Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Areas of practice
Dr Thomas Hufnagel advises on all relevant contractual and corporate law issues for companies in Asia. Besides M&A activities, he specialises in the establishment of, and assistance to, joint ventures; the structure of cross-border transactions; distribution law; and plant construction. Dr Hufnagel is a member of several supervisory committees for European companies located in Singapore.
Vita
After receiving an education in banking, Dr Thomas Hufnagel studied law and economics in the German cities of Freiburg, Bonn and Münster, where he then received his doctorate in residential property law. Dr Hufnagel held several positions at BASF AG from 1996 to 2007, including the leadership of the BASF regional legal department in Singapore from 1999 to 2003, where he was responsible for providing legal guidance in all activities for South and Southeast Asia. He joined Luther in 2007.
Publications
- Editor of the chapter "En-Route to a Driverless City-State: Examining the Current Legal Landscape for Autonomous Vehicles in Singapore", in: in: Autonomous Vehicles and Civil Liability in a Global Perspective, edited by Hans Steege, Ilaria Amelia Caggiano, Maria Cristina Gaeta & Benjamin von Bodungen, Springer Cham, 2024 (together with Jaryl Lim Zhi Wei)
- Autonomous Driving in Singapore, in: Insight Asia Pacific, Ausgabe 1/2020, S. 10
Blog posts
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Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Pramod Kumar Chaubey
Associate Director
Delhi-Gurugram
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
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
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
David Martiny
Partner
Singapore
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Associate
Cologne
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg