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Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss

Lawyer │ Partner

Berlin, Cologne

+49 30 52133 25741

katharina.klenk@luther-lawfirm.com

Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss

Areas of practice

Complex Disputes

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China

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Information Tech & Telecommunications

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Mobility & Logistics

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Real Estate & Infrastructure

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Health Care & Life Science

Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki advises and represents national and international clients in all matters relating to civil litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, including mediation.
She specialises in highly complex domestic and cross-border disputes, international civil procedure law and international enforcement, with a particular focus on commercial, contractual and supply chain disputes. Her clients come primarily from the healthcare, IT, trade and real estate sectors. She has particular expertise in resolving German-Chinese disputes.
Another focus of her work is the management and strategic control of mass proceedings, including the development and use of innovative legal tech solutions.

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Vita

Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki studied law at the University of Cologne, specialising in international and European law. At the same time, she completed a degree in East Asian regional studies with a focus on Chinese law. During her legal clerkship, she worked at the Bonn Regional Court and at the German Chamber of Commerce Abroad in New York. Study and research stays also took her to Beijing International Studies University (China) and Da-Yeh University (Taiwan).
Before starting her legal career, she worked for several years as deputy managing director of the German-Chinese Business Association in Cologne. She speaks German, English and Chinese, is a trained mediator and a member of the board of the Asian European Arbitration Association e.V.
She joined Luther in 2014 and has been a member of the nationwide Complex Disputes Team since 2017; she has been a partner at the Berlin office since 2024.

Honors and distinctions

The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendation in the category "Dispute Resolution - Arbitration" (first recommendation in 2024)
Best Lawyers 2026: Recommendation under "Ones to Watch" in "Arbitration and Mediation" (first recommendation in 2024, "Litigation" (first recommendation in 2024) and "International Arbitration" (first recommendation in 2025)
WirtschaftsWoche 2024: Recommendation "Top Lawyer" in " Litigation" (first recommendation in 2022)
European Woman of Legal Tech (2020): Nominiert in der Rubrik Professional Services

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Clients

Co-coordination and representation of Volkswagen AG in several thousand individual lawsuits before German regional and higher regional courts
Arbitration representation of an international medical device manufacturer in a distribution law dispute against a leading Chinese pharmaceutical company
Representation of a German wholesaler of medical devices in commercial law disputes against Chinese suppliers with a total volume of over EUR 200 million before German and Chinese courts
Arbitration representation of a global specialty chemicals company in complex multi-party proceedings
Legal representation of the CEO of a leading US corporation in post-M&A proceedings
Representation of a leading manufacturer of construction products in an arbitration proceeding concerning a plant construction dispute
Representation of a leading testing service provider in a torpedo lawsuit for the strategic defence of claims brought before foreign courts

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