Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Areas of practice
Andy Schaal has been specialising and primarily advises on real estate and corporate law. His work in real estate law involves assisting clients with complex – including cross-border – individual transactions and also portfolio transactions for investment funds, family offices and other institutional investors from Germany and abroad. He has extensive experience in real estate law, including relevant aspects of corporate law and financing. Andy Schaal further advises his clients on how to manage, develop and structure their properties, establishments and portfolios and on all matters pertaining to commercial landlord and tenant law.
Andy Schaal is also a lecturer at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, where he has been teaching business law since the winter semester 2023.
Vita
Andy Schaal studied law at Viadrina European University in Frankfurt/Oder (Germany). Part of his subsequent legal training at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin (Germany) involved working at the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, as well as at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP and at Morrison & Foerster LLP (both in Berlin with a focus on real estate law). Andy Schaal was admitted to the German Bar in 2019 and began his professional career at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP in real estate and corporate law, following which he moved to Jenckel und Partner Rechtsanwälte and then to GSK Stockmann. Andy Schaal joined Luther in August 2024.
Honors and distinctions
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation under "Ones to Watch" in "Corporate Law" and " Mergers and Acquisition Law" (first recommendation in 2023) as well as in "Real Estate Law" (first recommendation in 2024)
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Manuel Seidel, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Henner-Matthias Puppel
Partner
Essen
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Manuel Heide
Partner
Berlin
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich