Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

André Große Vorholt

Dr André Große Vorholt specialises in corporate criminal and criminal tax law, liability law and compliance. He represents companies and individuals in preliminary investigations concerning criminal and administrative offences. Furthermore, he advises companies on recovery issues (enforcement of claims for damages) and, within the scope of M&A transactions, on identifying risks under corporate criminal law. Dr Große Vorholt also advises companies within the scope of prevention on the introduction and implementation of efficient compliance structures. Dr Große Vorholt acts as legal confidant and ombudsman for some of his clients.

Andreas Kloyer

Andreas Kloyer advises national and international investors (private equity companies and strategic investors) on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), banking and capital markets, and on the structuring of complex national and international investments. Furthermore, Andreas Kloyer has broad expertise in advising family-run businesses and entrepreneurial families. His very active international practice focuses on Private Equity and investments in the financial industry, the automotive, the technology and the mobility sectors.

Andreas Tüxen

Andreas Tüxen provides advice on general company law (corporations and partnerships) and represents clients in (legal) disputes between shareholders or partners. Andreas Tüxen specialises in advising on the sale and purchase of companies and shares in companies, the incorporation of companies and the reorganisation of companies and groups. Another focus of his work is providing legal advice to business founders and investors with regard to financing and their joining and leaving a company. In addition to recording deeds for private persons, Andreas Tüxen in his capacity as a civillaw notary is primarily engaged in drafting contracts and in officially recording share purchase agreements, real estate transactions and property and apartment purchase agreements, the formation and restructuring of companies (especially by way of a merger, division, or change of legal form), and company agreements.

Andreas Blunk

Dr Andreas Blunk provides expert advice in M&A for both buyers and sellers. Besides domestic transactions, he specialises in cross-border projects. As a civil-law notary, Andreas Blunk deals with contract drafting and the official recording of share purchase agreements, real property transactions, the formation and restructuring of companies, and deeds for private persons.

Andreas Meyer-Landrut

Partner

Arnd Becker

As a lawyer, Dr Arnd Becker primarily advises family-owned business on all matters pertaining to corporate law, and as a notary, he provides legal services to them in the same area. The focus of his work is on transaction advice, as well as on providing advice and legal services during national and international restructurings. Another focus of his work is representing clients in conflicts, in particular, in judicial and extra-judicial shareholder and D&O liability disputes. As a notary, Arnd Becker additionally renders legal services to businesspeople and businesses, but also to private persons, in the areas of real estate, inheritance and family law, in particular within the context of business and property succession. Arnd Becker heads the specialist area “Succession Advice/Family Businesses”.

Arndt Begemann

Dr Arndt Begemann provides legal counsel and notary assistance to medium-sized businesses, large groups and financial investors on all issues pertaining to corporate law. He specialises in the support of national and international restructuring and in assistance during corporate acquisitions and joint ventures.

Axel Braun

The focus of Axel Braun's work is on cross-border projects, corporate reorganisations and other collective law procedures (company bargaining agreements, social compensation plans, etc.). He is the author and/or editor of various reputated publication and regularly speaker or panelist to various organisations.

Axel Mühl

Dr Mühl specialises in providing corporate and corporate-related tax law advice. He advises domestic and foreign companies as well as groups of companies who operate internationally in all matters relating to commercial and corporate law, paying special attention to tax matters. His work includes, in particular, advising companies and groups on national and international restructurings and also providing advice on the sale and purchase of companies (M&A). Another focus of his work lies on litigation, in particular in the field of corporate law disputes. In addition, he supports and advises high-end medium-sized businesses and business owners on succession planning.

Barbara Schmidt

Dr Barbara Schmidt provides advice on real estate law, especially to public authorities and their commercial enterprises. In addition to her ongoing advisory work, this includes providing support with comprehensive real estate projects, including tender-related mergers or restructuring. She advises on transactions, especially in the real estate area, as well as on legal issues relating to liability and compensation, and insurance law.

Bela Jansen

Dr Bela Jansen has more than 15 years’ experience advising German and international clients on regulatory and (investment) tax issues in relation to asset management and in connection with all types of fund investments. He advises providers and institutional investors on the creation, structuring or restructuring of regulated and non-regulated investment funds and other investment products (securities, real property, certificates, bonds, NPLs, private equity, hedge funds, derivative instruments, open-ended and closed-end funds). He further specialises in advising on the structuring and implementation of pension assets and pension liabilities.

Borbala Dux-Wenzel

Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel primarily deals with civil class actions, large individual proceedings, and international arbitration proceedings. This includes representing clients in court and managing class actions in the areas of product liability, antitrust damages, capital investment and insurance law, as well as providing advice and representation in matters regarding manager liability and internal recourse. Conducting post-M&A proceedings, both on the part of the claimant and on the part of the defendant, is another important part of Borbála Dux-Wenzel’s work.

Carsten Andreas Senze

Carsten A. Senze provides legal advice to IT operators and IT companies in all issues concerning the drafting and negotiation of complex IT agreements, outsourcing projects, and in the areas of IT litigation and IT compliance. He also specialises in data protection law, telecommunications law (regulatory & commercial), as well as legal questions regarding e-commerce, intellectual property rights, and competition law, including legal representation. He also holds periodic lectures on these topics.

Carsten E Beisheim

Carsten Beisheim mainly provides corporate and M&A advice. He specialises in group restructurings as well as domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. He also advises on certain aspects of energy law, in particular the unbundling of energy network operators, and on complex public sector outsourcing and procurement projects. He focusses above all on the energy sector and the public sector.

Cédric Müller

As a lawyer and a civil-law notary, Dr Cédric Müller advises and provides legal services, respectively, to national and international groups of companies, financial investors, medium-sized companies and public sector companies in all matters pertaining to corporate law. The focus of his advice is on national and international restructurings and on corporate acquisitions and joint ventures.

Christian Zanner

Partner

Christian Horn

Dr Christian Horn advises German and international companies on complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and joint ventures. His advisory services additionally cover the areas of corporate law, corporate restructurings and business succession. Christian Horn has a wealth of experience in various industries, in particular, regulated and technology-oriented sectors. As a notary, Dr Christian Horn focuses on corporate law and M&A as well as real estate transactions.

Christian Kuß

Christian Kuß advises national and international clients on legal issues pertaining to IT, copyright and data protection law. He specialises in drafting and negotiating IT contracts, including licensing, IT outsourcing and IT project agreements as well as service level agreements. Another focus area is data protection law, where his advisory services especially include examining the permissibility of future data processing activities and examining and assessing the internal organisation of data protection.

Christian Dworschak

Christian Dworschak specialises in issues concerning individual and collective employment law. He regularly assists his clients in employment law matters during acquisitions and corporate re-structuring, leading negotiations to balance the interests of both parties and to design social compensation plans. He also deals with all matters involving employee co-determination, drafting contracts in accordance with employment law, and changes/termination of employment and/or service provision agreements. He provides both judicial and extrajudicial representation. Christian Dworschak is a regular speaker on topics concerning employment law at various events.

Christoph von Burgsdorff

Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff specialises in negotiating and drafting commercial and distribution agreements, commercial leases, sales contracts, general terms and conditions and service agreements. Furthermore, he represents the interests of large and medium-sized companies in national and international litigation and arbitration proceedings, especially in accordance with the DIS, ICC and LCIA Rules, as well as in ad-hoc proceedings. Christoph von Burgsdorff has more than 20 years’ experience providing strategic conflict advice and conflict management services. His main industry focus is Health Care & Life Science, the textile industry, logistics and plant construction, and Maritime & Shipping. His clients include medium-sized and large companies, as well as the public sector. Christoph von Burgsdorff regularly publishes papers and articles on current international trade topics and gives lectures on current contract and liability law issues at events organised by industry associations. Christoph von Burgsdorff is an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) certified trainer of the Incoterms® 2020 rules, having passed the ICC examination.

Cornelia Yzer

Cornelia Yzer advises domestic and foreign companies on mergers and acquisitions and on regulatory issues, making them benefit from her many years of experience in industry and in government positions. A particular industry focus is life science and the digital economic. At Luther, Cornelia Yzer coordinates the Health Care & Life Science sector and the practice group Digital Health. Furthermore, Cornelia Yzer advises her clients on all aspects of research funding.

Denis Ullrich

Denis Ullrich specialises in advising on the sale and purchase of companies and shares in companies (M&A), the incorporation of companies and the reorganisation of companies and groups. His work also includes restructuring and crisis transactions. His clients include medium-sized companies, international groups and strategic investors from various branches as well as private equity companies and entrepreneurs within the framework of succession planning. Furthermore, Denis Ullrich advises shareholders, management board members, managing directors, supervisory boards and advisory councils on all matters pertaining to corporate law.

Dietmar Heise

Dietmar Heise advises large corporations and medium-sized businesses on all matters pertaining to employment law and he also advises corporate bodies and executives on contractual issues. He specialises in advising on employment law aspects in restructurings (transfers of undertaking, negotiating reconciliation plans, social plans and company bargaining agreements), other issues under works constitution law and also matters related to collective bargaining and industrial action law as well as all matters concerning board members, managing directors and senior executives. Another focus of his work is assisting with the employment law aspects of agile projects and advising on temporary employment issues, including differentiating between temporary employment and third-party work on the basis of service contracts or contracts for work and labour. In matters relating to the right of co-determination, Dietmar Heise has advised several works council and supervisory board elections, which included dealing with how to cancel or contest them. His industry focus is retail and wholesale trade as well as the automotive, mechanical engineering and logistics industries.

Doreen König

Partnerin

Eberhard Vetter

Dr Eberhard Vetter specialises in advising publicly listed companies on all matters pertaining to stock corporation and capital markets law, in particular, in preparing and supporting general meetings, providing advice on actions to set aside, advising management and supervisory board members on corporate governance and compliance issues, and rendering advice with regard to D&O liability. Another focus of his advisory services is insurance supervision law. Dr Eberhard Vetter can draw on his own experiences as a supervisory board member and has made a name for himself through numerous publications on stock corporation and capital markets law topics.

Eckart Petzold

Dr Eckart Petzold is Licensed Specialist for Corporate Law (Fachanwalt für Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht) and Head of Luther’s Italian Desk. He assists domestic and foreign investors in their Corporate and M&A activities in Germany and worldwide, particularly in connection with cross-border transactions with a focus on international joint ventures and commercial agreements, negotiating in German, English, Italian (sworn translator) and French.

Elisabeth Lepique

Managing Partner

Florian Schulz

Dr Florian Schulz advises on Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), corporate law, maritime business law and investment fund law. His M&A services especially include carrying out due diligence reviews, providing assistance during the transaction process, and drafting and negotiating contracts, including joint venture agreements. In the area of corporate law, he particularly advises on national and international restructurings and reorganisations. Dr Florian Schulz further advises on investment funds, including, inter alia, shipping, real estate, container and renewable energy funds. He has conducted over 200 lawsuits in his areas of expertise, in particular, post-M&A proceedings, proceedings regarding disputes among shareholders, and proceedings in relation to banking and capital markets law. He regularly lectures on commercial and corporate law issues. He is visiting lecturer at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences for Commercial and Corporate Law. His clients include investors, issuing houses, banks, shipping companies, investment companies, port operators and trading houses.

Frank Gutsche

Frank Gutsche has been advising for many years with a focus on real estate and corporate transactions and corporate law. The latter includes in particular advice on the formation of joint ventures (corporate and distribution law aspects) in Germany and abroad. His clients include companies from the real estate and industrial sectors with a focus on the automotive and mechanical engineering industries as well as commercial enterprises and companies from the financial and service sectors. A large number of his clients are foreign investors who invest in real estate and shareholdings in Germany or who start or expand their business activities in Germany by founding or acquiring companies.

Gerd Stuhlmacher

Gerd Stuhlmacher is a Regulatory and Energy Lawyer based in Munich and heading the Munich energy team. He is highly regarded for his knowledge in all aspects of German and European energy law, including international trading of electricity, gas and LNG. Besides the structuring of all types of commodity transactions including infrastructure investments, he focuses on compliance with regulatory requirements of the energy market. Gerd Stuhlmacher also has first-hand experience in price adjustment disputes, corporate reorganisations and M&A transactions in the energy sector. He advises German and international energy companies as well as investors, energy traders and exchanges.

Gernot-Rüdiger Engel

Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel specialises in national, European and international climate protection law (climate protection laws, climate actions, Supply Chain Sourcing Obligations Act, emissions trading and German Renewable Energy Act (EEG)), environmental law with all its aspects (immission control law, water and waste law), information access law (German Freedom of Information Act (IFG), German Environmental Information Act (UIG) and transparency laws) and “environmental compliance”. His advice is solution-oriented, entrepreneurial and future-oriented. The latter is also the reason why he advises on all legal issues relating to the use of hydrogen. His services further cover the future topic of drones and he also sits on the relevant advisory board of the Federal Ministry of Transport. He has been instructed to act on behalf of listed companies as well as owner-managed and medium-sized companies from the chemical industry, energy supply, wood-based materials industry, ceramic industry, paper, cardboard and board industry, thermal waste treatment plants and numerous associations. In the Corona-crisis, he protects the production and the supply chains of his national and international clients and their strategic industries against closure orders under infection control law. Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel regularly publishes on current topics and gives lectures on current environmental law issues. He is also a lecturer on environmental and energy law (Berlin School of Economics and Law).

Gregor Wecker

Dr Wecker is frequently involved in M&A transactions, joint ventures and venture capital investments. With regard to stock corporation and capital market law the main responsibilities of Dr Wecker include guidance and assistance during corporate equity transactions, ongoing advice of members of the management and supervisory board and preparation and support of general shareholders' meetings.

Guido Jansen

Partner

Guido Dornieden

Guido Dornieden specializes in litigation and arbitration, primarily those involving general economic law, product liability and distribution law. One of his main practice areas is advising German and foreign businesses within the automotive industry and the mechanical engineering sector – on the structuring of supply and distribution systems, the handling of crises due to safety critical product defects and on the enforcement of claims within the supply chain. Furthermore, he frequently represents clients in trials concerning attorney liability and D&O claims the latter in a team with colleagues specialised in corporate law.

Guido Wenzel

Guido Wenzel advises business owners and managers on a vast variety of corporate and commercial law issues. A significant amount of his advisory work concerns classic shareholder disputes and transaction advice. He additionally provides advice on inheritance law issues. In the area of commercial law, he primarily advises his clients on matters pertaining to national and international distribution law. Guido Wenzel is an experienced litigator and advises both medium-sized “hidden champions” and start-up companies. He represents the German Federal Government in legal disputes about export credit guarantees (so-called “Hermes guarantees”) and handles numerous court cases on behalf of a large northern German bank.

Gunnar Müller-Henneberg

Gunnar Müller-Henneberg primarily advises diverse stakeholders when companies are facing an economic crises. This includes advising the company’s management on existing obligations under corporate and insolvency law, advising shareholders and creditors on how to secure assets and hedge against risks, as well as asserting and defending claims arising from such situations. He covers the entire range of advisory services from crisis prevention up to and including providing advice when a company is unable or on the brink of becoming unable to meet its financial obligations or is over-indebted and also during insolvency proceedings. Gunnar Müller-Henneberg’s clients include well-known family offices, who appoint him to handle the “problems” in their investment portfolios.

Hans-Christian Ackermann

Hans-Christian Ackermann focusses on advising companies on all aspects of individual and collective employment law, particularly within the context of acquisitions, restructurings and outsourcing transactions, as well as with regard to company pension schemes. This includes conducting negotiations with works councils and trade unions. He further advises board members, managing directors and executive employees. In addition, Hans-Christian Ackermann lectures regularly on employment law topics at diverse seminars, conferences and training events on national and international level.

Hans-Georg Hahn

With over 20 years of experience in the area of M&A, Prof Dr Hans-Georg Hahn is appropriately qualified to cover a broad range of legal advisory services. An important part of his work is providing comprehensive advice to corporate clients and medium-sized family businesses with regard to national and international acquisitions and sales of businesses, advising on MBOs and MBIs, as well as carrying out complex due diligence reviews. As an advisor to the public sector, he structures complex competitive bidding procedures and assists with privatisations and the formation of strategic partnerships. In new/start-up companies, Hans-Georg Hahn sits on various advisory boards, provides assistance with financing rounds, and negotiates shareholder and investment agreements. In summary, Hans-Georg Hahn’s main areas of activity include corporate law (law governing German limited liability companies, stock corporations and groups of companies), corporate disputes, and disputes in connection with acquisitions and their tax aspects.

Helmut Janssen

Dr Helmut Janssen specialises in European and German antitrust law. His advisory services include, in particular, providing preventive advice (e.g. on compliance systems) and defending his clients against antitrust infringement allegations, assisting with foreign and domestic merger control proceedings, reviewing and structuring distribution systems and cooperation agreements between competitors. Helmut Janssen also advises on a wide range of public grant cases (EU state aid law). A further area of expertise is international trade law (WTO and EU anti-subsidy/antidumping law). Helmut Janssen has 20 years of experience dealing with EU institutions. Furthermore, he has authored a reference textbook on antitrust law (5th edition 2015) and numerous specialist and academic publications on antitrust and state aid law. He is a member of the antitrust sections of the International Bar Association, the American Bar Association and of the leading German antitrust and state aid associations. Court-approved antitrust mediator Dr Helmut Janssen is an antitrust mediator approved by the competent German Court of Appeal. As a mediator, he specialises in the out-of-court settlement of claims arising under antitrust law, e.g. for damages, supply and injunctive relief. A procedure before an antitrust mediator offers several advantages. An agreement concluded by the parties in front of a court-approved mediator has the same effect as a state court judgment. Antitrust mediators Rules of procedure

Hendrik Bernd Sehy

Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy advises mostly companies that operate in the health care market on all issues pertaining to corporate and medical law, as well as during transaction processes and restructurings. He primarily advises service providers, such as hospitals, medical care centres, large medical practices, and rehab and nursing care providers, inter alia on regulatory and financing issues, and he further advises the public sector on structural measures in the health care industry. Hendrik Sehy also provides advice to start-ups and well-established manufacturers of medical products, for example, when they launch new products or with regard to reimbursement issues. Hendrik Sehy additionally focuses on advising the public sector (inter alia, German states, municipalities and medical associations) on structural measures (in particular in the hospital market) or other regulatory issues relating to the health care industry and on providing support during arbitration proceedings pertaining to social law. Together with Dr Eva Rütz, Dr Hendrik Sehy heads the working group "In-patient and out-patient service providers", which is part of Luther’s Health Care & Life Science industry group.

Henner-Matthias Puppel

Henner-M. Puppel mainly advises businesses and the public sector on the overall structuring and implementation of project developments and complex construction projects. This includes realising PPPs as well as public acquisition plans (including third-party advance financing for construction projects and the sale of property with building concessions) and any queries relating to public procurement and contractual law that may arise in this regard. He also provides advice during the construction process, for example, controlling the execution of the construction project, drafting contracts, and dealing with negotiations relating to the construction of the plant (power plants, renewable energy as well as industrial plants).

Henning Holz

Dr Henning Holz specialises in providing legal advice to contracting authorities or bidders during public tenders, complex procurement projects or structured tendering procedures. He advises public procurement authorities on matters including drafting tenders, evaluating bids and dealing with enquiries and objections made by bidders. Furthermore, Dr Holz advises and represents contracting authorities or bidders in public procurement review procedures. He also advises contracting authorities and private beneficiaries of subsidies on how to comply with procurement rules in connection with subsidies and deal with EU subsidies. Another focus of his work is providing expert opinions on issues relating to procurement and environmental law. Dr Holz also carries out due diligences from an environmental law perspective in corporate transactions.

Herbert Willems

At Luther, Prof. Dr Herbert Willems is responsible for public law issues. The range of his advisory services is determined above all by the areas in which he has an academic interest and which he dealt with as a judge at the Higher Administrative Court of Münster over a period of more than 30 years. This includes, inter alia, municipal law, university law, the law governing other public-law corporations, notably the associations, the professional law of the liberal professions, in particular, physicians, dentists, veterinaries, chemists and psychotherapists, procedural law, the legal relations of the German civil service, and constitutional law, including electoral law and state organisation law.

Imke Glücks

Imke Glücks' areas of expertise in inheritance law include drafting last wills and testaments, contracts of inheritance, planning business successions, and inheritance disputes. She specializes in the field of family law with experience in the drafting of prenuptial agreements, business succession planning, family disputes during separation or divorce, as well as the drafting of separation and divorce settlements. Based in Essen, Ms Glücks is also responsible for notarial acts.

Ingo Erberich

Ingo Erberich provides advice on drafting contracts, especially for the purchase of real estate, and commercial tenancies, as well as construction contracts. His work also includes real estate transactions and the respective due diligence reviews. He also specialises in litigation for commercial tenancy rights and private construction law. His clients mainly consist of foreign real estate investors, project developers, sports facilities operators, insurance agencies, retail businesses, industrial companies and companies from the construction industry.

Jens Heuer-James

Jens-Uwe Heuer-James advises on all issues pertaining to commercial law. He specialises in drafting and negotiating complex contracts, such as plant engineering agreements, as well as claim management. Another focus of his work is advising on product liability and product safety, particularly on special topics such as CE conformity evaluation and technical documentation. His clients are final manufacturers and suppliers from the engineering and electrical engineering sectors, and the consumer goods sector.

Jens Bock

Jens Bock mainly advises in the areas of Real Estate and Corporate Law and has worked for domestic and foreign investors and project developers, among others.

Joachim Reichenberger

Dr Joachim Reichenberger is Counsel and a member of the Investment Management Group in Luther's Munich office. He has many years’ experience advising on cross-border designs. In addition to high-net-worth individuals (including many well-known professional athletes), he also advises renowned businesses. He further advises diverse capital investment companies on (investment) tax issues in the context of transactions, and occupational pension providers on multiple restructurings. One of his special focus areas is dealing with matters at the interface between (wage) tax law and employment and (occupational) social security law, where he can draw on ten years’ experience working as a civil servant. In addition, he focuses on providing tax and social security law advice when it comes to carrying out socially acceptable staff cuts, in which context he advises companies on the optimisation and subsequent implementation of social compensation plans. Joachim Reichenberger is a lecturer on diverse tax and social security law topics at Dr. Endriss Steuerfachschule and at HAUFE Akademie.

Jörg Rodewald

Jörg Rodewald’s services include advising on all issues relating to German limited liability company and partnership law (including representing his clients in court), acquisitions and sales of companies, in particular, distressed M&A situations, mediation services in connection with disputes among shareholders/partners, and handling D&O liability issues (prevention and representation in legal disputes).

Jörg Alshut

Dr Alshut advises clients on all matters pertaining to copyright, trademark and competition law as well as IT law. He specialises in IP law, outsourcing, ERP and IT projects, the development and implementation of property right strategies and also advises on licencing, (online) distribution and XaaS models. Furthermore, he is an expert in data protection, IT compliance and gambling law. Dr Alshut is an experienced and successful litigator, especially with regard to interim relief proceedings. He frequently gives lectures on IP and IT law and also holds workshops and practical seminars, both for clients and at the Martin-Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.

Jörgen Tielmann

Jörgen Tielmann is involved in stock corporation and capital market law. He assists both listed and non-listed companies in stock corporation law and capital market law and accompanies them through the M&A process and during transitions on the capital market. His area of expertise includes the entire bandwidth of stock corporation and capital market law. Based in Hamburg, he also specializes in assistance with general meetings of shareholders, legal challenges, and M&A transactions. He has released various publications in handbooks and articles concerning stock corporation law.

Jürgen Bremer

Dr Jürgen Bremer advises medium-sized companies and the public sector mainly on corporate law and all other legal issues pertaining to corporate law. Another focus of his work is advising on national and international restructurings and reorganisations. Further, Dr Bremer also advises on various national and international company transactions.

Jutta Wittler

The main focus of Jutta Wittler's work is legal counsel, litigation, and arbitral jurisdiction during the construction process, also in the area of plant engineering. She also teaches at seminars organised for the continued training of specialist lawyers, as well as in respect to the Code of Architects' and Engineers' Fees 2009 (HOAI 2009). She is one of the co-authors of the handbooks "Fachanwaltswissen für die Praxis" (Practical Knowledge for Specialist Lawyers), published by C. Heymanns Verlag, 2006, and "Entwickeln/Planen/Bauen" (Developing/Planning/Building), published by Werner Verlag, 2010. Since 2010 she has been the co-author of the NJW essay on private construction law (BGB and VOB/B).

Karsten Köhler

Karsten Köhler advises public-sector companies on matters pertaining to public procurement and contract law in connection with the implementation of complex public procurement projects. He particularly focuses on providing assistance with plant construction projects in the energy industry (e.g. gas turbine and gas engine power plants) and on advising the housing industry on large investments (projects regarding the construction of new buildings, broadband cable projects, public procurement advice).

Klaus Schaffner

Dr Klaus Schaffner primarily provides assistance in economic law for communes and other public establishments during privatisations/M&A, participation management, in legal project management, controlling/public procurement law, as well as during restructuring and reorganisation.

Kuuya Josef Chibanguza

Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza is frequently recommended as an advisor to national and international clients when it comes to minimising (product) liability risks in the context of digitalisation (Industry 4.0). In a series of events developed by him regarding "Legally sound project management", he regularly holds workshops, in particular on the question of how to minimise risks in purchasing and distribution. Kuuya Josef Chibanguza additionally advises national and international clients on contract, commercial and distribution law. He has special expertise in dispute resolution, in and out of court, including as an advisor in arbitration proceedings. Kuuya Josef Chibanguza is a member of Luther's South Africa / Africa Desk. He is also Director of the Interdisciplinary Institute for Automated Systems (RifaS) in Hanover. In addition, Dr Chibanguza is co-editor of the "Zeitschrift für das Recht der digitalen Wirtschaft" (ZdiW).

Marcus Backes

Dr Marcus Backes advises national and international companies and their executive bodies on restructurings, distressed M&A transactions and all issues pertaining to insolvency law. He provides independent advisory services to assist clients in crisis to prevent and, where necessary, defend themselves against directors and officers (D&O) liability claims. Furthermore, he offers a broad range of advisory services both to companies that are in crisis and to investors and creditors. His daily work includes effectively enforcing creditors’ rights and representing creditors and groups of creditors in insolvency proceedings, including representing them on preliminary creditors’ committees. Dr Marcus Backes has published various articles on insolvency law issues and co-authored the insolvency law commentary published by Dr Gerhard Pape, Judge at the German Federal Court of Justice, and Prof Dr Christoph Uhländer.

Markus Sengpiel

Dr Markus Sengpiel mainly provides assistance to clients specializing in IT, media, and biotechnology. He has worked with a large number of outside legal advisers in providing his clients with assistance during large transactions, many of which have required several different areas of legal expertise. Dr Markus Sengpiel has written numerous publications on internet and consumer protection law. He regularly lectures on internet, media, intellectual property, and competition law.

Michael Kunkel

Michael Kunkel provides advice on how to draft contracts, in particular, in connection with real estate transactions, including due diligence reviews from a real estate law perspective, project development, commercial leases and construction projects.

Michael Bormann

Michael Bormann primarily advises on corporate transactions, joint ventures and reorganizations. He additionally provides advice on general corporate law issues, in particular, corporate governance and capital raising and capital maintenance issues. He has great expertise as an advisor in the areas of energy & infrastructure. Beyond that, he advises clients in the areas of automotive & industrial, and food & beverages. His clients include both financial investors as well strategic clients.

Nicole Bittlingmayer

Nicole Bittlingmayer has many years of experience advising German and international clients on German investment and regulatory law. She primarily advises on approval, licensing and registration procedures and on distribution authorisation procedures, on structuring, setting up, managing and dissolving open-end and closed-end real estate funds, on structuring and implementing service investment management company models, and on outsourcing issues, as well as on national and international real estate transactions. Her clients include German and international fund management companies, real estate funds, asset managers, custodians, and institutional real estate investors.

Nicole Fröhlich

Nicole Fröhlich has more than 15 years of experience in national and international tax law. Her main expertise has been achieved in the M&A sector where she has led numerous projects on tax optimised structuring, restructuring and financing of groups. Her transactional experience includes advising on the tax implications surrounding mergers and acquisitions and real estate transactions as well as due diligence.

Oliver Kairies

Dr Oliver Kairies specialises in assisting and coordinating complex, competitive tendering procedures, privatisations, and restructuring projects. He also coordinates national and international corporate transactions as well as assisting investors, sponsors, and athletes in issues concerning sports law. At Luther, Dr Kairies leads the Health Care & Life Science sector.

Oliver Krall

Oliver Krall provides legal counsel in questions concerning German and international corporate and economic law. He specialises in assistance to national and international companies and corporations during M&A transactions and restructuring. Oliver Krall also supports national and international clients in ongoing issues pertaining to corporate, general trade, and contract law. He also participates in legal proceedings regarding trade and corporate law.

Philip Dohse

Dr. Philip Dohse provides legal assistance in national and international acquisitions and corporate sales, complex due diligences as well as MBOs/MBIs. His main areas of expertise include corporate law (limited liability companies, stock companies, group law and partnerships, e.g. limited partnerships). As Dr. Philip Dohse advices most of his clients since years he also specializes in trade and distribution law and complex legal proceedings.

Philipp Dietz

Philipp Dietz is active in the area of Corporate/M&A and advised on numerous mostly international M&A/Venture Capital transactions and joint ventures in the past. In the venture capital sector, Mr. Dietz advises investors as well as founders. He has particular expertise in the field of energy. Philipp Dietz has a clear focus on China and India.

Robert von Steinau-Steinrück

Partner

Rut Herten-Koch

Dr Rut Herten-Koch advises the public sector and its companies as well as private owners, investors, project developers and bidders in contract award procedures. She has a wealth of experience in advising on and structuring complex procedures, be it in construction planning or public procurement law. She also represents her clients before the bodies responsible for the subsequent review of contract award procedures and the administrative courts.

Ruth-Maria Thomsen

Ruth-Maria Thomsen specialises in providing comprehensive advice to domestic and foreign clients in real estate transactions, both buy-side and sell-side. Her expertise includes asset deals as well as share deals. Ruth-Maria Thomsen’s advisory services range from the due diligence review and the structuring of the transaction to the drafting and negotiation of the contract up to and including the closing of the transaction. Having worked for many years in the area of Corporate/M&A, she has special experience at the interface between real estate law and corporate law and in the financing of transactions. Furthermore, she advises on commercial leases and contract management for existing properties.

Sabrina Desens

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.

Sebastian Fedder

Sebastian Fedder advises private and public companies throughout PPP/privatizations and corporate restructuring. Based in Hamburg, he also provides advice during negotiations for the reconciliation of interests or social benefit plans.

Silvia C. Bauer

Silvia C. Bauer specialises in assistance pertaining to data privacy. She conducts data privacy audits and advises national and international companies on the organisation of their data protection and the safeguarding of data protection compliance. Her field of activity comprises support regarding the implementation of the requirements of the European General Data Protection Regulation, the examination of the admissibility of data handling, outsourcing or implementation of cloud based IT-systems, the legitimacy of data transfer in international company groups, the drafting and negotiation of contracts and works agreement with regard to data privacy, the drafting of leaflets on data privacy or data privacy guidelines. Furthermore, Silvia C. Bauer acts as external Data Security Officer for various national and international companies and company groups, is Data Security Officer at Luther and is a guest lecturer at numerous events related to data protection and IT law. She regularly publishes articles regarding data protection issues in various journals.

Stefan Altenschmidt

Partner

Stefan Mager

Stefan Mager's consulting is solution-oriented, entrepreneurial and future-oriented. He advises large-volume construction contracts, complex IT projects as well as on the EU-wide and national award of contracts for the procurement of goods and services. Together with his team, he advises on the structuring of tendering procedures and provides full-service support (from the announcement, to the award of the contract and the documentation) from one source. In particular, he specialises in advising public utility companies and public safety authorities and organisations. He helps bidders in review proceedings enforce procedures to ensure they are error-free from a legal perspective. With regard to EU state aid law, Stefan Mager has many years' experience dealing with issues relating to “services of general economic interest” (SGEI) and the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER). In this context, he regularly heads up Luther's team of advisors in large urban development projects.

Steffen Häberer

Steffen Häberer focusses on advising the public sector and public-sector companies on matters pertaining to public procurement law. In this context, he primarily advises on how to organize Europe-wide calls for tenders and assists with the examination of complex public procurement law issues. In addition, he represents his clients in post-award review proceedings. Steffen Häberer has a wealth of experience in assisting with the award of service contracts and concessions, in particular in the area of network-bound supply, such as telecommunications/broadband and energy.

Stephan Gittermann

Stephan Gittermann advises national and international businesses and their executive bodies on all issues pertaining to stock corporation and capital markets law. He advises on public takeovers, capital increases, squeeze-outs, general shareholder meetings and bond issues. Stephan Gittermann also advises on corporate acquisitions and joint ventures. He has co-authored a renowned guide for supervisory board members and a legal commentary on supervisory boards.

Stephan Bausch

Stephan Bausch advises and assists companies prior to and during court and arbitration proceedings and when resolving disputes out of court. Especially in the context of impending mass proceedings, Stephan Bausch works with his clients to determine the appropriate defence strategies. Furthermore, he focuses on cross-border disputes with an emphasis on private international and international civil procedural law. Stephan Bausch helps companies secure their claims by obtaining a preliminary injunction, as well as enforcing the claims.

Stephan Finck

The focus area of Stephan Finck’s advisory activities is the structuring, planning and implementation of complex real estate projects and the associated comprehensive advisory services, in particular in the areas of architectural, private building and public procurement law. Due to his project experience, he always bears in mind the relevant public building law issues and important aspects regarding the structuring of project companies, as well as subsidies, financing, state aid and operations. Due to his in-depth knowledge of the market on both the client and the contractor side, his particular strength lies in his ability to draft and negotiate practicable contracts that take all parties’ interests into account.

Stephan Rippert

Dr Stephan Rippert advises on international and national transactions and joint ventures. This involves acting as an advisor throughout the transaction process. In addition, he advises companies from the media/IT, energy and life science industries on commercial and regulatory issues. He also holds a supervisory board mandate in an international group as well as in an international association, and has a very active international advisory practice, mainly in the TMT, Energy and Life Science sectors.

Thomas Halberkamp

Dr Thomas Halberkamp specialises in national and cross-border transaction processes, including subsequent post-acquisition integration. Assistance provided throughout buy-out transactions (MBO, MBI, LBO) is an increasingly significant part of the services which he provides.

Thomas Weidlich

Partner

Thomas Köhler

Thomas Köhler specialises in national and international corporate law, M&A and the public sector. His advisory services focus on devising legal and tax structures for corporate acquisitions and sales, as well as on restructurings. Thomas Köhler also has many years of experience in advising the public sector, especially in connection with restructurings, privatisations and PPP projects.

Tobias Leidinger

As a lawyer and certified specialist in administrative law, Prof Dr Tobias Leidinger advises industrial enterprises and clients on public business law issues regarding energy, industrial plant, environmental, nuclear power, planning and waste management law. His clients include companies from the energy and network industry, the nuclear power industry, the manufacturing industry and the waste management industry. Based on his wealth of experience in connection with the implementation of large infrastructure projects, he also acts as a legal project and process manager.

Ulf Andre Bertheau

Advice with regard to the building, rebuilding, purchasing and selling of merchant ships and the drafting of the financing contracts associated therewith; advising shipping companies on the drafting of installation contracts for offshore wind farms. Advising shipping companies and ship management companies on all issues relating to their business activities.

Ulrich Philippi

Ulrich Philippi mainly advises national and cross-border M&A transactions as well as restructurings and carve-outs. In addition, Ulrich Philippi advises on compliance issues, group law issues, post M&A and corporate disputes and the implementation of strategic projects in the context of corporate law. His clients include family businesses, international corporations, private and strategic investors, family offices and public authorities. In addition, he serves as key contact person for a number of larger German Mittelstand-companies regarding all legal issues.

Volker Schneider

Dr. Volker Schneider provides comprehensive counsel in collective and individual labor law. He specializes in restructuring and corporate transactions, corporate constitution law, employee dismissal protection, bankruptcy labor law and labor law for members of management. Besides providing consultation, he also conducts legal proceedings.

Wulf Merkel

Corporate law and general business law with a focus on the sale and purchase of shares and reorganisations.