Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Areas of practice
Ruth-Maria Thomsen specialises in providing comprehensive advice to domestic and foreign clients in real estate transactions, both buy-side and sell-side. Her expertise includes asset deals as well as share deals. Ruth-Maria Thomsen’s advisory services range from the due diligence review and the structuring of the transaction to the drafting and negotiation of the contract up to and including the closing of the transaction. Having worked for many years in the area of Corporate/M&A, she has special experience at the interface between real estate law and corporate law and in the financing of transactions. Furthermore, she advises on commercial leases and contract management for existing properties.
Vita
Ruth-Maria Thomsen studied law at the University of Passau (Germany) and at Trinity College in Dublin (Ireland). After completing her legal training in Aschaffenburg (Germany), she was admitted to the German Bar in 2006. She commenced her professional career as a lawyer in the Frankfurt office of a large international law firm before moving on to another renowned law firm in 2010. Ruth-Maria Thomsen has worked in the areas of real estate law and Corporate/M&A from the outset. She joined Luther as a Partner in 2019 and is a member of the real estate team.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2024/2025: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "Real Estate and Construction Law - Real Estate Law" (first listed in 2023/2024, "Working together is a pleasure and of a high quality", client)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2023: Mention in the category "Real Estate and Construction Law - Real Estate Law" (first recommendation in 2023, first mention in 2020, "Ruth-Maria Thomsen is characterised by her outstanding expertise, her very good negotiation skills and her fast, determined handling of mandates. We also appreciate her personal communication and pragmatic approach as well as the very good advice she provides to clients during the transaction process.")
Clients
- Advising a chemicals company on the purchase of pieces of land in Mannheim for the expansion of the company’s business premises
- Advising a family office on the sale of a piece of land to a project developer for the development of building land for the construction of over 100 terraced houses
- Advising a logistics company on the purchase of a piece of land for the development of building land for the construction of a logistics building
- Providing ongoing landlord and tenant and real estate law advice to the pension fund of an industrial group
Matters handled before joining Luther:
- Advised a project developer on the sale of a logistics property portfolio to an institutional investor by way of a forward deal
- Advised foreign investors on the acquisition of office buildings in Germany by way of share forward deals
- Advised a foreign investor on the sale of an apartment portfolio
Partner
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Lena-Annika Kauer
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
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Manuel Heide
Partner
Berlin
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Pascal Brinkmann, LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Kuala Lumpur
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
Julian Günniker
Essen
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Henner-Matthias Puppel
Partner
Essen
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Hamburg
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig