Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Areas of practice
Vanessa Meireles advises and represents domestic and foreign clients in complex legal disputes. She specialises in international commercial and investment arbitration proceedings, with an emphasis on disputes in commercial and corporate law (e.g. post-M&A, joint ventures and international sales contracts), plant construction (notably power plants, such as hydroelectric power stations, solar power plants and offshore wind turbines), the energy and infrastructure sectors (e.g. oil and gas projects or long-term supply contracts) and investment disputes (investor-state disputes, ISDS). Due to her Brazilian roots, she is also particularly well versed in Latin American-related disputes. She has considerable experience acting as a party representative, arbitrator, secretary of arbitral tribunals and in-house counsel in arbitration proceedings under the relevant international rules (such as DIS, ICC, ICSID) and in ad hoc dispute board and expert determination procedures.
Vita
Vanessa Meireles studied law (UFSC, 2013) and business administration (UDESC, 2012) in Brazil and, in 2016, obtained her LL.M. degree in international dispute settlement (MIDS) in Switzerland. She is admitted to practise as a lawyer in Brazil (2013) and in Portugal (2020). In Germany, she is admitted to practise as a European lawyer. Before moving to Luther, Vanessa Meireles worked for 5 years as Senior Foreign Associate for a renowned dispute resolution boutique law firm in Cologne (Germany) and for 2 years as in-house counsel for a multinational engineering and construction firm in Brazil.
Vanessa Meireles is a citizen of Brazil and Germany and, in addition to Portuguese and German, speaks English, Spanish and French.
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Memberships
- Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/SC)
- Portuguese Bar Association (OA)
- Hamburg Hanseatic Bar Association as a European lawyer
- German Arbitration Institute (DIS) and DIS40
- ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF)
- ASA des Jeunes Practiciens de l’Arbitrage (ASA Below 40)
Senior Associate
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Benjamin Schwenker
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Sebastian Wuschka LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Ludger Gruber
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Linda Kirchhoff
Senior Associate
Munich
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Marie Romero
Counsel
Luxembourg
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Raphaël Schindler
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Marco Jerczynski
Counsel
Essen
Nele Wachholz
Associate
Hamburg
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Sophie Schulz
Associate
Leipzig
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Liza Knecht
Associate
Leipzig
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Iman Bayrouti
Associate
Essen
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Maike Böttcher
Associate
Hanover
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jannik Bel
Associate
Cologne
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover