Thomas Weidlich advises on national and international acquisitions and divestments, joint ventures and the restructuring of companies. This includes advising on the entire transaction process, from the structuring of the transaction and complex due diligence procedures to contract negotiations and the clarification of regulatory issues, for example, in the field of investment control. Thomas Weidlich also has extensive experience with all matters pertaining to company and group law and regularly advises on shareholder disputes. He is very knowledgeable about capital measures and other types of corporate finance and as lead Partner has advised several successful IPOs of German and foreign companies.
A particular focus of Thomas Weidlich’s practice is advising clients with respect to European investments in Asia. When providing such advice, he works closely with our offices and “best friend” law firms in China, India, Singapore and other jurisdictions in order to ensure our clients are supported efficiently with their projects in the Far East regardless of time or location. Thomas Weidlich is also the primary contact for Asian companies who are interested in investing and conducting business in Germany and Europe.
Thomas Weidlich studied law at the universities of Würzburg and Passau (Germany) and Hull (England). He joined Luther’s predecessor firm in 1996 and managed the law firm’s Singapore office from 2000 to 2005. Thomas Weidlich has been leading a Corporate/M&A team in the Cologne office since 2005 and is the responsible Partner for providing legal advice in the entire Asia-Pacific region, with a special focus on China and India.
Thomas Weidlich is a renowned expert when it comes to advising and coordinating cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings and related regulatory issues. He regularly speaks on these subjects and frequently publishes articles on current legal developments in Germany and abroad.
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Associate
Cologne
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Lei (Kathy) Jiang
Senior Consultant
Shanghai
YAO Yuan / 姚远, LL.M. (JLU/Köln)
Foreign Legal Counsel
Cologne
Eva König, MBA (HfWU Nürtingen)
Business Development China
Cologne
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
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.
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
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
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
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
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Tobias Schneider
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Salvatore Calcagno
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Pramod Kumar Chaubey
Associate Director
Delhi-Gurugram
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
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.
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Dr Christian Rabe
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
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
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
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
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
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 Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
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 Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover