Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Areas of practice
Marx Dauth primarily advises corporations and their boards and other bodies on corporate and group law and also represents them in and out of court.
He concentrates his practice on providing ongoing corporate law advice and assistance on management and supervisory board matters, in particular, corporate governance and compliance issues and corporate law disputes.
Marx Dauth has been advising a large number of clients in the energy and insurance sectors for many years.
Vita
Marx Dauth successfully completed the German-French multi-degree law programme offered by the Universities of Cologne (Germany) and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (France).
After obtaining his Maîtrise en droit and LL.M. and passing the second German state law exam, he worked at the international law firm DLA Piper UK LLP from late 2014 to early 2024. Marx Dauth joined Luther as a Partner in 2024.
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendations in the categories "Corporate law" ("Outstanding advice from Dr. Andreas Meyer-Landrut and Marx Dauth. Outstanding legal expertise combined with a thorough understanding of business, high availability and adherence to deadlines.") and "Insurance law - advice to insurance companies"
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation in "Ones to Watch" in "Corporate Law"
- Best Lawyers 2023: Recommendation in "Ones to Watch" in "Gesellschaftsrecht"
Clients
- Advised EWE Aktiengesellschaft on the negotiation and conclusion of a joint venture agreement with Telekom Deutschland GmbH regarding the fibre optic roll-out
- Advised the management board of an automotive group on managerial discretion issues
- Advised the supervisory board of a listed stock corporation on compliance and management board issues
- Advised a listed real estate company on the (unwritten) responsibilities of the general meeting
- Represented EWE Aktiengesellschaft in legal disputes with former management board members
- Represented STRABAG SE in actions for annulment of the appointment of a special representative
- Represented the pension fund of Caritas in judicial disputes with a former board member
- Advised the supervisory board of a German insurance company in connection with claims for compensation against former management board members
- Advised the pension funds Kölner Pensionskasse and Pensionskasse der Caritas on their reorganisation, a reduction of benefits and on management matters
- Advised on the cross-border intra-group merger of two insurance companies
Memberships
- Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (VGR) e.V.
- Juristen des deutschen und französischen Rechts (J.D.F.R.) e.V.
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Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Counsel
Essen
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr André Große Vorholt
Partner
Munich
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Anne Biebler
Partner
Leipzig
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Berlin
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Charlotte Buck
Senior Associate
Hanover
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Eva Bader
Associate
Munich
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Frederic Tewes
Partner
Dusseldorf
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Grégory Maricle
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Henrike Sophie Tröger
Associate
Leipzig
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Jacqueline Dutz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Jan Hansen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Janis Rentrop
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Munich
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Michael Pfeiffer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Dr Mirjam Weiße
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M., Munich
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Pauline Kummer
Associate
Munich
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Dr Sebastian Berndt
Associate
Munich
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Counsel
Hamburg
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Sophie Schulz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Dr Thorsten Becker
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Verena Dimarch
Counsel
Munich
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover