Lea Franken
Areas of practice
Lea Franken provides public business law advice, with a special emphasis on environmental, planning, nuclear and radiation protection law.
Vita
Lea Franken studied law at Ruhr University in Bochum (Germany) from 2013 to 2018, with an emphasis on public, environmental and planning law (focus area “Economic administration, environment and infrastructure”). Following her first state law exam, she carried out her legal training at the Regional Court of Düsseldorf, which inter alia included a training period at the Administrative Court of Aachen (both Germany).
After passing her second state law exam in 2021, Lea Franken joined Luther’s Environment/Planning/Regulatory (EPR) team. Her clients include renowned public and private businesses, whom she advises on all environmental and planning law issues, in particular in complex infrastructure projects.
Publications
Blog posts
Lectures
Associate
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Julian Günniker
Essen
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Anja Wechsler
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf