Dr Benjamin Hub

Dr Benjamin Hub focuses on corporate law/M&A, insolvency law and litigation.

One focus of his work is legal advice on the national and international sale and acquisition of companies, participations in companies and assets (including distressed transactions), including legal structuring, due diligence reviews and contract negotiations as well as post-acquisition integration issues. Benjamin Hub is particularly active in the maritime and transport industry.

In the area of restructuring and insolvency law, Benjamin Hub advises creditors and debtors on restructuring issues and questions of insolvency applications.

He also focuses on advising on shareholder disputes and manager liability issues, including representation in court.

Benjamin Hub is recommended by Legal 500 and Best Lawyers.

He is visiting lecturer for private business law at University of Europe.

Capital Markets, Banking & Finance
Corporate/M&A
Restructuring & Insolvency

Dr Benjamin Hub was born in 1976. He studied law at the Universities of Kiel, Germany, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Berlin, Germany and received his doctorate on an insolvency law issue in 2005. He has been working for Luther since 2006.

• Best Lawyers (2022): Award in "Maritime Law" and "Transportation Law"
• The Legal 500 Germany (2021): "Leading Names" Award in Maritime Business Law
• Best Lawyers (2021): Award in "Transportation Law"
• The Legal 500 (2020): "Name of the next generation" awarded in Transport - Maritime and Shipping Law
• The Legal 500 (2018): Recommendation in the category "Transport law, maritime and shipping law"
• The Legal 500 Germany (since 2016): Listed in "Maritime and shipping".

• 01.02.2019: Gesellschafterstreit bei Oetker: Ein „Nein“ ist manchmal auch ein „Ja“
• 28.11.2018: Kapitel: Germany (Getting the Deal Through: Ports & Terminals 2019)
• 28.11.2018: Kapitel: Germany (Getting the Deal Through: Ship Finance 2018)
• 23.11.2018: Gesellschafterstreit – Fallstricke vermeiden
• 12.11.2017: Kapitel: Germany (Getting the Deal Through: Ports & Terminals 2018)
• 10.10.2017: Kapitel: Germany (Getting the Deal Through: Ship Finance 2017)
• 01.10.2016: Kapitel: Germany (Getting the Deal Through: Ports & Terminals 2017)
• 01.07.2016: Kapitel: Germany (Getting the Deal Through: Ship Finance 2016)

• New regulations for the deferral of social security contributions
• The coronavirus is continuing to restrict shipping - does maintaining the movement of goods fail due to port closures and increasingly difficult crew changes?