Jens Kaiser
Areas of practice
Jens Kaiser specialises in advising foreign real estate investors and developers in the German market, with a strong industry focus on logistics. His clients include companies with group structures in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Austria and other countries.
In addition, he also advises public and private developers in Germany, as well as large and medium-sized construction companies and planning offices. His particular areas of expertise are the monitoring of disrupted construction processes and the drafting and negotiation of complex construction and architectural contracts, in particular involving general and total contractors.
Jens Kaiser is an experienced litigator in construction matters.
Vita
After studying law in Jena (Germany), Jens Kaiser worked as a scientific assistant at the University of Jena and at the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law at the University of Kiel. As part of his legal training in the German state of Thuringia, he worked for the Thuringian Ministry of Economic Affairs and for Luther’s international arbitration team in Hamburg (Germany), amongst others.
Jens Kaiser was admitted to the German Bar in 2020 and has been with Luther ever since. He has supported the world’s largest moot court competition, the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court, as a volunteer for many years, including in Germany, Italy, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Jens Kaiser has been a visiting lecturer for building energy law at the University of Applied Sciences (HTWK) in Leipzig (Germany) since 2024.
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany: Mention in the category "Construction Law" ("Jens Kaiser: High commitment and very fast and targeted performance.")
Clients
- Advises various Europe-wide market-leading logistics property project developers on all construction, architectural and real estate law matters, including contract drafting (bilingual advice in German and English)
- Provides nationwide advice to the public sector and publicly owned companies at municipal, state and federal levels on all matters pertaining to building, architectural and real estate law, including the drafting of contracts and litigation
- Advises a joint venture between Telefónica and Allianz during and after its market entry in connection with the expansion of the fibre optic network in Germany: drafting and negotiating construction and planning contracts (bilingual advice in German and English)
- Advises Space Plus Store on the planning and construction of real estate for self-storage facilities, including litigation (bilingual advice in German and English)
- Advised a Finnish health care provider on real estate law in connection with its market entry in Germany
- Ongoing representation of an internationally operating Scandinavian property developer in court disputes in Germany
- Ongoing advice on construction and architectural law to various large and medium-sized construction companies, including the drafting of contracts and litigation
Publications
Blog posts
Memberships
- Member of the Construction Law Working Group of the German Bar Association
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Manuel Heide
Partner
Berlin
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julian Günniker
Essen
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
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
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf