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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Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Tobias Schneider
Senior Associate
Cologne
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
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
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
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
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
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
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Of Counsel
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Caroline Ackermann
Partner
Munich
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
Cologne
Anne Biebler
Partner
Leipzig
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Counsel
Hamburg
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Counsel
Essen
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christian Rabe
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Counsel
Hamburg
Charlotte Buck
Senior Associate
Hanover
Jacqueline Dutz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Michael Pfeiffer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Thorsten Becker
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Jan Sonntag
Associate
Berlin
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Of Counsel
Cologne
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr. Guido Hoffmann, LL.M. (Cornell)
Partner
Dusseldorf