Dr Maximilian Kressner advises primarily European companies and start-ups on their investment projects and operations in the Asia-Pacific region, with a particular focus on Singapore. His areas of expertise include corporate law, corporate governance, and compliance issues (such as data protection, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering regulations, and employment law), as well as joint ventures, and domestic and cross-border M&A. He further assists clients with the structuring, establishment, and regulatory aspects of investment funds. Dr Kressner serves as a board member for several European and international corporations in Singapore.
Dr Maximilian Kressner studied law at Humboldt University Berlin and at the University of Oxford, where he completed his Master's degree in the Magister Juris (M.Jur.) programme. Subsequently, Dr Maximilian Kressner was a doctoral student at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich with visiting researcher positions at the University of Hong Kong and Georgetown University. In 2018 he obtained his Doctorate (Dr.jur.) from the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU) and was certified as a Commercial Mediator by the Munich Centre of Dispute Resolution (MucDR). Dr Maximilian Kressner completed his legal training in Berlin with stints at leading national and international law firms as well as the German Chancellery. He joined Luther in April 2019.
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Martina Ziffels
Counsel
Hamburg
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Pia Analena Wieberneit
Senior Associate
Essen
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Jana Anna Voigt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Annekatrin Veit
Partner
Munich
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Elaine Tolksdorf
Associate
Hamburg
Thorsten Tilch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Nina Stephan
Counsel
Essen
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Melina Stamm, LL.M. (Paris)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Sandra Sfinis
Partner
Hamburg
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Andre Schüttauf
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Michael Rinke
Of Counsel
Cologne
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Amelie Räpple, LL.M. (Berkeley)
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Christian Rabe
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Lukas Paetzold
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Janina Ott
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Franziska Neugebauer
Senior Associate
Cologne
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Dr Anna Mayr
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Dominik Ledwon, LL.M. (Norwich)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Gina Susann Kriwat
Associate
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Kathy Just
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Associate
Cologne
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Jan Hufert
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Jan Hansen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Sophie Haeberlein
Associate
Leipzig
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Kristina Gutzke
Associate
Hamburg
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Kerstin Gröne
Partner
Cologne
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Adrian Freidank
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Dorothea Fleckner
Associate
Hamburg
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
István Fancsik, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Essen
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Christian Dworschak
Partner
Munich
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Christoph Corzelius
Senior Associate
Cologne
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Nadine Ceruti
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Kevin Brinkmann, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Leif Born
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
Lena Barry
Legal Consultant
Leipzig
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Cyrielle Therese Ax
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Simon Alscher
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf