Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff specialises in negotiating and drafting commercial and distribution agreements, commercial leases, sales contracts, general terms and conditions and service agreements. Furthermore, he represents the interests of large and medium-sized companies in national and international litigation and arbitration proceedings, especially in accordance with the DIS, ICC and LCIA Rules, as well as in ad-hoc proceedings. Christoph von Burgsdorff has more than 20 years’ experience providing strategic conflict advice and conflict management services. His main industry focus is Health Care & Life Science, the textile industry, logistics and plant construction, and Maritime & Shipping. His clients include medium-sized and large companies, as well as the public sector.
Christoph von Burgsdorff regularly publishes papers and articles on current international trade topics and gives lectures on current contract and liability law issues at events organised by industry associations.
Christoph von Burgsdorff is an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) certified trainer of the Incoterms® 2020 rules, having passed the ICC examination.
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff studied law in Kiel (Germany) and Surrey (England) from 1994 to 1999. In 2000, he received a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the University of Essex (England). In 2001, he obtained his doctorate for a thesis on European Union law from the University of Kiel (Germany). Christoph von Burgsdorff carried out his legal training at the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), which also included training periods at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy. He was admitted to the German Bar in 2003 and has been working for Luther ever since – since 2012 as a partner. In 2006, Christoph von Burgsdorff spent time on secondment at the international business law firm Pinsent Masons in London (England). Since 2007, he has additionally been a certified specialist in commercial and corporate law.
For many years already, Christoph von Burgsdorff has been specialising in advising clients from the Nordic countries, i. e. Scandinavia and the Baltic states, and has been involved in a variety of projects in the region. He is also a member of the industry group Health Care & Life Science, where he is one of the responsible partners for the area of medical technology.
Commercial
Litigation / Dispute Resolution
Arbitration
Corporate
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Counsel
Essen
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Dr Aline Mück
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Anne Biebler
Partner
Leipzig
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Caroline Ackermann
Partner
Munich
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Charlotte Buck
Senior Associate
Hanover
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jacqueline Dutz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Kim Larissa Kähler, LL.B.
Associate
Hanover
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Linda Kirchhoff
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Luisa Kramer
Associate
Hamburg
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Maike Böttcher
Associate
Hanover
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Maximilian Bahnsen
Associate
Hamburg
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
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
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Patrick Vinson
Associate
Hanover
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Ricarda Maria Essel
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Pacholski
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Robert Burkert
Counsel
Hamburg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Salvatore Calcagno
Counsel
Stuttgart
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Sebo-Franz Krubally
Senior Associate
Berlin
Shannon Charlotte Sopper, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Frankfurt a.M.
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Counsel
Hamburg
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Dr Thomas Willaschek
Partner
Berlin
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Dr Thorsten Becker
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Vanessa Laura Skibinski
Associate
Berlin
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover