Dr. Katrin Stieß
Areas of practice
Katrin Stieß specialises in national and international M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions as well as domestic and cross-border corporate restructurings.
Her clients mainly include German and international technology companies as well as banks, financial investors and asset managers. Katrin Stieß has advised on numerous M&A projects (small-, mid- and large-cap) on the buyer and seller side, also in the context of bidding processes.
She regularly advises on transactions in connection with the digital transformation of business models.
Vita
Katrin Stieß worked for the global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright LLP from 2007 to June 2025, most recently as a partner for almost ten years, and before that, since starting her career, for two other leading international law firms. She studied at the Universities of Trier, Geneva and Cologne (Dr iur.) as well as the London School of Economics and Political Science and holds a doctorate. During her legal clerkship she worked for a U.S. law firm.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2022/2023: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in “M&A und Private Equity”
- The Legal 500 Germany 2023: Award as Leading Name in the category"Large Cap M&A, Deutschland" (first award in 2021)
- WirtschaftsWoche 2019: Recommendation in "Corporate Law"
Clients
- HSBC - Advice on the sale of its private client business in Germany to BNP Paribas as part of a bidding process
- ABN Amro - Advice in connection with the acquisition of the German private bank Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe
- Crédit Mutuel Group - Advice on the acquisition of the German branch of Banque Européenne du Crédit Mutuel (BECM Deutschland) by Targobank by way of a cross-border carve-out
- Auditing Association of German Banks - Advice on the privatisation of the former HSH Nordbank (now Hamburg Commercial Bank)
- Nidec - Advice on the planned acquisition of the drive division Innomotics from Siemens in the course of a bidding process
- Vodafone - Advice on the acquisition of the IoT service provider grandcentrix
- Consortium of Heliot Group and Cube Infrastructure - Advice on the acquisition of IoT service provider Sigfox Germany
- Accenture - Advice on various multinational acquisitions of B2B concept service providers
- BMW - Advice on a global joint venture with Daimler to bundle the mobility service offerings of the two premium manufacturers
- One of the largest aviation services companies - Advice on a joint venture with a German aviation services company
Memberships
- German-American Lawyers' Association
Partner
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Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Counsel
Essen
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Alisa Schöneberg
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
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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 Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
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.
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Caroline Ackermann
Partner
Munich
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
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
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christian Rabe
Counsel
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
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
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
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
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
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
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
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 Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, 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
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Counsel
Hamburg
Jacqueline Dutz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
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
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.
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
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Lara Zölck
Senior 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.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
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
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Munich
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
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
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.
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
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
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
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
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
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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 Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Dr Thorsten Becker
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
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 Steimle
Partner
Cologne
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