Alessa Steigertahl

Alessa advises national and international clients on contract law with a focus on logistics plant construction as well as upstream and downstream transportation services and contract logistics. She also advises on digitalization and technology projects as well as major projects in industrial plant engineering and information technology.

Her legal advice ranges from drafting and negotiating the relevant contracts to the implementation, execution and operation phases. Alessa Steigertahl has expertise in all processes inside and outside (logistics) plants as well as in the area of supply chain sustainability.

In addition, Alessa Steigertahl supports and represents her clients in disputes both in and out of court.

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Career

Since 2023	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
Since 2020	Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

2020	Admitted as a lawyer
2019	Second state examination
2017	First state examination

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Energy & infrastructure Technology, media & communications Logistics & transport Digitization/industry 4.0 R&D contracts Service & maintenance contracts Tech infrastructure (data centres, fibre, broadband)

Experience

Advising General Catalyst on USD 223 million Series B financing

German AI defence company Helsing raises USD 223 (€209) million in capital in a Series B funding round. The round was led by General Catalyst, which was comprehensively advised by our team and led by Berlin-based VC partner Dr Norman Röchert on all legal aspects of the transaction.

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Dr. Norman Röchert, LL.M. (Cape Town)

Felix Paul, LL.M.

Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

Dr. Michael Brüggemann

Malke Kristina Zimmermann

Tim Hendricks

Nico Jänicke

Dr. Thomas Hohe, LL.M. (Virginia)

Sophie Burmeister

Dr Bert Kimpel

Elnaz Mehrkhah

Dr. Gregor Schmid, LL.M. (Cambridge)

Dr. Eva Surowiecki, LL.B. (London)

Timo Stellpflug

Alessa Steigertahl

Dr. Tim Wünnemann

Dr. Alexander Rubusch, LL.M.

Dr. Eugen Reismann

Katrin Isabelle Schultz

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Telefónica on large broadband infrastructure investment

Assisting Telefónica in negotiations with a Allianz Capital Partnes for setting up the co investment structure for a EUR multi billion investment into German broadband infrastructure (including SHA, SPV structures, Investment Agreements, JV Agreements, Framework Agreements, Development and Services Agreements, Partner Services and Subcontracting Structure).

Dr. Carsten Schulz

Alessa Steigertahl

Google Cloud on IT Contract Law

Advising Google Cloud on concluding a long-term partnership with T-Systems for the introduction of sovereign cloud solutions.

Dr. Carsten Schulz

Alessa Steigertahl

David Mallmann, LL.M. (Berkeley)

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