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.
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Dusseldorf
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Essen
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Hamburg
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Partner
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Dusseldorf
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Luxembourg
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Hanover
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Singapore
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
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Hamburg
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Leipzig, Hamburg
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Luxembourg
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Senior Associate
Singapore
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Leipzig
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Hanover
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Partner
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Associate
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Berlin
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
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Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
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Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
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Senior Associate
Cologne
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
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Luxembourg
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Luxembourg
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Cologne
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Senior Associate
Luxembourg
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Senior Associate
Brussels
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Brussels
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Associate
Berlin
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Counsel
Hamburg
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Yangon, Singapore
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Partner
Essen
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Leipzig
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Munich
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Hanover
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Partner
Leipzig
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Hamburg
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Hanover
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Hamburg
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Hanover
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Essen
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Associate
Berlin
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Partner
Singapore
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Counsel
Luxembourg
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Dusseldorf
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Associate
Singapore
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Senior Associate
Munich
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
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Associate
Munich
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Associate
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Associate
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Hamburg, Hanover
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Associate
Singapore
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Associate
Singapore
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Senior Associate
Cologne
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Counsel
Berlin
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Berlin
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Partner
Cologne
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Associate
Dusseldorf
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Counsel
Leipzig
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Associate
Stuttgart
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
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Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
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Senior Associate
Singapore
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
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Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
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Bangkok
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Essen
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Associate
Munich
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Associate
Munich
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Associate
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Senior Associate
Hanover
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Associate
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Associate
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Associate
Hanover
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Associate
Leipzig
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Associate
Yangon
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
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Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M., Munich
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Partner
Singapore
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Associate
Yangon
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Associate
Yangon
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Of Counsel
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Berlin
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Partner
Leipzig
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Counsel
Cologne
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Of Counsel
Singapore
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Associate
Yangon
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
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Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Counsel
Luxembourg
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Counsel
Stuttgart
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
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Counsel
Stuttgart
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Dusseldorf