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