Dr Thomas Gohrke
Areas of practice
Dr Thomas Gohrke specialises in real estate and public business law and coordinates the Real Estate & Infrastructure sector at Luther. In the field of real estate law, he advises on complex transactions and building projects. In the field of public business law, he mainly advises on issues pertaining to European, constitutional and administrative law. His clients include institutional investors and contracting authorities, as well as private businesses that operate in regulated industries (e.g. universities, hospitals and gambling businesses) or in the construction industry. Dr Thomas Gohrke is also the author of numerous textbooks and various professional publications.
Vita
Dr Thomas Gohrke studied law at the University of Leipzig, Germany, where he was also awarded his doctorate in 2000. He was admitted to the German Bar in 1998, joined Luther’s predecessor firm in 1999 and, in 2003, additionally qualified as a specialist lawyer for administrative law. Dr Thomas Gohrke is based in Luther's Leipzig and Hanover offices, but provides advisory services throughout Germany.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2024/2025: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "Real Estate Law" (first listed in 2019/2020, "solution-oriented", competitor) and in "Regulated Industries - Healthcare" (first listed in 2021/2022, "strong negotiator", client)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendation in the category "Public Law - Commercial Administrative Law" (first recommendation in 2023, first mention in 2021, "Thomas Gohrke: An absolute industry expert and extremely well connected. He always finds the optimal solution for us. Always solution-oriented. Targeted brainstorming for complex issues. Thomas Gohrke: Fantastic, I don’t know of any comparable lawyer. Smart, very good advisor, constructive and solution-oriented."), recommendation in the category "Real Estate Law" (first recommendation in 2022, first mention in 2020, "Thomas Gohrke has very well-founded specialist knowledge, creative approaches to solutions and communication on an equal footing with all parties, as well as a very professional demeanor.") and mention "Industry Focus - Health"
- The Legal 500 Germany 2023: Recommendations in "City Focus Hannover" and "City Focus Leipzig" and mention in "Industry Focus - Health" ("Thomas Gohrke is an excellent analyst and innovative consultant.")
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation in "Real Estate Law" (first recommendation in 2021)
Clients
Real estate
- Advising professional pension funds on the acquisition of the Bleichenhof property, Hamburg
- Advising the pension fund for lawyers in Lower Saxony on the acquisition of the “AEGI” hotel project, Hanover
- Advising professional pension funds on the acquisition of “SPIN”, Frankfurt
- Advising the Hanover Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the construction of new administrative headquarters, Hanover
- Advising professional pension funds on the acquisition of the "Springer-Quartier" project, Hamburg
- Advising on the sale of the "MUC 10" portfolio, Munich
- Advising the Medical Association of Lower Saxony on the construction of new administrative headquarters, Hanover
Health care industry
- Advising the City of Cologne on the project regarding the “association of Cologne hospitals”
- Advising the Göttingen University Medical Centre and the Medical University of Hanover on how to reorganise the construction of university hospitals in Lower Saxony
- Advising the University of Leipzig and the University Hospital of Leipzig on their cooperation with the Leipzig Heart Centre
Gambling
- Advising the Hamburg casino on the procedure for the award of a gambling licence and an interim licence
- Advising the Free State of Thuringia on the reorganisation of LOTTO Thüringen
- Advising the German States of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Rhineland-Palatinate on matters related to casinos
Publications
- Mitautor des Handbuches der Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht, herausgegeben von Guido Meyer, C.H.Beck, 2022
- Betriebspflicht für Spielbanken, in: ZfWG - Zeitschrift für Wett- und Glückspielrecht, Heft 5/2020 S. 328 ff.
- Grundstückskaufvertrag - Keine Formbedürftigkeit einer nachträglichen Vereinbarung über die Nutzungsbeschränkung eines Grundstücks nach bindend erklärter Auflassung, in: Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht (ZfIR) 2020, S. 421
- Länder reformieren Glücksspielrecht, in: Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW), Heft 10/2020
- Besprechung zu BGH V ZR 7/19, in: Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht (ZfIR) 2020, S. 425
- Urteilsbesprechung zu KG 22 U 67/17, in: Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht (ZfIR) 2019, S. 347 ff.
- Effektiver Spielerschutz ohne Sperrvertrag?, in: Zeitschrift für Wett- und Glücksspielrecht (ZfWG) 2018, S. 362 ff.
- Konzessionsbescheide sind keine Konzessionsverträge nach § 105 GWB, in: Zeitschrift für Wett- und Glücksspielrecht (ZfWG) 2018, S. 231 ff.
- Bearbeitung des Kapitels "Spielbankenrecht", in: Glücksspiel, herausgegeben von Ihno Gebhardt & Dr. Stefan Korte, 2. Aufl. 2018
Blog posts
- Die COVID-19-Pandemie – Auswirkungen auf gewerbliche Mietverhältnisse nach der Einführung des Art 240 § 2 EGBGB (Stand: 25.3.2020)
- The COVID-19 pandemic - effects on commercial lease agreements after the introduction of Article 240 § 2 of the German Introductory Act to the German Civil Code (EGBGB) (as at: 25/03/2020)
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Associate
Dusseldorf
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Hamburg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Henner-Matthias Puppel
Partner
Essen
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Dr Thomas Willaschek
Partner
Berlin
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Julian Günniker
Essen
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Shannon Charlotte Sopper, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Frankfurt a.M.
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Ricarda Maria Essel
Counsel
Berlin
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Dr Maximilian Bahnsen
Associate
Hamburg
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Julian Plötz
Associate
Leipzig
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Sophie Schulz
Associate
Leipzig
Sebo-Franz Krubally
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Robert Pacholski
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Robert Burkert
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Aline Mück
Senior Associate
Cologne
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Manuel Heide
Partner
Berlin
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nina Kristin Scheumann
Counsel
Hanover, Munich
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Luisa Kramer
Associate
Hamburg
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover