Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Maritime Law

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.

After studying in Freiburg and Munich, Ulf Bertheau completed his legal traineeship in Bremen and Hamburg. From 1987 to 2001 he was in-house counsel at the Egon Oldendorff shipping company in Lübeck. Since 1996, he has also acted for numerous shipping companies, issuing houses and shipyards. In 2001, he joined a law firm specialising in shipping law and was a partner at Luther from 2011 to 2014. From 2014 to 2017, he headed a shipyard, Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft, and then returned to Luther as Of Counsel. Since 2022, he is head of the London office.