Dr Denis Schütz
Areas of practice
Denis Schütz advises on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He advises companies, private equity investors and other financial investors on corporate acquisitions and on general matters pertaining to corporate law.
He further specialises in venture capital, assisting his clients with venture capital and growth financing and with the preparation and implementation of successful exit transactions, in particular multi-party transactions.
In addition, Denis Schütz also provides comprehensive advice on the design and implementation of employee and management participation programmes.
Vita
Denis Schütz studied law at Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf (Germany).
Following his legal training in Dusseldorf, part of which involved working at the German Federal Foreign Office in Windhoek (Namibia), he started his career as a corporate/M&A lawyer in 2018, working at CMS and a corporate/M&A boutique law firm in Dusseldorf, amongst others, before moving to Luther in January 2025.
Memberships
- Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht e.V.
- Verein Junger Düsseldorfer Wirtschaftsanwälte e.V.
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Dr Aline Mück
Senior Associate
Cologne
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
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
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
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 Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
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
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
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
Associate
Hanover
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christian Rabe
Senior Associate
Hamburg
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
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 Latta
Partner
Berlin
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
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 Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
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
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
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
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 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
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jacqueline Dutz
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
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
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
Associate
Berlin
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
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
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
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
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Dr Maximilian Bahnsen
Associate
Hamburg
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
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
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Pascal Brinkmann, LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Kuala Lumpur
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
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
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Ricarda Maria Essel
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Robert Burkert
Senior Associate
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 Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
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
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
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
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
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
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Tobias Schneider
Senior Associate
Cologne
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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