As of 1 January 2026, Jacobsen + Confurius strengthened its Hamburg team with three new partners, all of whom joined from SKW Schwarz. The additions span the firm's core practice areas of labour law and commercial and civil law, bringing the total number of fee earners at the firm to fifteen. The new team members reinforce Jacobsen + Confurius's strategic focus on business-oriented advice at the intersection of employment, commercial, and technology law.

Christine Lingenfelser, LL.M., is a Partner in the Commercial and Civil Law practice at Jacobsen + Confurius. She has been admitted to the bar since 1991, making her one of the most experienced practitioners in her field at the firm. Christine studied law at the Universities of Hamburg, Tübingen, Fribourg, and Freiburg im Breisgau, and completed her Second State Examination at the Kammergericht Berlin. She subsequently obtained a Master of Laws degree. Her practice covers commercial and distribution law, real estate law, and succession law. She is known for her insistence on contracts that are not only legally sound but operationally robust — clear in structure, unambiguous in their terms, and convincing from a business perspective.

Bettina-Axenia Bugus-Fahrenhorst is a Partner in the Labour Law practice at Jacobsen + Confurius. Admitted to the bar in 2001, she studied law at the University of Hamburg and is a member of the Hamburg Bar Association and the German Bar Association's Labour Law working group. Her practice encompasses both individual and collective employment law, with particular emphasis on employment and service contracts for employees, managing directors, and board members, works constitution law, collective bargaining law, employment litigation, and social security law. Bettina-Axenia Bugus-Fahrenhorst is consistently recognised as one of Germany's leading employment lawyers. Handelsblatt has named her a Recommended Lawyer in Labour Law annually from 2020 to 2025, and the JUVE Handbook on Commercial Law Firms has featured her as a frequently recommended practitioner across multiple editions since 2014, with clients praising her as results-oriented, highly reliable, and attuned to the economic realities of their business.

Jens Borchardt, LL.M., is a Partner in the Commercial and Civil Law practice at Jacobsen + Confurius. He holds dual qualifications as a Certified Specialist Lawyer in IT Law and in Copyright and Media Law, complemented by a Master of Laws in Legal Informatics and a TÜV-certified Data Protection Officer qualification. His practice focuses on IT law, digital business and e-commerce, data economy and privacy law, IT and distribution compliance, competition and trademark law, and research and development contracts. Jens studied law at the Universities of Hanover, Göttingen, and Groningen, completed his LL.M. through the EULISP programme at the Universities of Hanover and Stockholm, and served as General Counsel at SinnerSchrader AG from 2008 to 2009. He has been admitted to the bar since 2004. He is a member of the German Bar Association's IT Law and IP & Media working groups and has published in outlets including Kommunikation & Recht and Legal Tribune Online. Handelsblatt has recognised him as a Recommended Lawyer in IT Law annually from 2020 to 2025.