Dr Rut Herten-Koch advises the public sector and its companies as well as private owners, investors, project developers and bidders on matters pertaining to public business law. She has a wealth of experience in advising on and structuring complex procedures, be it in public procurement or in construction planning law. She further advises on public financing issues and on the drafting of public-law contracts. In addition, she also represents her clients before the bodies responsible for the subsequent review of contract award procedures and before administrative courts.
After studying law and political science at the Universities of Freiburg (Germany) and Lausanne (Switzerland), Dr Rut Herten-Koch was admitted to the German Bar in 2000. She has been practising as a lawyer in public law and public procurement law in Berlin (Germany) since 2002 and has been a certified specialist in administrative law since 2004. Rut Herten-Koch joined Luther as a partner in July 2015. Since 2017, she has additionally been a certified specialist in public procurement law. Rut Herten-Koch is an ambassador of Koalition für Holzbau, an initiative promoting sustainable building with wood. She is also a frequent lecturer, for example, at events organised by DVNW Deutsches Vergabenetzwerk or by Forum Vergaberecht.
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE
Senior Associate
Hanover
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Anja Wechsler
Associate
Hamburg
Sophie Schulz
Associate
Leipzig
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Julian Plötz
Associate
Leipzig
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Simon Magers
Associate
Hanover
Henrike Sophie Tröger
Associate
Leipzig
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Julian Günniker
Essen
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg