{"id":40787,"date":"2025-06-13T12:24:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T10:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orka.law\/?page_id=40787"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:55:19","slug":"catharina-schmidt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orka.law\/en\/catharina-schmidt\/","title":{"rendered":"Catharina Schmidt"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"40787\" class=\"elementor elementor-40787 elementor-40740\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-caa60e6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"caa60e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3f1d82 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f3f1d82\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d242a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" 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data-id=\"a74bfbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Catharina Schmidt<\/h1><p>Lawyer<br>Senior Associate<\/p><p>T +49 30 509320-138<br><a href=\"mailto:catharina.schmidt@orka.law\"><strong>catharina.schmidt@orka.law<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2aee78 e-grid-align-left elementor-shape-rounded elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"c2aee78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon- elementor-repeater-item-1441495\" 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data-id=\"32ea783\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56de656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56de656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>PROFILE<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56e35a6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56e35a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a29e53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a29e53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Catharina Schmidt advises in the areas of director and officer liability, corporate law, and M&amp;A. She has been practicing as an attorney at orka since 2025. <\/p><p>Catharina Schmidt studied law at the University of M\u00fcnster (Westf\u00e4lische Wilhelms-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnster) and at Universit\u00e9 Paris V. During her studies, she gained practical experience as a research assistant at several international law firms, focusing on transactions and corporate law.<\/p><p>She completed her legal traineeship (Referendariat) in the district of the Berlin Court of Appeal (Kammergericht), with placements including the German Federal Chancellery. Prior to joining orka, Catharina Schmidt worked for three years as an attorney in Berlin, advising primarily in the fields of venture capital and private equity. She has extensive experience supporting start-ups, investors, and growth companies through all stages of their corporate development.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcca39f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bcca39f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4df310 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4df310\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49da762 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49da762\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/orka.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schmidt-Catharina-Portrait-480x640_2025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-45104\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orka.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schmidt-Catharina-Portrait-480x640_2025.jpg 480w, https:\/\/orka.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schmidt-Catharina-Portrait-480x640_2025-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/orka.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schmidt-Catharina-Portrait-480x640_2025-56x75.jpg 56w, https:\/\/orka.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schmidt-Catharina-Portrait-480x640_2025-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4607d5d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4607d5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e4598c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6e4598c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567020e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"567020e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59b90ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"59b90ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c735f79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c735f79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>FIELDS OF LAW<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ed4b12 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ed4b12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a style=\"color: #cd1619;\">\u25b8 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/orka.law\/en\/corporate-ma\/\">Corporate \/ M&amp;A<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5470309 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5470309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>INDUSTRIES<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7421506 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7421506\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a style=\"color: #cd1619;\">\u25b8 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/orka.law\/en\/private-equity-venture-capital\/\">Private Equity &amp; Venture Capital<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-855edbe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"855edbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a550dd9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a550dd9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac72a71 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ac72a71\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2767ac5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2767ac5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>REFERENCES<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f3829a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f3829a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-184ebac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"184ebac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-165736a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"165736a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><style><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"\/><br\/>ul li::marker {<br\/>    color: rgb(205, 22, 25);<br\/>}<br\/><\/style><\/p><ul><li>&#8220;Empfohlene Anw\u00e4ltin im Bereich Fusionen und \u00dcbernahmen&#8221;, Best Lawyers | Handelsblatt Ranking &#8220;Deutschlands beste Kanzleien 2025&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6899498 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6899498\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44d6179 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"44d6179\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49be20c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49be20c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-546c66b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"546c66b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>NEWS<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f9b07 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31f9b07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc2520 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6bc2520\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb575d4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fb575d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99a7fe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99a7fe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/orka.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/orthkluth-bild-news-rot-1b.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-52230\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd09c57 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd09c57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01624c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-mfn_blog\" data-id=\"01624c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"mfn_blog.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column_filters\"><div class=\"blog_wrapper isotope_wrapper clearfix\"><div class=\"posts_group lm_wrapper element_classes col- classic hide-more\"><article class=\"post post-item isotope-item clearfix no-img category-386 category-387 category-393 category-394 category-395 category-718 category-759 category-122 category-127 category-332 category-337 category-380 category-381 category-383 post-51743 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-laura-wemper-news category-nikola-lachmann-news-en category-catharina-schmidt-news category-marius-kuhlmann-news-en category-dr-kai-michael-koenig-news-en category-boris-koerner-news-en category-dr-constanze-muehleisen-news-en category-dr-tim-christian-giesselmann-news-en category-martina-stasch-news-en category-dr-christina-cannistra-news-en category-dr-marc-henze-news-en category-news-en category-dr-christian-meyer-news-en category-presse-en\" style=\"\"><div class=\"date_label\">24. 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February 2026<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post-title\"><h2 class=\"entry-title \" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orka.law\/en\/chambers-lists-orka-as-a-leading-law-firm-for-corporate-ma\/\">Chambers lists orka as a leading law firm for Corporate\/M&amp;A<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post post-item isotope-item clearfix no-img category-329 category-348 category-371 category-390 category-667 category-330 category-349 category-373 category-393 category-716 category-331 category-350 category-374 category-394 category-717 category-332 category-351 category-375 category-395 category-718 category-334 category-354 category-377 category-396 category-759 category-336 category-355 category-378 category-397 category-789 category-337 category-357 category-379 category-399 category-790 category-339 category-359 category-380 category-405 category-791 category-340 category-360 category-381 category-406 category-792 category-108 category-341 category-361 category-382 category-407 category-793 category-122 category-342 category-362 category-383 category-628 category-794 category-123 category-343 category-365 category-384 category-640 category-125 category-344 category-367 category-386 category-642 category-126 category-345 category-368 category-387 category-643 category-127 category-346 category-369 category-388 category-651 category-132 category-347 category-370 category-389 category-666 post-51745 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dr-guido-matthey-news-en category-prof-dr-michael-bohne-news-en category-dr-esther-herrnstadt-news-en category-mandy-beck-news-en category-terese-heiter-news category-viktoria-gott-news-en category-dr-tim-christian-giesselmann-news-en category-maria-mueller-news-en category-dr-bastian-mehle-news-en category-thomas-krahwinkel-news-en category-dr-kerstin-bogusch-news-en category-dr-johannes-bethge-news category-dr-simon-grosse-brockhoff-news-en category-martina-stasch-news-en category-uncategorized category-dr-nils-neumann-news-en category-prof-dr-patrick-ostendorf-news-en category-nikola-lachmann-news-en category-maria-najdenova-news-en category-laura-wemper-news category-carolin-hacken-news-en category-dr-anja-doepner-thiele-news-en category-dafni-nikolakudi-news-en category-dr-marc-menrath-news-en category-natalie-ott-news-en category-marieke-schwarz-news-en category-catharina-schmidt-news category-jeannette-herkenrath-news-en category-dr-ulla-kelp-news-en category-news-en category-timo-nossek-news-en category-maximilian-grett-news-en category-dr-julius-boeckmann-news-en category-dr-michael-sitsen-news-en category-david-salm-news category-volker-herrmann-news-en category-dr-dominika-stachurski-news-en category-dr-markus-berndt-news-en category-dr-rene-runte-news-en category-henrik-eicker-news-en category-marius-kuhlmann-news-en category-dr-anselm-gruen-news-en category-leonie-kolyvas-news category-dr-christiane-hoffbauer-news-en category-dr-christina-cannistra-news-en category-dr-philipp-mels-news-en category-manja-steinicke-news-en category-prof-dr-kristoff-ritlewski-news-en category-dr-david-brosende-news-en category-dr-kai-michael-koenig-news-en category-rebekka-fortmann-news category-beatrice-kemper-news-en category-dr-marc-henze-news-en category-gereon-conrad-news-en category-dr-daniel-strupp-news-en category-maria-eleni-prifti-news-en category-dominique-fassbender-news-en category-boris-koerner-news-en category-maren-wellhausen-news category-dr-gary-klaft-news-en category-dr-christian-meyer-news-en category-presse-en category-dr-frank-waeltermann-news-en category-vladislava-zdesenko-news-en category-dana-feige-news-en category-isabel-mang-news-en category-eva-cara-lamertz-news category-gina-leder-news-en category-felix-meurer-news-en category-margarete-von-oppen-news-en category-peter-weufen-news-en category-niklas-vilmar-news-en category-dr-simon-frye-news-en category-dr-constanze-muehleisen-news-en category-samuel-rohloff-news-2 category-sven-luebbert-news-en category-dr-michael-grobe-einsler-news-en category-elisaveta-breckheimer-news-en category-frederike-woltering-news-en category-nele-henrika-krueger-news-en category-philipp-galaske-news-en category-dr-moritz-daestner-news-en\" style=\"\"><div class=\"date_label\">12. 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