Dominique Kurtz
Areas of practice
Dominique Kurtz advises national and international clients – in particular venture capital and private equity funds – on the structuring and implementation of investment and financing projects, with a focus on Venture Capital and Private Equity. She accompanies founder teams in all start-up phases – from the choice of the appropriate corporate structure to the contractual design of financing rounds and employee participation models, until a successful exit.
In addition, Dominique Kurtz advises companies, investors and entrepreneurs on classic M&A transactions, corporate restructuring and all ongoing corporate law issues.
Vita
Dominique Kurtz studied law at the Johann Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. She then carried out her legal training in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main from 2018 to 2020, including several stages at various international commercial law firms, including Luther.
Before (re-)joining Luther, Dominique Kurtz worked as a lawyer specializing in private equity at another large international commercial law firm.
She is a lecturer at the “StartMiUp Network” of the Justus-Liebig-University Gießen (JLU), the Philipps-University Marburg (UMR) and the Technical University Mittelhessen (THM) under the umbrella of the Mittelhessen Research Campus (FCMH)
Clients
- Advising AG Capital GmbH (Vienna) on their investment in CD-LUX Warenhandelsgesellschaft mbH.
- Advising init innovation in traffic systems SE (Karlsruhe) on the acquisition of DILAX Intelcom GmbH from VR Equitypartner GmbH (Frankfurt am Main).
- Advising VR Equitypartner GmbH (Frankfurt a.M.) and AG Capital GmbH (Vienna) on their investment in the smart card provider IDENTA Ausweissysteme GmbH.
- Advising a global energy service provider on a large number of serial M&A transactions.
- Structuring, negotiating and implementing a large number of investment and financing rounds as well as employee participation programs for start-ups (including: Easy-Tutor, AskUi, ModuGen, BIOVOX, Symphera, Innok Robotics, OCELL, navou).
Senior Associate
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Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Counsel
Essen
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Anne Biebler
Partner
Leipzig
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Charlotte Buck
Senior Associate
Hanover
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Jacqueline Dutz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
Cologne
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Munich
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Michael Pfeiffer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Counsel
Hamburg
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Dr Thorsten Becker
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover