Dr. Daniel Krauspenhaar
Areas of practice
Dr. Daniel Krauspenhaar is a Partner at Luther’s Luxembourg office and key contact for Financial Services, Investment Funds & Alternative Investments.
He advises domestic, international, and particularly German speaking clients on investment fund related matters. His advice ranges from the corporate and regulatory aspects of fund structuring and set up to the distribution and ongoing operations of regulated and unregulated vehicles.
Daniel has also experience in handling financial transactions and regulatory banking matters.
Vita
Daniel Krauspenhaar studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and completed his legal traineeship in Munich and Washington, D.C. He also obtained a doctorate degree (Dr. jur.) from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He was admitted to the Bar Association in Germany in 2011 and to the Luxembourg Bar in 2015.
Prior to joining Luther in 2020, Daniel worked for renowned international and independent law firms in Luxembourg and Germany.
Honors and distinctions
- Legal 500 EMEA (2025): Recognized for "Investment Funds". (“Daniel Krauspenhaar is an awesome lawyer in terms of know-how and responsiveness.”)
- Leaders League (2025): Highly recommended for "Private Equity – Fund structuring" (first recommendation in 2024).
- JUVE (2024/2025): Recognized for "Investment Funds". (“[With] the appointment of Dr Daniel Krauspenhaar as a partner in Luxembourg, [Luther] reinforces its growth ambitions.”)
- IFLR1000 (2024): Ranked Rising star for "Investment Funds". (“Technical knowledge, responsiveness.”)
- Legal 500 EMEA (2024): Recognized for "Investment Funds". (“Daniel Krauspenhaar has a good overview of complex structures and relationships and also quickly grasps supervisory law issues in the cross-border area.”)
- IFLR1000 (2022): Recognized for "Investment Funds". ("Calm, competent, structured, great knowledge.")
- Legal 500 EMEA (2022): Recognized for "Investment Funds". ("Daniel Krauspenhaar displays a very high degree of dedication to our projects and is very focused on us as a client. He provides excellent coordination between teams in Germany and Luxembourg as well as external service providers or clients.")
- Legal 500 EMEA (2020): Recognized for "Investment Funds". ("Daniel Krauspenhaar was always very precise and quick in answering our numerous questions.")
Clients
- Advised fund sponsors, alternative investment fund managers and management companies on structuring and set-up of investment funds and therefore on the preparation of the fund documentation, drafting/review/negotiation of service provider and other agreements (such as side letters), establishment of the downstream structure etc. as well as on modifications to all these documents and/or corporate actions (merger, liquidation, change of legal form, listing of fund shares etc.).
- Providing ongoing advice and assistance to various alternative investment fund managers, management companies and investment funds regarding their day-to-day business and/or in context with (de-)investments.
- Advised market participants on authorisation procedures under the Luxembourg AIFM Law, the UCI Law, the SIF Law, the Financial Sector Law and the ELTIF Regulation.
- Advised on structuring and set-up of Luxembourg securitisation vehicles, the securitisation of fund units and issuance of (rated) bonds/notes.
- Advised on the distribution of Luxembourg investment funds.
- Performed due diligence on investment funds and assisted investors before and after having invested into investment funds.
- Advised on Luxembourg banking and insurance secrecy obligations.
Partner
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Bob Scharfe
Managing Partner Luther S.A.
Luxembourg
Dr. Daniel Krauspenhaar
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Claudia Hoffmann
Partner
Luxembourg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Sascha Wiemann
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Stefanie Samosny
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Thierry Joseph
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Achim Pütz
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Marion Lanne
Counsel
Luxembourg
Georgios Patsinaridis
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Hüwel
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Henning Brockhaus
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Yassine Bouzetit
Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Konrad Prokop, LL.M.
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Rafaella Gavrielidou
Associate
Luxembourg
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefan Jokel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Xinyue Zhu, LL.M.
Business Lawyer
Cologne
Oliver Zaruba
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Maryana Slyusarchuk
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Manuel Seidel, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Victoria Schöll
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Janis Rentrop
Associate
Cologne
Erik von Kügelgen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Pia Grahmann
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Anne Gensert
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Ofeliia Assa, LL.M., CAIA
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon