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