Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek Holds Regularly Scheduled Management Elections
November, 2021 - Germany
At its Partners’ meeting held on November 13, law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek elected a new management team. In addition to various internal committees, the management team is newly elected every three years.
After almost 12 years in management, Dr. Hans Gummert, responsible for Finance, did not seek reelection. “I would like to express my special thanks to Dr. Gummert for his many years of positive collaboration in an atmosphere of mutual trust in management,” said Dr. Andreas Urban.
The new management team continues to consist of five Managing Partners. Dr. Andreas Urban was confirmed as Managing Partner, as were the other Partners in management. Responsible for Strategy and Communications, he is now in his fifth term of office. Dr. Pär Johansson (in management since 2012) will be responsible for Finance in the future. Dr. Johan Schneider is now beginning his second term and will be responsible for Organization & Business Processes. Dr. Philip Kempermann, who joined the management team at the end of 2020, will be responsible for IT. Boris Dürr, Partner at the firm’s Munich office, was newly elected to the management team and is responsible for the HR division, which was previously headed by Johansson. Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek since 2011, Boris Dürr is Co-Head of the Corporate/M&A practice group. His practice focuses on Corporate, M&A, and Private Equity with particular industry expertise in Technology and Health Care.
“Due to economic and political developments and the consequences of the pandemic, we are facing a variety of challenges. I am certain that our management team in its new and further rejuvenated composition will enable us to master them efficiently and with the usual team spirit,” said Dr. Andreas Urban.
