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)
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Hamburg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Henner-Matthias Puppel
Partner
Essen
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Pascal Brinkmann, LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Kuala Lumpur
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Manuel Heide
Partner
Berlin
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Manuel Seidel, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore