Benjamin Schwenker
Areas of practice
Benjamin Schwenker specialises in distribution law, in particular in distribution antitrust law. In addition, Benjamin Schwenker also provides legal advice during legal proceedings as well as in the drafting of agreements, in particular with regard to distribution agreements.
Vita
After studying law at the University of Cologne, Germany, Benjamin Schwenker undertook his legal traineeship at the District Court in Wuppertal. He was admitted to the bar in 2006 and joined Luther in the same year.
Honors and distinctions
- Best Lawyers 2026: Recommendation in "Competition / Antitrust Law" (first recommendation in 2025)
Publications
- ie neue Vertikal-Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung (EU) 2022/720 nebst Vertikal-Leitlinien – Kontinuität und Umbruch in der Vertriebspraxis, in: Zeitschrift für Wettbewerbsrecht (ZWeR), Heft 03/2022, S. 243 (gemeinsam mit Anne C. Wegner & Samira Altdorf, LL.M.)
- Investor- and object-specific consulting for financial instruments to limit interest rate risks (in the case at issue: so-called interest collar), Comments on the Higher Regional Court of Celle’s Judgement dated 27 February 2013 (file no.: 3 U 66/12), in: BKR 2014, pp. 43 et seq.
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Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Linda Kirchhoff
Senior Associate
Munich
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Maike Böttcher
Associate
Hanover
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Ludger Gruber
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Iman Bayrouti
Associate
Essen
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Jannik Bel
Associate
Cologne
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Raphaël Schindler
Partner
Luxembourg
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Liza Knecht
Associate
Leipzig
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Marco Jerczynski
Counsel
Essen
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Benjamin Schwenker
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Sebastian Wuschka LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Dr Frederic Tewes
Partner
Dusseldorf
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nele Wachholz
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin