Dr Benjamin Hub
Areas of practice
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 Insolvency law at University of Europe.
Vita
Dr Benjamin Hub 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.
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2024: Award "Leading Name" in the category "Transport - Maritime Commercial Law" (first award in 2021, previously awarded "Next Generation Name" since 2019, "Benjamin Hub – highly experienced and level-headed, creative. Benjamin Hub: highly analytical and experienced; understands the facts of the case and the problems from a commercial perspective and therefore has a good grasp of practical matters. In addition to his enormous professional expertise, he also benefits from his social skills and negotiation skills") and mention in "City Focus - Hamburg"
- Best Lawyers 2026: Recommendation in "Maritime Law" (first recommendation in 2022) and "Transportation Law" (first recommendation in 2021)
Clients
- NBank - advising on the provision of growth fund for start-ups in Lower Saxony
- Lomar - advising on acquisition of Bremen-based shipping company Carl Büttner
- 5N Plus Inc. – advising on the purchase of Azur Space Solar Power GmbH
- Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) – advising on refinancing and sale of interests
- Focusrite – advising on the acquisition of ADAM Audio GmbH
- MPC Maritime Investment GmbH – advising on the sale of the M-Star fleet
Publications
- Gesellschafterfinanzierung: Erleichterungen der Covid-Gesetzgebung vor Ende September nutzen, in: Der Betrieb vom 15.09.2020 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Marcus Backes)
- Gesellschafterstreit bei Oetker: Ein „Nein“ ist manchmal auch ein „Ja“
- Bearbeitung des Kapitels "Germany (Getting the Deal Through: Ports & Terminals 2019)", in: Getting the Deal Through: Ports & Terminals 2019 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Gernot-Rüdiger Engel & Dr. Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M.)
- Kapitel: Germany (Getting the Deal Through: Ship Finance 2018)
- Gesellschafterstreit – Fallstricke vermeiden, in: Service-Seiten.com vom 29. November 2018
- Bearbeitung des Kapitels "Germany (Getting the Deal Through: Ports & Terminals 2018)", in: Getting the Deal Through: Ports & Terminals 2018 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. & Dr. Gernot-Rüdiger Engel)
- Kapitel: Germany (Getting the Deal Through: Ship Finance 2017)
- Bearbeitung des Kapitel "Germany (Getting the Deal Through: Ports & Terminals 2017)", in: Getting the Deal Through: Ports & Terminals 2017 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Gernot-Rüdiger Engel & Dr. Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M.)
- Kapitel: Germany (Getting the Deal Through: Ship Finance 2016)
Blog posts
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Xinyue Zhu, LL.M.
Business Lawyer
Cologne
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Victoria Schöll
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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 Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Thierry Joseph
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Stefanie Samosny
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Stefan Jokel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Pia Grahmann
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Zaruba
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Ofeliia Assa, LL.M., CAIA
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Maryana Slyusarchuk
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Hüwel
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Marion Lanne
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Konrad Prokop, LL.M.
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Janis Rentrop
Associate
Cologne
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Henning Brockhaus
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Georgios Patsinaridis
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Erik von Kügelgen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr. Daniel Krauspenhaar
Partner
Luxembourg
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Bob Scharfe
Managing Partner Luther S.A.
Luxembourg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Associate
Cologne
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
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
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Achim Pütz
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne