Dr Eckart Petzold
Areas of practice
Dr Eckart Petzold is Licensed Specialist for Corporate Law (Fachanwalt für Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht) and Head of Luther’s Italian Desk. He assists domestic and foreign investors in their Corporate and M&A activities in Germany and worldwide, particularly in connection with cross-border transactions with a focus on international joint ventures and commercial agreements, negotiating in German, English, Italian (sworn translator) and French.
Vita
Dr Eckart Petzold studied law (PhD.) in Freiburg, Germany, and Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1975 he trained in a leading Swiss bank. In 1983 he was admitted to the Bar. From 1985 to 2005 he practised as lawyer and, from 1989 onwards, was a Partner of the international law firm Lovells, including predecessor firms. From 2005 onwards he was responsible, as Partner of GSK, for the German-Italian Cross-Border Team which moved to Luther in 2014. Dr Eckart Petzold is Chairman of the German-Italian Trade Association MERCURIO, Honorary Deputy Chairman of the International Association of Italian-Speaking Lawyers AIGLI and Member of the Commission for Translators (Italian) of the Düsseldorf Chamber of Commerce.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2016/2017: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in Düsseldorf
- JUVE Guide 2013/2014: Client quote: "Dr. Eckart Petzold has a market-leading German-Italian practice. practice, which impresses with major mandates every year, especially in corporate law and M&A"
- The Legal 500 Germany 2023: Recommended in "Trade and Distribution Law - Foreign Trade Law"
Clients
- Privatisation of the former East German Pharma Group Arzneimittelwerke Dresden
- Assisting Deutsche Post in connection with several acquisitions in Italy
- Assisting Gruppo Coin/OVIESSE in connection with the acquisition of Kaufhalle from the METRO Group
- Advising Impregilo in connection with the acquisition of the Environmental Business of Babcock Borsig AG
- Assisting Finmeccanica in a bidding process to buy a leading German company in the defence business
- Assisting TÜV Nord in connection with the acquisition of an Italian certification company
- Assisting Caffitaly System in connection with their joint ventures and commercial agreements worldwide
- Advising on around 200 M&A deals
Lectures
Memberships
- Mercurio Deutsch-Italienische Wirtschaftsvereinigung - Chairman
- Internationale Vereinigung Italienischsprachiger Juristen (AIGLI) - Deputy Honorary Chairman
- Deutsch-Italienische Juristenvereinigung (DIJV)
- Deutscher Anwaltverein Italien
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Maximilian Bahnsen
Associate
Hamburg
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
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 Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
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
Dr Robert Burkert
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
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
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Ricarda Maria Essel
Counsel
Berlin
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
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 Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
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 Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
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
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Luisa Kramer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Sebo-Franz Krubally
Senior Associate
Berlin
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
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
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 Aline Mück
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
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
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Shannon Charlotte Sopper, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Frankfurt a.M.
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
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
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
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
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
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
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Thomas Willaschek
Partner
Berlin
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
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
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf