Dr Björn Simon
Areas of practice
Dr Björn Simon advises globally operating industrial and family enterprises as well as institutional investors on corporate, contract and capital market law issues. Furthermore, Dr Björn Simon has extensive experience in dealing with M&A transactions, in particular carve-outs and group restructurings.
Vita
After studying law and taking an additional course on economics at the Universities of Bayreuth (Germany) and Heidelberg (Germany), Dr Simon obtained a doctorate in capital markets law from the University of Heidelberg. He initially worked as a lawyer for a leading German law firm and then as a corporate lawyer and management consultant in the investment banking department of a private German bank. He then worked in the Corporate/M&A department of an international law firm and joined Luther in 2020.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2024/2025: Listed under “Frequently Recommended” in "M&A"
- JUVE Guide 2019/2020: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "Corporate Law" (first listed in 2016/2017)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendation in the category "Corporate Law" (first recommendation in 2023, first mention in 2019, "Our contact person at Luther is Dr Björn Simon, whom we already know very well from previous professional positions. His advice is of the highest professional standard, effective, fast and practice-orientated. Dr Simon works extremely reliably and is very client-oriented.")
- The Legal 500 Germany 2024: Mention in "City Focus - Frankfurt"
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommended in "Mergers and Acquisition Law" (first recommended in 2020)
- WirtschaftsWoche 2025: Recommendation "Top Lawyer" in "Corporate Law"
- WirtschaftsWoche 2024: Recommendation "Top Lawyer" in "M&A"
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Munich
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Partner
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Dusseldorf
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Senior Associate
Cologne
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Partner
Munich
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Associate
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Associate
Cologne
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Associate
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Counsel
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Cologne
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Hanover
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Singapore
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Yangon
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Senior Associate
Luxembourg
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Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
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Yangon
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Associate
Yangon
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Senior Associate
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Berlin
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Hamburg
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Cologne
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Dusseldorf
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Partner
Cologne
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Senior Associate
Cologne
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Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
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Munich
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Munich
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Hamburg
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Yangon
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Stuttgart
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Singapore
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Berlin
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Hamburg
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Of Counsel
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Partner
Berlin
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Luxembourg
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Essen
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Hamburg
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Munich, Cologne
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Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Munich
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Associate
Hamburg
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Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Senior Associate
Munich
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Jakarta
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Singapore
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Partner
Hamburg
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Hamburg
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Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
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Berlin
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Associate
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Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Hanover
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Zaruba
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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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.
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
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
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
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
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Hüwel
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
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
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Associate
Stuttgart
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
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Counsel
Cologne
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Counsel
Dusseldorf
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
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Associate
Berlin
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Konrad Prokop, LL.M.
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
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
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Hanover
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
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Berlin
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Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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
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Partner
Berlin
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Cologne
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
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Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Essen
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Senior Associate
Luxembourg
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Partner
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Associate
Yangon
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Associate
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Counsel
Hanover
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
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Dusseldorf
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Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
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Senior Associate
Luxembourg
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Partner
Stuttgart
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Partner
Hamburg
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Counsel
Cologne
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Partner
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Hamburg
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Partner
Munich
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Senior Associate
Luxembourg
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Partner
Hamburg
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Partner
Hamburg
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Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Stuttgart
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Counsel
Dusseldorf
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
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Associate
Leipzig
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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 Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
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Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
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Associate
Leipzig
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
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Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
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Counsel
Hanover
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Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
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Associate
Hamburg
Dr. Daniel Krauspenhaar
Partner
Luxembourg
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Associate
Berlin
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
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Associate
Singapore
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Partner
Singapore
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Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Stuttgart
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Partner
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
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Partner
Cologne
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
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Associate
Hanover
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
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Partner
Essen
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Partner
Dusseldorf
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
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Senior Associate
Berlin
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Bob Scharfe
Managing Partner Luther S.A.
Luxembourg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
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
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Arne Stumpe
Associate
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.
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Associate
Cologne
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
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