Oliver Köhler
Areas of practice
Oliver Köhler focuses his practice on advising clients in complex financial restructurings as well as in StaRUG and debtor-in-possession proceedings (Eigenverwaltung/Schutzschirm). A key part of his work involves advising senior executives and board members in navigating corporate crises. He regularly advises buyers and sellers on M&A transactions involving distressed assets and special situations.
Oliver has particular expertise in restructurings in the real estate, infrastructure, and energy sectors.
Vita
Prior to joining Luther, Oliver Köhler worked at the international law firm Allen & Overy (now A&O Shearman) in financial restructuring and insolvency law, and at Finkenhof, a law firm that specialized in advising distressed companies.
He gained international experience working with White & Case in New York (USA), at the German Consulate General in Hong Kong and with a medium-sized company in Oslo (Norway).
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2024/2025: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "Insolvency and Restructuring" ("real team player", competitor)
- Best Lawyers 2026: Recommendation "Ones to Watch" in “Restructuring and Insolvency Law”
Lectures
Memberships
- TMA Turnaround Management Association
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Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Caroline Ackermann
Partner
Munich
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thorsten Becker
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Sabrina Behbehani
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Vivienne Blank
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Berlin
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Salvatore Calcagno
Counsel
Stuttgart
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Jacqueline Dutz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Lea Franken
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Julian Günniker
Essen
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Nina Hahnke
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Oliver Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Sophie Schulz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Frederic Tewes
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Henrike Sophie Tröger
Associate
Leipzig
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Magnus Wessels
Senior Associate
Essen
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf