Dr. Stephan Rippert LL.M.

Dr Stephan Rippert advises on international and national transactions and joint ventures. This involves acting as an advisor throughout the transaction process. In addition, he advises companies from the media/IT, energy and life science industries on commercial and regulatory issues.

Corporate/M&A
IT Law
Digital Infrastructure
Media & Entertainment
Telekommunikationsrecht

Dr Stephan Rippert studied law at the Universities of Mainz and Munich (both Germany) and at McGeorge School of Law in California (USA). He has been admitted to practise as a lawyer both in Germany and in the USA (NY). Stephan Rippert worked as General Counsel for a US media company in Germany and in New York. Furthermore, he was jointly responsible as a partner for setting up the German office of a large international US law firm in Germany. Stephan Rippert joined Luther in September 2020.

• The Legal 500 Germany 2024: Recommendation in the category "Media - Entertainment" (first mention in 2017, "In a highlight at transactional level, Stephan Rippert advised AMC Inc. on the acquisition of an international television chain."; "Key figure in the media entertainment sector") and mention in the category "Information Technology - Information Technology and Digitisation" (first mention in 2021)
• Best Lawyers 2025: Recommended in "Media Law" (first recommended in 2022)
• Best Lawyers 2024: Recommended in "Regulatory Practice" (first recommended in 2021)
• Best Lawyers 2023: Award "Lawyer of the Year" in "Media Law"

• AMC International: purchase of an international media group
• Sachsenmilch Anlagen Holding: delisting of Sachsenmilch AG from the Frankfurter Stock Exchange
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: corporate and media law advice
• Mizuho: purchase of a German company from the life science industry
• Sony Pictures: corporate and media law advice
• Energy company: advice on certificates and upstream emission reductions

• Deutscher Anwaltsverein
• New York Bar Association
• Board Member of MIS