Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Areas of practice
Dr Astrid Seehafer is a partner in Luther’s Berlin office and a proven specialist in the fields of product compliance, product liability and ESG.
She advises companies in manufacturing and trade (retail and wholesale trade, e-commerce, recommerce and quick commerce), in particular in the MedTech, pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics, beauty, fashion and consumer goods sectors, as well as platform companies.
Astrid Seehafer provides expert strategic advice on all regulatory issues, above all with regard to the development, authorisation, manufacture, marketing and disposal of products, as well as on the requirements resulting from the EU’s Green Deal Regulations.
Moreover, she is a seasoned litigator with experience in defending cross-border and complex product liability disputes. Her clients especially appreciate her industry knowledge, her strategic foresight and her pragmatism.
Vita
Dr Astrid Seehafer studied international business and economics and, additionally, law in Groningen (Netherlands), London (England) and Berlin (Germany). She received her doctorate from the University of Hanover (Germany) for a thesis on a food law topic.
From 2015 to 2022, Astrid Seehafer worked at Freshfields in public business law with an emphasis on product lability and product compliance, in particular in the health care and consumer goods sectors. She then moved to ARQIS in 2022, where, as a partner, she built and headed the product law practice until 2024.
Astrid Seehafer joined Luther as a partner in autumn 2024.
Publications
Partner
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Aline Mück
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Anja Wechsler
Associate
Hamburg
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Kim Larissa Kähler, LL.B.
Associate
Hanover
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Linda Kirchhoff
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Luisa Kramer
Associate
Hamburg
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Maike Böttcher
Associate
Hanover
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Maximilian Bahnsen
Associate
Hamburg
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Patrick Vinson
Associate
Hanover
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Ricarda Maria Essel
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Robert Burkert
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Sebo-Franz Krubally
Senior Associate
Berlin
Shannon Charlotte Sopper, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Frankfurt a.M.
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Dr Thomas Willaschek
Partner
Berlin
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg