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Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek
Main Contacts

Mathias Schroeder, LL.M.
Partner
Joerg Schewe
Partner
Regina Glaser, LL.M.
Partner
Dirk W. Kolvenbach
PartnerOffices
Overview
Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek is a name synonymous with competence. They are one of the major commercial law firms in Germany. More than 400 specialized lawyers and tax advisers represent the interests of national and international clients. Their client list includes medium-sized and large German and international companies in all areas of the manufacturing industry, as well as trade and service industries, associations, government and public-sector organizations, and individual clients.
The firm has eight offices across Germany. In addition, they work closely with partner firms in all of the key global markets.
Their legal counseling is based on substantial legal competence, excellent education and continuing legal training, extensive specialization and a comprehensive knowledge of specific industry sectors. Experienced Partners and carefully selected Associate Lawyers develop innovative solutions to complex legal problems. The firm's culture values entrepreneurial thinking on behalf of their clients, efficient and cost-effective work, and strong personal dedication. At the end of the day, their Clients' success is also their own.
Cross-border and cross-sector knowledge combined with a deep understanding of business reasoning makes it possible for them to provide clients with wide-ranging support in their negotiations and business decisions. This also applies to legal advice on company structure, business risk management, negotiation and negotiation tactics, training, crisis and insolvency counseling and corporate finance matters. The early and timely legal advice they provide enables companies to function in a legally secure manner. If conflicts arise, they seek innovative resolution avenues, for example, through ADR and mediation.
Year this Office was Established: 1971
Lawyers Worldwide: 404
Notable
Areas of Practice
Professionals
Partners

Michael Alberts
Partner
Christian Appelbaum
Salaried Partner
Marc Baltus
Partner
Michael Below
Salaried Partner
Reinhard Boehle, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Alexander Bork
Partner
Florian Brombach, LL.M.
Partner
Anna Coenen
Salaried Partner
Bodo Dehne
Partner
Sabine Dethof
Salaried Partner
Mathis Dick
Salaried Partner
Stephan Freund
Partner
Regina Glaser, LL.M.
Partner
Sonja Groht
Partner
Torsten Gross, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Hans Gummert
Partner
Christoph Hexel
Partner
Guido Hoffmann, LL.M.
Partner
Anton Horn
Partner
Volker Howe
Partner
Martin Imhof
Partner
Rainer Jacobs
Salaried Partner
Georg Jacobs, LL.M.
Partner
Ute Jasper
Partner
Sandra Kalthoff
Partner
Hironaga Kaneko
Partner
Goetz G. Karrer
Partner
Eylem Kaya, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Philip Kempermann, LL.M.
Managing Partner
Dirk W. Kolvenbach
Partner
Gerd Kostrzewa
Partner
Wolfgang Kuehn
Partner
Michael Kuska, LL.M., LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Marvin Lederer
Salaried Partner
Holger Lueders
Partner
Astrid Luedtke
Salaried Partner
Christopher Marx
Partner
Joern Matuszewski
Partner
Marcel Maybaum
Salaried Partner
Wolfram Meven
Partner
Gunter Muehlhaus
TEP
Patrick Mueller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Stefan Osing
Partner
Herbert Palmberger, M.C.J.
Partner
Nils Henrik Plassmeier
Salaried Partner
Tobias Plath, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Katja Plueckelmann
Partner
Detlef Raasch
Salaried Partner
Roland Reichert
Partner
Markus Rheinlaender
Salaried Partner
Tanja Rodiek
Salaried Partner
Marion Sangen-Emden
Partner
Marc P. Scheunemann, LL.M.
Partner
Michael Schmittmann
Partner
Philipp Roman Schroeler
Salaried Partner
Michael Soergel, LL.M.
Partner
Tilman Spancken
Salaried Partner
Beatrice Stange, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Susanne Stauder (nee Fischer)
Partner
Andre-M. Szesny, LL.M.
Partner
Kirsten Thiergart
Salaried Partner
Andreas Urban
Managing Partner
Leonard Urban
Salaried Partner/in
Kirstin van de Sande (nee Klein)
Partner
Rainer Velte
Partner
Peter Vocke
Partner
Laurence M. Westen
Partner
Tobias Woltering
Partner
Peter Zimmermann
PartnerAssociates

Nico Amelunxen
Associate
Johannes Baumann
Associate
Luca Bellotti
Associate
Felicie Brisson
Associate
Rebecca Dreps
Senior Associate
Marc Duemenil
Associate
Christina Emde
Senior Associate
Anne Erning
Senior Associate
Anna-Lena Glander
Senior Associate
Christiane Viktoria Goeb-Krumme
Associate
Julian Groenick
Associate
Christina Huckschlag
Associate
Sandra Janberg
Senior Associate
Daniela Ariane Kreuels
Senior Associate
Dorothee Kirsten Linnartz, LL.M. (nee. Hellebusch)
Senior Associate
Lisa Moellenbeck
Associates
Nicolas Pielow
Associates
Sebastian Pollmeier
Senior Associate
Sarah Radon, LL.M. (University of Pennsylvania)
Senior Associate
Florian Ravier
Associates
Max Richter
Senior Associate
Maren Rinkens
Senior Associate
Sarah Rose
Senior Associate
Julian Rosenfeld
Associates
Anna Schenke
Senior Associate
Fabian Schmitz
Senior Associate
Isabella Sommer-Zhang
Associates
Mike Steffen
Senior Associate
Urs Jakob Stelten
Senior Associate
Birthe Struck, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Juliane Teeuwen
Associate
Christina Tsitiridis
Senior Associate
Markus Vlasic
Associate
Moritz von Voss
Associate
Tatiana Vorotnitskaya
Senior AssociateOther

Christina Barthel
Recruiter
Marion Kortmann
Director Communications & Marketing
Martin Munter
Public Relations Manager
Sebastian Muller-Pfannkuche
Director of Human Resources & Business DevelopmentArticles
Artificial Intelligence: The European Parliament clears the way for the new EU Regulation (AI Act)
Following the submission of the first Draft of the Artificial Intelligence Act (”AI Act”) on April 21, 2021 by the European Commission for regulating artificial intelligence (AI) (we reported here), the European Parliament also published its final position on June 14, 2023. Thus, the next step now is the trilogue between the Parliament, the Council and the Commission. Since the European Parliament is to be re-elected in less than a year, the regulation is expected to come into effect quickly and with only minor changes...
Press
Heuking advises HES International B.V. on the sale of its bulk terminal DUHG in Dillingen, Saar
A team led by Heuking Partner Dr. Peter Vocke advised a French subsidiary of HES International B.V. on the sale of the Dillinger Hafen-Umschlagsgesellschaft mbH (DHUG) to the SHS-Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co. KGaA. DHUG operates a dry bulk and break bulk terminal in Dillingen/Saar and is an important logistic provider for local and international customers in the steel industry, the energy and construction sector. HES International B.V., based in Rotterdam, is Europe's largest provider of large-scale terminals for bulk and liquid products...
Heuking advises TRM on sale of shares in FORTEC Elektronik Aktiengesellschaft
A team led by capital market experts Dr. Mirko Sickinger, LL.M. and Sven Radke, LL.M. of Heuking’s Cologne office advised TRM Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (TRM) on the sale of a major portion of its shares in FORTEC Elektronik Aktiengesellschaft, Germering (FORTEC). In 2012, the two capital market experts had advised TRM on the acquisition of the shareholding and a related voluntary public takeover offer. TRM has held more than 30% of the shares in FORTEC since 2012. The current transaction reduces TRM’s shareholding to 5.16%. A group of buyers is acquiring 25.07% of the shares from TRM...