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
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Caroline Ackermann
Partner
Munich
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Iman Bayrouti
Associate
Essen
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
Cologne
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Sabrina Behbehani
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Jannik Bel
Associate
Cologne
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Vivienne Blank
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Maike Böttcher
Associate
Hanover
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Berlin
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Lea Franken
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Ludger Gruber
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Julian Günniker
Essen
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Nina Hahnke
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Marco Jerczynski
Counsel
Essen
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Linda Kirchhoff
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE
Senior Associate
Hanover
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Liza Knecht
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Oliver Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Simon Magers
Associate
Hanover
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Julian Plötz
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christian Rabe
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Marie Romero
Counsel
Luxembourg
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Counsel
Hamburg
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Raphaël Schindler
Partner
Luxembourg
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Tobias Schneider
Senior Associate
Cologne
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Sophie Schulz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Benjamin Schwenker
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Frederic Tewes
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Henrike Sophie Tröger
Associate
Leipzig
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Nele Wachholz
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Magnus Wessels
Senior Associate
Essen
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sebastian Wuschka LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf