Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Dentons
Ilka Mehdorn is the Office Managing Partner of Dentons' Berlin office, Co-Head of the German Public Sector Practice Group and Co-Head of the European Life Sciences Regulatory Practice. She advises on public law as well as strategic aspects and on the drafting of contracts in regulated industries, in particular in all questions of product-related environmental law, in particular packaging and labeling, and as a specialist lawyer in medical law in health care. In addition, Ilka advises in these areas on a regular basis on compliance matters. She regularly advises on environmental and technical requirements for products, such as the European regulations on WEEE, RoHS or REACH / CLP.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Sabrina Desens advises both the public sector and industrial enterprises on all matters pertaining to public law, in particular, environmental and fiscal law. She especially focuses on the area of wastewater and advises the operators of industrial and municipal sewage and wastewater treatment plants and also industrial enterprises on all location-related questions of law, including fiscal issues. Her in-depth knowledge of the industry and excellent network of contacts regularly allow her to find good and sustainable solutions for her clients. Her legal advisory services further include assisting with approval procedures under building and immission control law for industrial plants and power stations. In addition, she supports international chemicals producers when it comes to setting up locations in Germany, including advising them on related public-law issues (licensing, subsidies, etc.) and helping them deal with public authorities. Sabrina Desens is experienced in litigating before administrative courts. She is an author and lecturer on topics related to water and fiscal law, amongst other things, and is a member of the environmental legislation committee of Deutscher Anwaltsverein e. V. (DAV), as well as of the urban development committee of Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss e. V. (ZIA). In The Legal 500, she is now listed as “Name of the next generation” in environmental and planning law.
Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.