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
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Denis Ullrich
Partner
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
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Manuel Heide
Partner
Berlin
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
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 Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
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
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
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
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
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
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
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
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Lea Franken
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
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
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
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
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
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.
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Julian Günniker
Essen
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Associate
Cologne