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)
Memberships
- TMA Turnaround Management Association
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Hamburg
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Günniker
Essen
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
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
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
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
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf
Sophie Schulz
Associate
Leipzig
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
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
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
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.
Senior Associate
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
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Henner-Matthias Puppel
Partner
Essen
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf