Entlastung für chemische Reduktionsverfahren nur bei hinreichend engem Zusammenhang zur Stromentnahme, in: IR 2018, S. 63-64
Languages
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German
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English
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Bulgarian
✔ Commercial and Corporate Law
Company formation, transaction advisory / mergers & acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, shareholder disputes, litigation, adjudication, dispute resolution
✔ Real Estate Law
Real estate transactions, tenancy law, construction law, condominium law (WEG law), brokerage law
✔ Inheritance and Asset Planning
Business succession, wills and inheritance contracts, anticipated succession during lifetime, power of attorney and general power of attorney
✔ Criminal and Regulatory Offense Law
Defense against charges with commercial and tax law relevance (e.g., violations of trade regulations, tax evasion, endangerment/damage to VAT revenue, negligent tax reduction, etc.)
✔ Defamation and Media Law
False factual claims, defamatory criticism/insults, violation of privacy and intimate sphere
Professional Background & Qualifications
• 2006–2011: Law studies at Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and Freie Universität Berlin
• 2012–2015: Legal clerkship at the Berlin Court of Appeal with placements at:
o Local Court Berlin-Mitte (Civil traffic law cases)
o Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office (Department for homicide, hostage-taking, and extortionate kidnapping)
o Federal Ministry of the Interior (Department for constitutional law)
o Dentons, Berlin (Competition & Antitrust Team)
o Zirngibl Langwieser, Berlin (Intellectual property and copyright law)
• 2016–2017: Becker Büttner Held, Berlin, employed lawyer, focus on electricity and energy tax law
• 2017–2020: State of Brandenburg, Notary Assessor
• 2020: Wegnerpartner, Berlin, employed lawyer, focus on corporate and real estate law
• Since 2020: PROTO LEGAL, Berlin, freelance lawyer
• Since 2023: Ph.D. candidate in Law
• Since 2025: PEER Legal, Berlin, Lawyer and Managing Director
Memberships & Engagement
• Member of the German Bar Association (DAV)
• Member of the Berlin Bar Association
Cooperations
• Since 2020: Professional collaboration with attorney Dr. Sven Bornefeld from Stuttgart
Publikationen
• Gesetzliche Krankenkassen im Kartellrecht, Verlag AVM, München 2013
• BFH: Wechselrichter sind für die Stromerzeugung notwendige Neben- und Hilfsanlagen, in: IR 2016, S.41-42
• Geplante Änderungen im Energie- und Stromsteuerrecht, in: EnWZ 2/2016, S. V-VI
• FG Gotha: Netzverluste eines Fernwärmenetzes sind energiesteuerlich entlastungsfähig, in: IR 2016, S. 93-94
• Generalanwalt beim EuGH: Beiträge zur Finanzierung allgemeiner Kosten des Stromsystems sind keine indirekten Steuern für besondere Zwecke, in: IR 2016, S. 154-155
• FG Düsseldorf: Zur Ermittlung des Energiesteuersatzes ist ein Ersetzbarkeits- und Nähevergleich erforderlich, in: IR 2016, S. 208-210
• FG Hamburg: Verbrauch von Landstrom während Werftaufenthalt entlastungsfähig, in: IR 2016, S. 235-236
• BFH: Standheizungsbetrieb in Omnibussen mit nicht gekennzeichnetem Gasöl nicht entlastungsfähig, in: IR 2017, S. 21-22
• BFH: Entlastung unabhängig von Festsetzung und Entrichtung der Steuer, in: IR 2017, S. 44-45
• BFH: Netzverluste eines Fernwärmenetzes sind energiesteuerlich entlastungsfähig, in: IR 2017, S. 87-88
• FG Düsseldorf: KWK-Anlagen auch ohne AfA energiesteuerlich voll entlastungsfähig, in: IR 2017, S. 255-256 (mit Dipl.-Jur. Madeleine Lenz)
• FG Düsseldorf: Steuerentlastung nur für die produzierende rechtlich selbstständige Gesellschaft auch bei Beherrschung durch andere Gesellschaft, in: IR 2017, S. 256-257 (mit Rechtsreferendarin Anna-Julia Wodatschek)
• EuGH: Entlastung für chemische Reduktionsverfahren nur bei hinreichend engem Zusammenhang zur Stromentnahme, in: IR 2018, S. 63-64
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- Phone:+4930200053840
- Email:r.proto@peer.legal
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