Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Areas of practice
Christiane Kühn offers consulting services in international commercial law, in particular on issues of distribution law. Another focus of her work is international insolvency law, where she mainly advises creditors. The combination of both areas of law enables her to always look at her clients' commercial relationships with a special focus on securing and enforcing their claims and to advise accordingly. She also has many years of litigation experience and regularly publishes on current topics from the above-mentioned areas, in particular on insolvency avoidance law.
Her clients include companies in the plant and mechanical engineering sector (e.g. from the packaging industry) as well as energy companies, e.g. when it comes to questions concerning the sale of photovoltaic systems.
Christiane Kühn is an accredited and tested Incoterms® 2020 trainer, certificate number DE/2019-0105. She holds workshops on this topic and also offers a workshop for creditors.
Vita
Christiane Kuehn studied in Cologne and Hong Kong with a focus on International Commercial Law. She has been employed by Luther since her admission to the bar in 2011.
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2023: Recommended in "Trade, Distribution and Logistics" (first recommended in 2022) and in "Restructuring"
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation in "Restructuring and Insolvency Law"
Publications
- Neuausrichtung der Rechtsprechung zur Insolvenzanfechtung, in: Außenhandelspraxis Aktuell, Heft 10/2021
- Vorsatzanfechtung: Praktische Handhabung und Grenzen bei kongruenten Deckungen, in: BetriebsBerater, Heft 25/2020, S. 1353-1359
- Aktualisierte Regeln für den internationalen Warenhandel, in: stahlundeisen.de vom 23. März 2020
- Incoterms® 2020* – Die neuen internationalen Handelsklauseln, in: Betriebs-Berater (BB) vom 27. Januar 2020
- Im Blickpunkt: Incoterms 2020 – Aktualisierung der internationalen Handelsklauseln / Übersichtlicher, einfacher, aber umfangreicher, in: Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel vom 08.01.2020
- Gesetz zur Verbesserung der Rechtssicherheit bei Anfechtungen – Ende gut alles gut?, in: Betriebs-Berater, Heft 12/2017
- Worst Case: Veranstaltungsabsage wegen höherer Gewalt, in: Production Partner vom 08. Januar 2016
- Regierungsentwurf zur Anfechtung – ein versteckter Segen für den Fiskus, in: Betriebs-Berater (BB) 2015
- Anfechtung wird erschwert, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung vom 04. November 2015
- Referentenentwurf zur Verbesserung der Rechtssicherheit bei Anfechtungen - Baumängel statt Baufortschritt, in: Betriebs-Berater (BB) 2015
- Weder Fisch noch Fleisch, in: Börsen-Zeitung vom 16. Mai 2015
- German Law to Contest Debtors’ Transactions in Insolvency Proceedings under Critical Review, in: Insolvency and Restructuring International, Vol. 9, Nr. 1/2015, S. 16-18
- Umsatzsteuerliche Organschaft in der Insolvenz?, in: Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, Heft 09/2014, S. 18-20
- Erst auf den zweiten Blick attraktiv - Insolvenzrecht für Berufseinsteiger, in: Karriere im Recht, Heft 2/2012
Blog posts
- Interruption of proceedings upon insolvency – “What now?”
- New customer bonus and set-off under insolvency law
- Change of case law in insolvency avoidance law: German Federal Court of Justice requires stronger weighting of the factual circumstances to justify a challenge of transactions based on intent
- Incoterms® 2020 – Neuerungen bei den internationalen Handelsklauseln
Memberships
- Member of the association Deutsche Gesellschaft für Vertriebsrecht e. V.
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