Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Areas of practice
Philipp Dietz is active in the area of Corporate/M&A and advised on numerous mostly international M&A/Venture Capital transactions and joint ventures in the past. In the venture capital sector, Mr. Dietz advises investors as well as founders. He has particular expertise in the field of energy. Philipp Dietz has a clear focus on China and India.
Vita
Philipp Dietz studied law at the University of Bonn, Germany. He completed a Master's degree program in International Economic Law at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and carried out his traineeship at the Higher Regional Court in Cologne, Germany. Philipp Dietz worked at Luther's German Desk in New York for several months in 2007 and has been at Luther since 2004.
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendation in the category "Commercial and Distribution Law - Foreign Trade Law"
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendation in "Industry Focus - Energy" and mention in "City Focus - Cologne"
- JUVE Guide 2024/2025: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "M&A" (first listed in 2020/2021) and "Private Equity and Venture Capital" (first listed in 2023/2024)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2023: Recommendations in the categories "Corporate law and M&A - medium-sized deals (EUR 100m - 500m)" (first mention in 2016, "Philipp Dietz is in my view one of the most empathetic lawyers in the segment, who understands what the other side's core issues are and tries to combine them with ours to achieve good results.") and "Foreign Trade Law"
Clients
- Advising Mitsui on investment in Clevershuttle
- Advising the Dutch Eneco Group on the acquisition of ChargeIT Mobility GmbH
- Advising the Dutch Eneco Group on the acquisition of the green electricity supplier Licht-Blick
- Advising MEAG on the acquisition of stake in STEAG-Fernwärme
- Advising Just Energy Inc. on its market entry in Germany
- Advising Capnamics Venture on various financing rounds
- Advising Private Equity investor Avedon on the acquisition of dental laboratories
- Advising agricultural machinery manufacturer Grimme on joint venture in India
Publications
- Auswirkungen der EU-Screening-Verordnung und verschärften Investitionskontrolle,in: Investment Plattform China/Deutschland vom 10. November 2020
- Die Haftung des Geschäftsführers bei M&A Transaktionen, in: Newsletter GmbH Geschäftsführer, Ausgabe 1/2015
- Mitautor des Werkes Wertpapierprospektgesetz mit EU-Prospektverordnung und weiterführenden Vorschriften Kommentar, herausgegeben von Dr. Timo Holzborn, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2. Auflage 2014
- Länderreport Indien: Verschärfte Compliance-Anforderungen durch den Companies Act 2013 und neues Antikorruptionsgesetz, in: Compliance-Berater, Heft 3/2014, S. 48-51 (gemeinsam mit Katja Neumüller)
- Nach der Neuregulierung des Open Market der Deutschen Börse:Notierungsmöglichkeiten für Unternehmen, in: Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht (GWR) 2013, 341817, S. 39-41 (gemeinsam mit Claus Cammerer)
- Legal hurdles für Chinese Issuers, in: Going Public Magazin, Special December 2009, S.30f
Lectures
- 20.05.2025: M&A Forum 2025 I Düsseldorf
- 21.06.2022: M&A-Forum 2022 I Köln
- 07.03.2016: Market entry into China from a legal perspective – IP rights and distribution, Best Practice Asia: The hardware sector in China" auf der Eisenwarenmesse in Köln
- 25.02.2016: Chinese M&A Transactions in Germany – Opportunities and Challenges 中国企业赴德并购交易的机会与挑战, Opportunities of Transnational Cooperation – Investing in Germany Seminar for Foshan Enterprises 跨国合作新机遇——佛山企业赴德投融资研讨会
- 25.02.2016: Chinese M&A Transactions in Germany – Opportunities and Challenges 中国企业赴德并购交易的机会与挑战, Business Forum of Sino-German Financial Services Platform 中德金融服务平台企业座谈会
- 30.04.2015: Rechtliche Aspekte im deutsch-indischen Geschäftsverkehr
- 06.11.2014: Markteintrittsmöglichkeiten chinesischer Unternehmen und rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen in Deutschland
- 18.02.2014: Damit Ihre Investition in Indien nicht ins Wasser fällt – Was Sie aus rechtlicher und regulatorischer Sicht beachten müssen, Wasser für Indien - Potenziale für unternehmerisches Engagement
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Hamburg
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Cologne
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Partner
Cologne
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Essen
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Essen
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Dusseldorf
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Hamburg
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Cologne
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Hanover
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Cologne
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Dusseldorf
Birgitta von Dresky
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Singapore
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Counsel
Berlin
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Hamburg
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Cologne
Dr Angelo Vallone
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Dusseldorf
Dr Knut Unger
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Singapore
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Leipzig
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
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Counsel
Luxembourg
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Counsel
Cologne
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Managing Partner
Cologne
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Hanover
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Essen
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Partner
Hamburg
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Counsel
Hanover
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Christian Rabe
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Pramod Kumar Chaubey
Associate Director
Delhi-Gurugram
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Pascal Brinkmann, LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Tobias Schneider
Senior Associate
Cologne
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Sophie Schulz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Eva König, MBA (HfWU Nürtingen)
Business Development China
Cologne
YAO Yuan / 姚远, LL.M. (JLU/Köln)
Foreign Legal Counsel
Cologne
Lei (Kathy) Jiang
Senior Consultant
Shanghai
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover