Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Areas of practice
Dr Stephan Rippert advises on international and national transactions and joint ventures. This includes advising on the entire transaction process. He further advises companies, particularly in the media, energy and telecommunications industries, on commercial and regulatory matters. He also served on the supervisory board of a start-up in the fibre optics/infrastructure sector and has a very active international advisory practice, primarily in the areas of TMT, fibre optics and energy.
Vita
Dr Stephan Rippert studied law at the Universities of Mainz and Munich (both Germany) and at McGeorge School of Law, California (USA). He is admitted to practise law in both Germany and the USA (New York). Stephan Rippert worked for four years as General Counsel for an American media company in Germany and New York. He was also a partner responsible 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 2026: 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 both parties on the liquidation of a media company
- Advised the US government on various sales transactions in Germany
- Advised a company on the acquisition of a business in the field of energy services and energy and gas supply
- Advised an international company on the acquisition of a business in the energy sector
- Advised Columbia Pictures on the sale of its German film and television production company to an international production firm
- Advised an international joint venture between Telefónica SA and Allianz Group on a multi-billion euro fibre-optic network expansion project in Germany
- Advised a company on the acquisition of fibre-optic infrastructure from an insolvency estate
- Advised a US company on an international asset purchase agreement
- Advised a technology company in connection with the acquisition of shares from a Chinese partner
- Advised TotalEnergies on downstream and upstream mergers related to the acquisition of a company in the wind energy sector
- Advised AMC International on the acquisition of an international media group
- Advised the Müller Group on the first delisting in Germany from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange of Sachsenmilch AG
- Advised Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on corporate and media law matters
- Advised a municipal company on the expansion of a fibre-optic network
- Advised Sony Pictures on corporate and media law matters
- Advised an energy company on certificates and upstream emission reductions
- Advised a German company on the acquisition of a business in the field of software and smart metering
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Memberships
- Deutscher Anwaltsverein
- New York Bar Association
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