Dr Markus Sengpiel
Areas of practice
Dr Markus Sengpiel mainly provides assistance to clients specializing in IT, media, and biotechnology. He has worked with a large number of outside legal advisers in providing his clients with assistance during large transactions, many of which have required several different areas of legal expertise. Dr Markus Sengpiel has written numerous publications on internet and consumer protection law. He regularly lectures on internet, media, intellectual property, and competition law.
Vita
Dr Markus Sengpiel studied law from 1985 to 1991 at the University of Cologne and was admitted to the bar in 1995. He joined Luther’s predecessor firm in the same year.
Dr Sengpiel was elected joint Managing Partner of Luther, together with Elisabeth Lepique, on 1 July 2014. This followed a previous four year term as joint Managing Partner together with Dr Hans-Georg Hahn.
Honors and distinctions
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommended in "Information Technology Law" (first recommended in 2022) and "Intellectual Property Law"
Publications
- AI, Machine Learning & Big Data 2020 | Germany, in: Global Legal Insights (GLI)
- Outsourcing Guide 2019, in: Chambers and Partners, Ausgabe 10/2019
- AI, Machine Learning & Big Data 2019, in: Global Legal Insights 2019, S. 122
- Vertragsgestaltung zwischen den Beteiligten
- Leitfaden Fernabsatzrecht
- Internet-Rechtsberater
- Conflicts between Domain Names und Distinctive Signs
- Fernabsatzrecht - Leitfaden mit Gestaltungshinweisen
- Providerverträge
- Verbraucherschutzgesetze
Lectures
- 25.11.2009: Lizenzbesteuerung - Rechtliche und steuerliche Grundlagen sowie Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten, Euroforum
- 06.11.2009: Lizenzbesteuerung - Rechtliche und steuerliche Grundlagen sowie Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten, Euroforum
- 02.04.2009: Lizenzbesteuerung, Euroforum
- 27.02.2009: Rechtliche Charakterisierung von Lizenzverhältnissen, Lizenzbesteuerung
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Tobias Schneider
Senior Associate
Cologne
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Sophie Schulz
Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Katharina Preuss
Senior Associate
Cologne
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Julian Adams
Associate
Hamburg
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
István Fancsik, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Franziska Neugebauer
Senior Associate
Cologne
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Daniel Bischof
Counsel
Hamburg
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Christina Rygula, LL.M. (Dublin)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christian Rabe
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Dr Aline Mück
Senior Associate
Cologne
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Adrian Freidank
Counsel
Cologne