Christian Brauns
Areas of practice
Christian Brauns advises on matters pertaining to corporate law (in particular, shareholder disputes), as well as on real estate and inheritance law. His clients include domestically and internationally operating companies, listed groups, as well as partnerships, family-owned businesses and entrepreneurs. Christian Brauns also represents his clients in judicial and arbitration proceedings.
Vita
Christian Brauns studied law at the Universities of Freiburg (Germany) and Linköping (Sweden). He then carried out his legal training at the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe (Germany), which included periods of work in large international law firms.
Christian Brauns was admitted to the German Bar in early 2016. He initially worked in a law firm and notary’s office that specialised in corporate, real estate and inheritance law, before moving on to Luther in 2018.
Honors and distinctions
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation in "Ones to Watch" in "Corporate Law", "Mergers and Acquisition Law", "Real Estate Law" and "Trusts and Succession Planning"
Publications
- Der noch zu junge Nachfolger, in: Unternehmeredition, Februar 2019, S. 59
- Weisungsgebunden oder nicht? Auch geschäftsführende Gesellschafter können der Sozialversicherungspflicht unterliegen, in: ius - Stuttgarter Zeitung vom 03.09.2018, S. 25 (gemeinsam mit Mühl)
- Trial and Error – A Critique of the New German Draft Code for a Genuine Corporate Criminal Liability, in: German Law Journal Vol. 16 / 2015
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Manuel Heide
Partner
Berlin
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Associate
Cologne
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig