Volkan Top
Areas of practice
Volkan Top specialises in domestic and international financing transactions. He advises banks and private debt funds on the lender side, as well as private equity funds, sponsors and project developers/companies on the borrower side, focusing primarily on PE/acquisition, project and corporate finance in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors. Volkan Top has extensive experience in structuring, drafting and negotiating complex financing transactions, in addition to having in-depth market knowledge.
Vita
Volkan Top studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim (both Germany) with an emphasis on corporate and capital markets law and private international law. Part of his subsequent legal training in the District of the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe (Germany) involved working in an international commercial law firm in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). In addition, he worked as a research associate for lawyers at the German Federal Court of Justice (Rechtsanwälte beim Bundesgerichtshof) in Karlsruhe. Volkan Top is a member of the German Bar. He joined Luther’s Capital Markets, Banking & Finance team in 2019.
Volkan Top regularly gives lectures and publishes on banking and finance law topics.
Publications
Blog posts
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Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Ofeliia Assa, LL.M., CAIA
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thorsten Becker
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Anne Biebler
Partner
Leipzig
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Henning Brockhaus
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Buck
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Berlin
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Jacqueline Dutz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Pia Grahmann
Associate
Leipzig
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Martin Hüwel
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Stefan Jokel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Thierry Joseph
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Counsel
Hamburg
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Oliver Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr. Daniel Krauspenhaar
Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Erik von Kügelgen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Marion Lanne
Counsel
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Counsel
Essen
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Georgios Patsinaridis
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Michael Pfeiffer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Konrad Prokop, LL.M.
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Achim Pütz
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Janis Rentrop
Senior Associate
Cologne
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Of Counsel
Berlin
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Stefanie Samosny
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Bob Scharfe
Managing Partner Luther S.A.
Luxembourg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Victoria Schöll
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Sophie Schulz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Maryana Slyusarchuk
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Frederic Tewes
Partner
Dusseldorf
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Henrike Sophie Tröger
Associate
Leipzig
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Oliver Zaruba
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Xinyue Zhu, LL.M.
Business Lawyer
Cologne
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf