Dr Bernd Götze
Areas of practice
Bernd Götze advises clients of mainly European origin in cross-border corporate transactions in Asia but also Japanese clients in Asia and other parts of the world. He acts as the legal advisor in a wide range of commercial matters – with key areas in construction (infrastructure and industrial plants) and shipbuilding, but also in licensing of technology. He has assisted as counsel in numerous joint ventures located in Europe and in many Asian jurisdictions. He serves as a member of the board in several European companies in their Asian subsidiaries. He is a member of, and has served in various functions in, professional organisations. Dr Götze has authored several books, is a frequent speaker on Japan-related legal issues and has contributed articles to numerous publications. He is the appointed Honorary Legal Counsel of the Swiss Embassy in Singapore.
Vita
Dr Bernd Götze studied law and Japanology at the University of Freiburg where he later received his PhD in comparative civil procedure law. He started his international practice in 1981 in a Japanese international law firm in Tokyo and continued to practise, with special focus on international construction matters, in Singapore (1986/1987 with McKenna & Co). Following years of mainly transactional and Japan-related legal practice in Germany with Baker & McKenzie Frankfurt, he returned to Asia in 1996 to establish a legal practice in Singapore for a German partnership - which he headed until joining Luther in 2013 as Of Counsel.
Honors and distinctions
- Chambers Global Singapur 2016: Ranking in "Corporate M&A" (first ranking in 2014)
- kanzleimonitor.de 2016/2017: Recommendation "Top Law Firms" in Southeast Asia
Clients
- Infrastructure construction joint ventures (highway, water power plant) in Indonesia; infrastructure projects (subway, land reclamation) in Singapore
- Construction projects (golf course, airport building, wharf extension) in Thailand and Brunei
- Ship Engine Safety Accessories Distribution Network in Asia; Commissioning of ship buildings to several Asian shipyards
- German-Japanese distribution joint venture in Japan for luxury leather goods
- Entertainer engagement and arts-related contracts
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Pascal Brinkmann, LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Kuala Lumpur
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
David Martiny
Partner
Singapore
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf