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