Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Areas of practice
Dr Stephan Rippert advises on international and national transactions and joint ventures. This involves acting as an advisor throughout the transaction process. He further advises companies on commercial and regulatory matters, in particular in the media, energy and telecommunications sectors. In addition, he also sits on the supervisory boards of an international group of companies and an international association and has a very active international advisory practice, mainly in the TMT, energy and life science sectors.
Vita
Dr Stephan Rippert studied law at the Universities of Mainz and Munich (both Germany) and at McGeorge School of Law in California (USA). He has been admitted to practise as a lawyer both in Germany and in the USA (NY). Stephan Rippert worked as General Counsel for a US media company in Germany and New York (USA). Furthermore, he was jointly responsible as a partner for setting up the German office of a large international US law firm in Germany. Stephan Rippert joined Luther in September 2020.
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendation in the category "Media - Entertainment" (first mention in 2017, "In a highlight at transactional level, Stephan Rippert advised AMC Inc. on the acquisition of an international television chain."; "Key figure in the media entertainment sector") and mention in the category "Information Technology - Information Technology and Digitisation" (first mention in 2021)
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommended in "Media Law" (first recommended in 2022)
- Best Lawyers 2024: Recommended in "Regulatory Practice" (first recommended in 2021)
- Best Lawyers 2023: Award "Lawyer of the Year" in "Media Law"
Clients
- Advised the US government on various sales transactions in Germany
- Advised a company on the acquisition of a company engaged in the provision of energy services and in the supply of energy and gas
- Advised an international company on the acquisition of a company with its business focus on the supply of electricity and gas
- Advised an international joint venture between Telefónica SA and Allianz Group on a multi-billion-euro project for the roll-out of a fibre optic network in Germany
- Advised a US company on an international asset purchase agreement
- Advised a technology company in connection with the purchase of shares from a Chinese partner
- Advise Total Energies on the downstream and upstream mergers in connection with the acquisition of a wind power division
- Advised AMC International on the acquisition of an international media group
- Advised the Theo Müller Group on the first delisting in Germany from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange for Sachsenmilch AG
- Advised Metro-Goldwyn Mayer on matters pertaining to corporate and media law
- Advised a Japanese company on the acquisition of a German company in the life science sector
- Advised Sony Pictures on matters pertaining to corporate and media law
- Advised an energy company on certificates and upstream emission reductions
- Advised Columbia Pictures on the sale of its German film and television production company to an international production company
- Advised a German company on the acquisition of a company engaged in software for smart metering
- Advise an international company on the acquisition of fiber glass assets in an insolvency scenario
Blog posts
Memberships
- Deutscher Anwaltsverein
- New York Bar Association
- Board Member of MIS
- Secretary of the Advisory Board of the JV between Telefónica and Allianz Capital Partners
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Maximilian Bahnsen
Associate
Hamburg
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Dr Daniel Bischof
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Pascal Brinkmann, LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Kuala Lumpur
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Robert Burkert
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Ricarda Maria Essel
Counsel
Berlin
István Fancsik, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Essen
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Adrian Freidank
Counsel
Cologne
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Luisa Kramer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Sebo-Franz Krubally
Senior Associate
Berlin
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Aline Mück
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
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
Franziska Neugebauer
Senior Associate
Cologne
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Julian Plötz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Katharina Preuss
Senior Associate
Cologne
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christian Rabe
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
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
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Sophie Schulz
Associate
Leipzig
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Shannon Charlotte Sopper, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Frankfurt a.M.
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Thomas Willaschek
Partner
Berlin
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf