Dr Johannes Teichmann
Areas of practice
Dr Johannes Teichmann advises on national and international commercial and distribution law and distribution antitrust law. He drafts and negotiates sales agency, authorised dealer and franchise agreements and all commercial agreements along the supply chain, such as purchasing and supply, service, manufacturing, logistics and plant construction agreements, as well as advising on the law governing general terms and conditions. Johannes Teichmann helps clients design and restructure distribution systems and provides assistance in implementing the new German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains (“Supply Chain Act”). In addition, he represents his clients in judicial and extra-judicial disputes. Johannes Teichmann is a regular publisher on distribution law issues, in particular on the law governing general terms and conditions, cross-border contracts, and the consequences of the termination of distribution agreements.
Vita
Dr Johannes Teichmann studied law at the University of Regensburg (Germany). There, he also worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Civil Law, German, European and International Procedural Law held by Prof. Dr Herbert Roth, under whose supervision he gained his doctorate on a topic related to damages law. After successfully completing his legal training in the District of the Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg (Germany), Johannes Teichmann went on to complete the summer legal English programme at American University Washington College of Law (USA). Following his admission to the German Bar in 2008, he worked in the Munich, Frankfurt and Barcelona offices of one of the largest international law firms as a member of the Commercial team. Johannes Teichmann joined Luther in February 2023.
Honors and distinctions
- Chambers Germany 2025: Ranking in "Commercial Contracts", Band 3 (first ranking in 2021, "Johannes Teichmann is one of the best lawyers I have worked with. It's been great working with him and he is the first person I would reach out to for matters in Germany.")
- JUVE Guide 2022/2023: Mentioned under “Frequently Recommended” in “Distribution Systems” (first mentioned in 2018/2019), (“pragmatic and with a broad knowledge”, competitor)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Award "Name of the next generation" in the category "Trade/Distribution/Logistics"
- The Legal 500 Germany 2024: Recommendations in the categories "Antitrust" and "Dispute Resolution - Product Liability" and in "City Focus - Frankfurt"
- The Legal 500 Germany 2023: Award "Next Generation Name" and recommendation in the category "Commercial and Distribution Law" (first award in 2022, "Johannes Teichmann has outstanding knowledge of both international contract law and distribution antitrust law.")
- Best Lawyers 2026: Recommended in “Trade Law” (first recommended in 2021)
Clients
- German car manufacturer: responsible for coordinating the localisation of distribution and service partner agreements on a global basis
- Japanese tier-1 supplier: ongoing advice on purchasing and supply contracts in the automotive industry
- Globally known sports shoe brand: defence of claims for commission and for compensation upon termination made by sales agents
- Some of the largest technology companies in the field of online services: advice in connection with price adjustment clauses in standard terms of use
- Rakuten: negotiation of supply contracts for the installation of a 5G network in Germany by 1&1 Drillisch
- Tokheim: negotiation of a large-volume distribution agreement for the car wash business with Kärcher
Publications
- Kommentierung der §§ 54, 55, 86a, Vor § 89, 91, 91a, 92c HGB, § 4 ProdHaftG, Art. 3, 4, 9 Rom I-VO
- Commercial Contracts
- Gilt AGB-Recht für eigene Standardklauseln, die in ein Vertragswerk des Vertragspartners eingebracht werden?
- Thomson Reuters Practical Law: Distribution Q&A Germany
- Gilt deutsches AGB-Recht für lokale Verträge, die unter einem globalen Rahmenvertrag mit ausländischem Recht abgeschlossen wurden?
- Verträge im grenzüberschreitenden Warenverkehr, Distributionsverträge
- Findet AGB-Recht auf Kaufverträge, die unter einem individuell verhandelten Rahmenliefervertrag abgeschlossen werden, Anwendung?
- Anspruch auf Rückzahlung von als Kassenpacht gezahlten Beträgen eines Tankstellenhalters
- Kein vertraglicher Ausschluss des Ausgleichsanspruchs eines innerhalb des EWR tätigen Vertragshändlers
- Die Umsetzung der Zahlungsverzugsrichtlinie im europäischen Vergleich
- Typische Probleme bei der Beendigung von Vertragshändlerverträgen
- Die Anwendung der zwingenden Vorschriften der §§ 84 ff. HGB auf Handelsvertreter und Vertragshändler im internationalen Kontext
- Zur Abgrenzung des Handelsmaklers vom Handelsvertreter (Versicherung)
- Die Abgrenzung der Schadensarten und ihre Bedeutung
Blog posts
Lectures
Memberships
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Vertriebsrecht e.V.
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Linda Kirchhoff
Senior Associate
Munich
Luisa Kramer
Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Maike Böttcher
Associate
Hanover
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Marie Romero
Counsel
Luxembourg
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Ludger Gruber
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Iman Bayrouti
Associate
Essen
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Aline Mück
Senior Associate
Cologne
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Sebo-Franz Krubally
Senior Associate
Berlin
Sophie Schulz
Associate
Leipzig
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Jannik Bel
Associate
Cologne
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Patrick Vinson
Associate
Hanover
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Maximilian Bahnsen
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Nele Wachholz
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Shannon Charlotte Sopper, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Kim Larissa Kähler, LL.B.
Associate
Hanover
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Raphaël Schindler
Partner
Luxembourg
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Liza Knecht
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dr Robert Burkert
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Vanessa Laura Skibinski
Associate
Berlin
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Marco Jerczynski
Counsel
Essen
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Benjamin Schwenker
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Willaschek
Partner
Berlin
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Sebastian Wuschka LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Ricarda Maria Essel
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Salvatore Calcagno
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf