Frank Gutsche
Areas of practice
Frank Gutsche has been advising for many years with a focus on real estate and corporate transactions and corporate law. The latter includes in particular advice on the formation of joint ventures (corporate and distribution law aspects) in Germany and abroad. His clients include companies from the real estate and industrial sectors with a focus on the automotive and mechanical engineering industries as well as commercial enterprises and companies from the financial and service sectors. A large number of his clients are foreign investors who invest in real estate and shareholdings in Germany or who start or expand their business activities in Germany by founding or acquiring companies.
Vita
Frank Gutsche began his legal studies in 1982 in corporate and economic law at the University of Tuebingen (Germany). He worked as a research assistant from 1988 to 1992 and was admitted to the bar in 1992. Frank Gutsche teaches at the Wuerttemberg Academy of Administration in Stuttgart. He joined Luther’s predecessor firm in 1999.
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2021: Listed in "Commercial and Distribution Law" (first listed in 2016)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2017: Listed in "Dispute Resolution - Commercial Law Conflicts" (first listed in 2017)
- Best Lawyers 2026: Recommendation in "Corporate Law" (first recommendation in 2021)
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Cologne
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Counsel
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Of Counsel
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Associate
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Partner
Singapore
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Senior Associate
Munich
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Associate
Essen
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Associate
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Counsel
Essen
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Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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Partner
Luxembourg
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Counsel
Hamburg
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Associate
Cologne
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Partner
Cologne
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Senior Associate
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Partner
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Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
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Counsel
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Associate
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Associate
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Associate
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Counsel
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Senior Associate
Hanover
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Associate
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Counsel
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Essen
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Senior Associate
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Hamburg
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Senior Associate
Cologne
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Senior Associate
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Senior Consultant
Essen
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Counsel
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Senior Associate
Hanover
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Dusseldorf
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
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Hanover
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Hamburg
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Leipzig
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Singapore
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Singapore
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Leipzig
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Essen
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Senior Associate
Luxembourg
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Associate
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Essen
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Luxembourg
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Counsel
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Senior Associate
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Partner
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Associate
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Associate
Hamburg
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Associate
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Cologne
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Associate
Stuttgart
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Partner
Bangkok
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Counsel
Luxembourg
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Senior Associate
Singapore
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Cologne
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Associate
Luxembourg
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
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Senior Associate
Cologne
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
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Counsel
Hanover
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
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Associate
Hamburg
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
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Associate
Singapore
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Partner
Singapore
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Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Leipzig
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Berlin
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
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Partner
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Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Berlin
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Counsel
Stuttgart
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Partner
Berlin
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Senior Associate
Hanover
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Senior Associate
Berlin
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Associate
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Partner
Essen
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Partner
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Partner
Munich
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Counsel
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
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Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
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Partner
Berlin
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Counsel
Hamburg
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Of Counsel
Essen
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Partner
Essen
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Senior Associate
Berlin
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Senior Associate
Essen
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Leipzig
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Senior Associate
Cologne
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Partner
Stuttgart
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
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Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
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Counsel
Leipzig
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Partner
Munich
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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Counsel
Hamburg
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Counsel
Essen
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen