Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.

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.

Corporate/M&A
IT Law
Digital Infrastructure
Media & Entertainment
Telecommunications Law

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.

• The Legal 500 Germany 2024: 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"

• 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
• Advised a Dutch company on the sale of its German shareholdings to a Swedish buyer
• 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

• 11.08.2019: China’s new Foreign Investments Law
• 11.08.2014: Outsourcing in Germany

• The Special Allure of Technology Company Investments in Private Equity
• Unlocking Opportunities: Private Equity in the Technology Sector

• Deutscher Anwaltsverein
• New York Bar Association
• Board Member of MIS
• Secretary of the Advisory Board of the JV between Telefónica and Allianz Capital Partners