Dr Stephan Götze primarily advises and represents private companies and contracting authorities in matters pertaining to private building and architectural law, public procurement law and contract law in the defence and security and information technology sectors. He has special expertise in developing strategic concepts for projects, in providing advice and assistance with the negotiation and implementation of contracts in the course of projects and in handling legal disputes. He is a proven expert when it comes to acting as an advisor during the implementation of complex building, infrastructure and plant construction projects.
A focus area of his services is providing advice in connection with (procurement) projects of the public sector, in particular in the infrastructure, defence and security, information technology and health care industries. In this context, he advises his clients at the interface to public procurement law on all aspects of contract and procedural law. This also includes strategically structuring and drafting contractual documents and conducting contract negotiations, as well as representing his clients after the completion of the contract award procedures in the defence and enforcement of additional claims (claim management), including enforcing claims in court (post-tender litigation).
Dr Stephan Götze studied law at the University of Bayreuth (Germany) and initially worked there as a university assistant. Following his admission to the German Bar in 2005, he started to specialise in building, general contract and public procurement law. From 2007 to 2013, he worked for HFK Rechtsanwälte, and from 2014 to 2021 for Baker McKenzie in their Berlin office. Stephan Götze joined Luther’s Berlin office as a Partner on 1 April 2021.
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Henrike Sophie Tröger
Associate
Leipzig
Simon Magers
Associate
Hanover
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Vivienne Blank
Associate
Stuttgart
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Günniker
Essen
Julian Plötz
Associate
Leipzig
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jannik Bel
Associate
Cologne
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Sabrina Behbehani
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Maike Böttcher
Associate
Hanover
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Iman Bayrouti
Associate
Essen
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Caroline Ackermann
Partner
Munich
Liza Knecht
Associate
Leipzig
Nina Hahnke
Senior Associate
Essen
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Magnus Wessels
Senior Associate
Essen
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Sophie Schulz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Nele Wachholz
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Marco Jerczynski
Counsel
Essen
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Raphaël Schindler
Partner
Luxembourg
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Marie Romero
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Linda Kirchhoff
Senior Associate
Munich
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Ludger Gruber
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Frederic Tewes
Partner
Dusseldorf
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Sebastian Wuschka LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Manuel Heide
Partner
Berlin
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Benjamin Schwenker
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Berlin
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf