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.
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Senior Associate
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Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Vivienne Blank
Associate
Stuttgart
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Günniker
Essen
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Oliver Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Sabrina Behbehani
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Caroline Ackermann
Partner
Munich
Nina Hahnke
Senior Associate
Essen
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Magnus Wessels
Senior Associate
Essen
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Lea Franken
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Anja Wechsler
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Dr Frederic Tewes
Partner
Dusseldorf
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf