Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Areas of practice
Michael Kunkel provides advice on how to draft contracts, in particular, in connection with real estate transactions, including due diligence reviews from a real estate law perspective, project development, commercial leases and construction projects.
Vita
Michael Kunkel studied law in Passau and Kiel (Germany) as well as in Dublin (Ireland) and carried out his legal training in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). He was admitted to the German Bar in 2006, following which he worked for eight years in the legal department of an international construction group in Essen (Germany), where he advised the project development department on numerous construction projects in Germany and abroad, in particular, on the acquisition of properties, the conclusion of leases, the awarding of construction and planning contracts, the formation of project companies and joint ventures, and the sale of projects by way of an asset or share deal. Whilst working, he pursued postgraduate studies in “Real Estate Law” at the University of Münster (Germany), which he successfully completed with a Master’s degree (LL.M.). Michael Kunkel joined Luther in 2014.
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2019: Listed in "Construction Law"
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommended in "Construction Law" (first recommended in 2021) and "Real Estate Law"
Clients
- Advising Instone Real Estate Development GmbH on the sale of 104 rented apartments in the Düsseldorf ‘Wohnen im Hochfeld’ district (residential space that is subject to price-curbing measures, publicly subsidised and unsubsidised residential space, commercial space and a day care centre). The purchaser is a large German owner of residential space.
- Advising Instone Real Estate Development GmbH on the sale of 139 rented apartments in the Bonn west.side area. In this area, a total of 550 rented and owner-occupied apartments will be created.
- Advising Instone Real Estate Development GmbH on the sale of 221 rented apartments (residential space that is subject to price-curbing measures, publicly subsidised and unsubsidised residential space and a day-care centre)
- Advising Lang & Cie. Rhein-Ruhr Real Estate AG on the RWE Campus I and II project in Essen
- Advising Peach Property Group (Deutschland) AG on the acquisition of 528 rented apartments, primarily in Essen and Dortmund
- Advising Peach Property Group (Deutschland) AG on the acquisition of more than 3,650 rented apartments in the Ruhr area, Bielefeld and Kaiserslautern
Publications
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Hamburg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Henner-Matthias Puppel
Partner
Essen
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Julian Günniker
Essen
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
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.
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Manuel Heide
Partner
Berlin
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
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
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
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
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf