Dr Melanie Verstege
Areas of practice
Melanie Verstege has many years of experience drafting and negotiating contracts. Working across industries, she has a wealth of experience in the fields of construction, IT, renewable energy sources, including plant construction, and traffic. She specialises in dealing with complex commercial law issues in this context and advises private and public sector enterprises on national and international matters and on dispute resolution, in and out of court.
Melanie Verstege further concentrates her practice on assisting clients with national and EU-wide procurement procedures. During tender procedures, she advises contracting authorities and bidders on a wide range of issues at the interface between public procurement and contract law and helps clients enforce or defend claims following the award of the contract.
Vita
Melanie Verstege studied law in Münster (Germany) with an emphasis on private international law. She simultaneously took a supplementary course in Anglo-American law and completed part of her education in a law firm in England and at the University of Salzburg (Austria). After graduating from university, Melanie Verstege did her doctorate at the Institute of International Business Law, Chair of Civil, Civil Procedural and Corporate Law in Münster under the guidance of Prof. Dr Ingo Saenger. Melanie Verstege was admitted to the German Bar in 2005. Before joining Luther in 2022, she was a Salary Partner in a top 50 commercial law firm, where she was responsible for commercial and contract law, international legal transactions and procedural law.
Clients
- Stahl-Holding-Saar – advice on a major investment project with a project volume of around EUR 3.5 billion regarding the decarbonisation of the Saarland steel industry using public funding (drafting and negotiation of large-scale purchase agreements, plant construction contracts, other contracts for work and services, and service agreements with national/international bidders/consortia)
- International chemicals group – comprehensive contract and public procurement law advice on the bidder side in connection with invitations to tender for the import of green hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives (H2Global funding programme of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action)
- State of North Rhine-Westphalia – advice on complex contractual relations
- Police of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia – ongoing advice to the central procurement office of the North Rhine-Westphalian police on complex procurement processes (for example, drones, helicopters, patrol cars of the future, etc.)
- Ongoing advice to DSW21, DEW21 and DONETZ on various EU-wide invitations to tender (work management systems, security services, trams and buses)
- Various municipal utility companies in North Rhine-Westphalia – advice on contract law issues in connection with the restructuring of bus route services
- General Electric – representation in civil proceedings in connection with an action for damages following an EU-wide tender procedure
- Wholesale company and importer of medical cannabis – contract law advice and negotiation of international supply contracts
- Wholesale companies for medical devices – representation in matters pertaining to contract law and comprehensive settlement negotiations on behalf of two importers with the Federal Ministry of Health in connection with the large-scale supply of surgical, KN95 and FFP2 masks
- Municipal cultural organisations – drafting of contracts for artists and sponsorship agreements for various large cultural events in the Ruhr area (Germany)
Counsel
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Linda Kirchhoff
Senior Associate
Munich
Liza Knecht
Associate
Leipzig
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Nina Kristin Scheumann
Counsel
Hanover, Munich
Tobias Schneider
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Maike Böttcher
Associate
Hanover
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Marie Romero
Counsel
Luxembourg
Ludger Gruber
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Benjamin Schwenker
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Iman Bayrouti
Associate
Essen
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Sophie Schulz
Associate
Leipzig
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Jannik Bel
Associate
Cologne
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Julian Plötz
Associate
Leipzig
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Marco Jerczynski
Counsel
Essen
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Nele Wachholz
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Christian Rabe
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Sebastian Wuschka LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Julian Günniker
Essen
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Henner-Matthias Puppel
Partner
Essen
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Raphaël Schindler
Partner
Luxembourg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Hamburg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf