A boutique for demanding entrepreneurial decisions.

We are a specialized commercial law firm in Frankfurt’s Westend. We advise entrepreneurs, investors and family businesses on their most important corporate decisions — nationally and cross-border.

Team

Commitment. Excellence. Passion.

Our excellent advice is a team effort. Our lawyers and Business Operations Professionals combine deep expertise with an entrepreneurial mindset and pragmatic execution.

Carina Bennek

Carina Bennek

Attorney at Law

carina.bennek@gxglegal.com
+49 69 2475 717 60

Dr. Nikita Gontschar

Dr. Nikita Gontschar

Attorney at Law

Rebekka Graf

Rebekka Graf

Business Operations Associate

rebekka.graf@gxglegal.com
+49 69 2475 717 60

Evelin Gutmüller

Evelin Gutmüller

Junior Associate

mail@gxglegal.com
+49 69 2475 717 60

Lara Köster

Lara Köster

Attorney at Law

lara.koester@gxglegal.com
+49 69 2475 717 60

Cristina Kullmann

Cristina Kullmann

Business Operations Manager

Yeliany Palacios

Yeliany Palacios

Office Coordinator

Frank Rodenhausen

Frank Rodenhausen

Attorney at Law

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+49 69 2475 717 60

Profile

Lean. Deliberate.

We grow with measured ambition. Not to handle as many mandates as possible, but to give each mandate our full attention. That is why our clients are always in direct contact with the responsible lawyer. Complex transactions require precision, speed and clear decisions. We combine legal excellence with entrepreneurial understanding and the agility of a boutique.

Values

What we stand for.

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Partner-led

Each mandate is led by a partner. No shifting of mandates, no apprentice work on the contract.

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Discreet

Confidentiality at investment-banking level. We do not talk about mandates — not even in anonymized form.

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Committed

We deliver on what we promise. Timelines, availability and quality of results are non-negotiable.

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Responsible

We think beyond closing. Clients often stay with us for years — and generations.

History

Clear focus. Continuous development.

2021

Formation

Dr. Nikita Gontschar founds GxG Legal in Frankfurt am Main with the aim of building a specialized boutique for demanding commercial law advice.

2022

International mandates

Expansion of cross-border advice for entrepreneurs, family offices, investors and companies in the German-speaking region.

2023

Global network

With the secondment of lawyer Lara Köster in Dubai, GxG Legal deepens cooperation with international partner firms and consistently expands its global network.

2024

New generation

With Dr. Nikita Gontschar as sole Managing Partner, a new chapter begins for the firm. The addition of lawyer Carina Bennek underscores the consistent expansion of the international transactions practice as well as advice to entrepreneurial families and investors. Lawyer Frank Rodenhausen becomes an authorized signatory.

2025

Growth with substance

Record year for the firm and support for landmark transactions — including one of the first cross-border upstream mergers of a German company into an Austrian company under the modernized transformation law.

Today

Established transactions boutique

More than 100 successfully supported transactions with a total volume of over €3.0 billion.

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We grow with measured ambition. Not to handle as many mandates as possible, but to give each mandate our full attention. That is why our clients are always in direct contact with the responsible lawyer. Complex transactions require precision, speed and clear decisions. We combine legal excellence with entrepreneurial understanding and the agility of a boutique.

Let’s get to know each other.

Whether a specific transaction or strategic preparation — we take the time for an initial, confidential conversation.