Denis Ullrich
Areas of practice
Denis Ullrich specialises in advising on the sale and purchase of companies and shares in companies (M&A), the incorporation of companies and the reorganisation of companies and groups. His work also includes restructuring and crisis transactions. His clients include medium-sized companies, international groups and strategic investors from various branches as well as private equity companies and entrepreneurs within the framework of succession planning. Furthermore, Denis Ullrich advises shareholders, management board members, managing directors, supervisory boards and advisory councils on all matters pertaining to corporate law.
Vita
Denis Ullrich studied law majoring in economics at the University of Bayreuth (Germany). He joined Luther in 2005.
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Mentions in "Industry Focus - Healthcare" (first mention in 2020)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendation in "Industry Focus - Healthcare" (first recommendation in 2023, "Denis Ullrich is a very competent and committed colleague who was available to me as a professionally experienced dialogue partner in many matters from corporate law to pharmaceutical law and provided me with valuable support in my work. We were always able to develop economically sensible and goal-oriented solutions for our company in all joint projects.") and mention in "City Focus Leipzig" (first recommendation in 2023)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2019: Mention in the category "Restructuring and Insolvency - Restructuring"
Clients
- QSIL SE: advice on the acquisition of the EMEA activities of the H.C. Starck Group in Germany, England, China and India; advice on the acquisition of High Tech Ceran; advice on the acquisition of ROBU Glasfilter-Geräte GmbH and on the sale of H.C. Starck Special Materials (Taicang) Company Ltd.
- Lyomark Pharma GmbH: advice on the sale of the pharmaceutical contract manufacturer and developer (CDMO) Lyocontract GmbH to Great Point Partners (PE)
- Puraglobe Holding GmbH: advice on the joint venture for the construction of HyLube refineries and on various acquisitions in the waste disposal sector in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland, as well as on the acquisition of ITAP GmbH - Innovative Technologien und Anlagenplanung; advice on the sale of Baufeld Chemie GmbH and of the light oil separator division, both to Remondis
- Warburg Pincus (PE): advice on the acquisition of outpatient care structures in Germany (various hospital transactions and acquisitions of medical care centre groups)
- Labelprint 24 Group: advice on the sale of the group of companies to All4Labels Global Group/Triton
- IDT Biologika GmbH: advice on the carve-out and sale of the animal health division to Ceva Sante Animale
- Greiner Bio-One: advice on a joint venture for digital traceability of pre-analytics products
- Shareholder of i2s Intelligente Sensorsysteme Dresden GmbH: advice on the sale of the company to Amphenol Corporation
- Shareholder of Chainmaster Bühnentechnik GmbH: advice on the sale of the company to Liftket Hofmann GmbH/AFINUM
- Pharmaceutical group: advice on the acquisition of a production facility in Germany
- Pharmaceutical group: legal advice on the reorganisation of an investment
- Pharmaceutical group: advice on the sale of a business unit, including international pharmaceutical marketing authorisations
- Biotechnology company: advice on various M&A projects and development co-operations
- Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft mbH (MIBRAG): advice on corporate structuring of recultivation security for future surface mine reclamation
Publications
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Robert Burkert
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Pascal Brinkmann, LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Kuala Lumpur
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
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Aline Mück
Senior Associate
Cologne
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Luisa Kramer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Dr Thomas Willaschek
Partner
Berlin
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sebo-Franz Krubally
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Maximilian Bahnsen
Associate
Hamburg
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Ricarda Maria Essel
Counsel
Berlin
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Shannon Charlotte Sopper, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Frankfurt a.M.
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf