Dr Klaus Schaffner
Areas of practice
Dr Klaus Schaffner primarily provides assistance in economic law for communes and other public establishments during privatisations/M&A, participation management, in legal project management, controlling/public procurement law, as well as during restructuring and reorganisation.
Vita
After studying law in Tübingen, Germany, Dr Klaus Schaffner received his doctorate in anti-trust law at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, at the Institute for European Law. He joined Luther’s predecessor firm in 1999.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2022/2023: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "M&A" (first listed in 2016/2017)
- JUVE Guide 2020/2021: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "Corporate Law" (first listed in 2016/2017)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2019: Listed in "Corporate Law" (first listed in 2018) and "Restructuring"
Clients
- Accompaniment of the acquisition of approximately 10,000 accommodation units for various communal property owners
- Restructuring and sale of mid-sized businesses within the food industry (revenue approximately € 350 mil.)
- Privatisation proceedings for approximately 10 public utilities providers on the part of both buyers and sellers
Publications
- Strategie schlägt Zufall - Rechtliche Aspekte der erfolgreichen Nachfolgeplanung, in: UnternehmerEdition, Heft Februar 2011, S. 50-51
- Förderung mit Auflagen - Investoren sollten auf Verpflichtungen ihrer Portfoliounternehmen achten, in: Venture Capital Magazin, Heft Januar 2011, S. 28-29
- Vergabeverfahren: Ja oder Nein? - Das Urteil des OLG Brandenburg und seine möglichen Folgen, in: Der Nahverkehr, Heft 12/2003, S. 35 ff.
- Die Vergabe von SPNV-Leistungen - Vergaberechtliche Grundlagen der Beschaffung von schienengebundenen Personen- nahverkehrsleistungen, in: Zeitschrift Vergaberecht (VergabeR), Heft 3/2003, S. 281-290 (gemeinsam mit Andreas Glowienka)
- Wann ist ein Teil "wesentlich" - Bestimmung eines unbestimmten Begriffs in der neuen Vergabeverordnung, in: Der Nahverkehr, Heft 5/2003, S. 60ff.
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Associate
Cologne
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf