Philipp Kersting
Areas of practice
Philipp advises European corporations in their activities in Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia. This includes cross-border transactions and incorporations, M&A, private equity, joint ventures and other corporate transactions and the necessary offshore security and holding structures. He acts as a supervisory board member in various companies and ensures the long term corporate compliance and governance of his clients. Philipp regularly writes on legal topics in Indonesia and is active in the education of Indonesian lawyers and government officials at university and ministry level.
Vita
Philipp Kersting studied law at the University of Hamburg, Germany. He joined Luther in Southeast Asia in 2014 after having been a partner in a German law firm focusing on international media and technology businesses. He was the managing director of the Luther office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia until 2017 and currently heads the firm's Indonesia team. Philipp is licensed to practice law in Germany and a Registered Foreign Advocate in Indonesia.
Clients
- Structuring and implementation of the acquisition of an Indonesian industrial gas producer and distributor by a large German group;
- Advising on remedies and damage control in electronic systems breaches in Indonesian subsidiaries of a European chemical group;
- Corporate structuring and restructuring of both foreign and domestic direct capital investment;
- General legal advice to medium and large European companies regarding their investments in Indonesia.
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Eva Bader
Associate
Munich
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Sebastian Berndt
Associate
Munich
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Pauline Kummer
Associate
Munich
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Sophie Schulz
Associate
Leipzig
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Mirjam Weiße
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M., Munich
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Pascal Brinkmann, LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Kuala Lumpur
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Verena Dimarch
Counsel
Munich
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr André Große Vorholt
Partner
Munich
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf