Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Areas of practice
Dr Thomas Halberkamp specialises in national and cross-border transaction processes, including post-acquisition integration. His services range from the legal structuring of transactions and due diligence reviews through to contract negotiations and also include joint venture agreements. Supporting clients in buy-out transactions (MBO, MBI, LBO) has become an increasingly significant part of his services. His clients include strategic investors, financial investors and the public sector. In the field of corporate law, he advises in particular on international reorganisations and restructurings.
Vita
Dr Thomas Halberkamp studied Business Management and Law in Göttingen, Germany, and received his doctorate there in corporate group law at the faculty under Prof. Immenga. He was admitted to the bar in 1999 and joined Luther’s predecessor firm in 2000. Dr Thomas Halberkamp is head of the Hanover office.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2024/2025: Listed under “Frequently Recommended” in "M&A" (first listed in 2016/2017, "skillful and pragmatic negotiator, also in contact with the public authorities", client)
- JUVE Guide 2022/2023: Leading consultant in Lower Saxony (first award in 2020/2021)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Mention in "City Focus Hannover" (first recommendation in 2023)
Clients
- Stadt Braunschweig Beteiligungs-Gesellschaft mbH: legal assistance with the acquisition by the Thüga Group of a stake in BS|Energy
- Ärzteversorgung Niedersachsen: ongoing corporate and transaction law advice
- TÜV NORD AG: assistance with international transaction processes
- Lavorel: legal advice on the sale by private tender of the Bonitas nursing care group
- Gauselmann Group: acquisition of the WestSpiel Group from NRW.BANK following a public tender
- Invitel GmbH: legal advice on the acquisition of companies and subsequent restructuring of the group
- Federal Republic of Germany: advice on sale of the stake in Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport)
Publications
- M&A Transaktionen 2008/2009/2010 - Rückblick, Analyse und Trends, in: Studie der Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH 2011
- M&A Transaktionen 2007/2008/2009 - Rückblick, Analyse und Trends, in: Studie der Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- Das Recht der Aktionäre auf Einberufung einer Hauptversammlung, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht (NZG), Heft 11/2004, S. 494-502 (gemeinsam mit Olaf Gierke)
- Squeeze-out und Barabfindung, in: FinanzBetrieb 2002, S. 580
- Mergers & Acquisitions 2012 - Rückblick, Analyse und Trends, in: Studie der Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft (gemeinsam mit Christofer Rudolf Mellert & Dr. Julia Petersen)
- M&A Transaktionen 2007/2008/2009 - Rückblick, Analyse und Trends, in: Studie der Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft (gemeinsam mit Dr. Markus Schackmann, Christofer Rudolf Mellert & Eike Fietz)
- M&A Transaktionen 2008/2009/2010 - Rückblick, Analyse und Trends, in: Studie der Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft (gemeinsam mit Dr. Markus Schackmann, Christofer Rudolf Mellert, Dr. Julia Petersen, Matthias Winter & Eike Fietz)
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Hamburg
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Pascal Brinkmann, LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Kuala Lumpur
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Henner-Matthias Puppel
Partner
Essen
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Dr Manuel Heide
Partner
Berlin
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover