Charlotte Schäffer

Charlotte Schäffer joined KP Partners in July 2024 as a trainee lawyer as part of her legal traineeship. During her time at KP Partners, she will have the opportunity to gain in-depth insights into law firm management and is being intensively prepared for her future work as a lawyer by being involved in solving complex cases and closely involved in client communication. With a focus on real estate law and extensive practical experience from working for leading law firms in the past, Charlotte Schäffer brings in-rooted theoretical legal knowledge and practical expertise. Her previous professional experience is characterized by profound research skills and the drafting of precise pleadings.

Prior to joining KP Partners, Charlotte Schäffer gained valuable professional experience as a student assistant at a leading international law firm specializing as part of the litigation and regulatory team. In this position, she supported the team in drafting pleadings in criminal proceedings as well as in-depth legal research, which significantly deepened her analytical skills and understanding of complex legal issues.

Legal clerkship in training at the Nuremberg Regional Court (2. Staatsexamen), 2024

Law degree from University of Regensburg, first state examination (1.Staatsexamen),
2022

Trainee lawyer Charlotte Schäffer completed an internship at the Bavarian Center for Social and Family Affairs, where she independently handled cases in the area of victim compensation under the supervision of the responsible department head. As part of this work, she gained an insight into the law on disabled persons and asylum law.

She was a member of the team responsible for representing a leading international automotive group in mass proceedings concerning warranty and compensation claims.

After her first state examination, she took up a part-time position at a law firm in Regensburg, where she assisted in various proceedings such as:

• Several building permit proceedings
• Removal orders
• Obligation to tolerate the passage of a sewage pipe on a neighboring property
• Registration of a right to walk and drive through a property
• Right to information from municipality regarding purchase price of property
• Reimbursement of the development costs of the company commissioned with the development
• Binding effect of a special-purpose association resolution on legal successors
  Unfair competition: founding a new company after insolvency/ advertising with old certificates/ advertising emails to old customer base/ rights of market participants under the UWG
• Unfair competition: founding a new company after insolvency/ advertising with old certificates/ advertising emails to old customer base/ rights of market participants under the UWG
• Subsidy fraud case
• State liability due to incorrect implementation of an EU directive
• Compensation for damages case
• Trademark law: trademark registration vs. identical description of skills
• Contract interpretation
• Right to read the heat meters of an energy supply company