Michael Rinke
Areas of practice
- Turnaround and reorganisation advice
- Employment law advice/implementation in connection with all relevant HR issues
Vita
Michael Rinke has been working in various management functions in HR since 1990. He joined Luther’s Cologne office as a lawyer on 1 October 2008.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2017/2018: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "Labour Law" (first listed in 2011/2012, "I am happy to recommend")
- Best Lawyers 2026: Recommended in "Labour and Employment Law" (first recommended in 2021)
Clients
Focus on commerce/logistics (restructurings/M&A)
Publications
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Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Amelie Räpple, LL.M. (Berkeley)
Associate
Hamburg
Andre Schüttauf
Senior Associate
Essen
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Anna Mayr
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Annekatrin Veit
Partner
Munich
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Charlotte Elsner
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christian Dworschak
Partner
Munich
Dr Christoph Corzelius
Senior Associate
Cologne
Cyrielle Therese Ax
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dominik Ledwon, LL.M. (Norwich)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Dorothea Fleckner
Associate
Hamburg
Elaine Tolksdorf
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Gina Susann Kriwat
Associate
Cologne
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Counsel
Hamburg
Jan Hansen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jan Hufert
Associate
Hamburg
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Jana Anna Voigt
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Janina Ott
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Kathy Just
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Kerstin Gröne
Partner
Cologne
Kevin Brinkmann, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Kristina Gutzke
Associate
Hamburg
Leif Born
Senior Associate
Essen
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Lena Barry
Legal Consultant
Leipzig
Dr Lisa Kraayvanger
Senior Associate
Hanover
Lukas Paetzold
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Martina Ziffels
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Melina Stamm, LL.M. (Paris)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Michael Rinke
Of Counsel
Cologne
Nadine Ceruti
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nina Stephan
Counsel
Essen
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Pia Analena Wieberneit
Senior Associate
Essen
Robert Pacholski
Partner
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Sandra Sfinis
Partner
Hamburg
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Simon Alscher
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sophie Haeberlein
Associate
Leipzig
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Thorsten Tilch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg