Volkan Top
Areas of practice
Volkan Top specialises in national and international financing transactions. He advises banks and private debt funds as lenders, as well as private equity funds, sponsors and companies as borrowers, on acquisition, project and corporate finance transactions, in particular in the infrastructure and renewable energy sectors.
Vita
Volkan Top studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim (both Germany) and carried out his legal training in the District of the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe (Germany). Part of his legal training involved working in an international business law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). He also worked as a research assistant for lawyers admitted to practice before the German Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe. Volkan Top is a member of the German Bar and has worked for Luther’s Capital Markets, Banking & Finance team since 2019.
Volkan Top regularly gives lectures and publishes on banking and finance law topics.
Publications
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Thierry Joseph
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Konrad Prokop, LL.M.
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr. Daniel Krauspenhaar
Partner
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Bob Scharfe
Managing Partner Luther S.A.
Luxembourg
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
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.
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
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
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Janis Rentrop
Associate
Cologne
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Victoria Schöll
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Henning Brockhaus
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Xinyue Zhu, LL.M.
Business Lawyer
Cologne
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Georgios Patsinaridis
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Dominika Peter
Associate
Berlin
Pia Grahmann
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefanie Samosny
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Oliver Zaruba
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Maryana Slyusarchuk
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Sophie Schulz
Associate
Leipzig
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Marion Lanne
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Ofeliia Assa, LL.M., CAIA
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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
Pascal Brinkmann, LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Kuala Lumpur
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Achim Pütz
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Martin Hüwel
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Erik von Kügelgen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
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.
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
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
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Stefan Jokel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
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
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
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
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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 Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
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 Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
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 Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Counsel
Berlin
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf