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
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Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Vanessa Laura Skibinski
Associate
Berlin
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Kim Larissa Kähler, LL.B.
Associate
Hanover
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Shannon Charlotte Sopper, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Frankfurt a.M.
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Patrick Vinson
Associate
Hanover
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Ricarda Maria Essel
Counsel
Berlin
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Maximilian Bahnsen
Associate
Hamburg
Sebo-Franz Krubally
Senior Associate
Berlin
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Thomas Willaschek
Partner
Berlin
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Maike Böttcher
Associate
Hanover
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Luisa Kramer
Associate
Hamburg
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Anja Wechsler
Associate
Hamburg
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Aline Mück
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Salvatore Calcagno
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Linda Kirchhoff
Senior Associate
Munich
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Robert Burkert
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf