Heuking - Germany

Legal Services | Germany
tel: (+49) 22120520 | fax: +49 221 20 52 1
Magnusstrasse 13 | Cologne | D-50672 | Germany

Main Contacts

Dr. Mathias Schroeder, LL.M.

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Partner

Dr. Joerg Schewe

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Partner

Offices

Cologne, Germany | Berlin, Germany | Chemnitz, Germany | Duesseldorf, Germany | Frankfurt/Main, Germany | Hamburg, Germany | Munich, Germany | Stuttgart, Germany

Heuking - Germany News

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 •Cyber Resilience Act: Recent Developments and New Guidance for Businesses
Friday, June 12, 2026 •No General Prohibition on Employer Contact During an Employee’s Annual Leave
Friday, June 12, 2026 •BVerwG Refers Questions on Paternity Leave to the CJEU
Friday, June 12, 2026 •No Entitlement to Continued Pay for an Employee Who Reports Sick After a Denied Leave Request
Thursday, June 11, 2026 •Does the Stock Exchange Facilitate Downlisting into Scale? Yes, but …

Overview

HEUKING is one of Germany's leading independent business law firms. With more than 450 professionals in law, tax, and notarial services, the firm — founded over 50 years ago — advises nationally and internationally active mid-market companies as well as major corporations in industry, commerce, and services, along with public sector entities, across all key areas of business law. The firm combines the capabilities of a large-scale law firm with personalized, partner-led counsel and dedicated points of contact. Through a long-established international partner network, HEUKING also ensures efficient and seamless cross-border client representation.

Year this Office was Founded: 1994
Lawyers Worldwide: 450

Notable

Areas of Practice

  • Advertising Law
  • Anti-Counterfeiting
  • Antidumping
  • Antitrust Compliance
  • Antitrust fine proceedings
  • Antitrust Law
  • Antitrust Litigation
  • Apartment Ownership Law
  • Arbitration
  • Asset Management
  • Association Law
  • Aviation
  • Banking Supervision Law
  • Book resale price maintenance
  • Brokerage Law
  • Budget and Charges Law
  • Budget Law
  • Budget Law and Law on Fees
  • Capital Market Compliance
  • Capital Market Criminal Law
  • Capital Market Law
  • Charges Law
  • Civil Litigation
  • Co-determination on supervisory board level / Election of employee representatives in the supervisory board
  • Collective Bargaining Law
  • Combined Heat and Power
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Commercial Law
  • Company Pension Schemes
  • Compliance
  • Compliance and Employment Law
  • Compliance at M&A Transactions
  • Compulsary Auction
  • Compulsory Enforcement
  • Compulsory Purchase Law and Compensation Law
  • Construction Law
  • Contracts for national and international infrastructure projects
  • Copyright and Publishing Law
  • Corporate Criminal Law
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Law
  • Corporate Litigation
  • Corporate Succession
  • Criminal Compliance
  • Customs Legislation
  • Data Processing Law
  • Data Protection Law
  • Delisting
  • Design Patent Law
  • Development Law
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Distribution Law
  • E-Banking and Retail-Banking
  • Emissions Trading
  • Emissions Trading and Climate Protection
  • Employee Invention Law
  • Endowments and Foundations
  • Energy Law
  • Energy Taxes
  • Environmental Criminal Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Environmental Liability Law/Environmental Damage Law
  • Environmental Management/Certification
  • EU-Trade Law/WTO
  • Facility Management
  • Family Law
  • Financing
  • Food Law, Tobacco Products Law, Cosmetics Law
  • Foreign Trade & Customs
  • Franchise Law
  • French Law / French Clients
  • Gaming & Betting Law
  • General Terms and Conditions
  • Going Public
  • Immission Protection Law
  • Industrial Actions
  • Industrial Property Law
  • Information Technology (IT)
  • Infrastructure/Regulated Markets
  • Inheritance and Gift Tax Law
  • Inheritance Law
  • Insolvency Law
  • Insurance Distribution Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Construction Law
  • Internet Law
  • Investment Funds
  • Investment Protection / Investor-State disputes
  • Investor Models
  • IT-Outsourcing Tech-driven transactions
  • Joint Ventures
  • Labor Law
  • Land Law
  • Large Construction Disputes
  • Lauterkeitsrecht
  • Law of Medical Practitioners
  • Law of Trademarks and Related Marks
  • Law on advertising of medical products
  • Law related to architects and engineers
  • Laws governing Hospitals
  • Leasing Law
  • Lending and Securities
  • Liability issues of legal practitioners
  • Liability Law
  • Licensing Law
  • Life Sciences
  • Litigation
  • Logistics Law
  • Maritime Law
  • Media Concentration Law
  • Media Law
  • Mediation
  • Medical Law
  • Medical Liability Law
  • Merger Control
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Mining Law
  • Monument Conservation Law
  • Municipal Law
  • Patent Law
  • Pharmaceutical Law
  • Pharmacy Law
  • Planning and Public Building Law
  • Plant Variety Protection Law
  • Postal Service
  • Press Law and Freedom of Speech
  • Private Clients
  • Private Construction Law
  • Private Equity
  • Private Succession Planning
  • Privatisation
  • Product Liability Law
  • Product Safety Law
  • Professional Liability Law
  • Property Management
  • Public Construction Law
  • Public Funds and Subsidies
  • Public Infrastructure and Large-Scale Projects
  • Public Law
  • Public Private Partnerships
  • Public Procurement and Investor Contests
  • Public Procurement Law
  • Public Procurement of Services
  • Public Restructurings and Cooperations
  • Public Sector Law
  • Public Transport
  • Public Utility Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Real Estate Transactions
  • Recapitalization
  • Reinsurance
  • Renewable Energy
  • Reorganisation [of group of companies]
  • Restructuring
  • Soil Protection and Brownfield Sites
  • Specialist Planning Law
  • Sports Law
  • State Aids
  • Stock Corporation Law
  • Subsidy Law
  • Supervision of Securities
  • Tax Criminal Law
  • Tax law
  • Tax Planning for private clients
  • Telecommunications Law
  • Tenancy Law
  • Tenancy Law/Brokerage Law
  • Transport Law
  • Unfair Competition Law
  • Utility Models
  • Venture Capital
  • Waste Management Law
  • Water and Waste Water Law
  • Work Title Law
  • Works Constitution Law

Professionals

Partners

Ulf Christiani

Ulf Christiani

Partner
Kerstin Deiters, LL.M., EMBA

Kerstin Deiters, LL.M., EMBA

Salaried Partner
Frank Eckhoff

Frank Eckhoff

Partner
Dominik Eickemeier

Dominik Eickemeier

Partner
Joerg aus der Fuenten

Joerg aus der Fuenten

Partner
Christopher Goertz

Christopher Goertz

Equity Partner
Verena Hoene, LL.M.

Verena Hoene, LL.M.

Equity Partner
Ruben A. Hofmann

Ruben A. Hofmann

Equity Partner
Philipp Jansen

Philipp Jansen

Partner
Stefan Joester, LL.M.

Stefan Joester, LL.M.

Partner
Paer Johansson

Paer Johansson

Managing Partner
Alexander Juengst

Alexander Juengst

Partner
Martin Karwatzki, LL.M.

Martin Karwatzki, LL.M.

Partner
Lutz Martin Keppeler

Lutz Martin Keppeler

Partner
Thorsten Kuthe

Thorsten Kuthe

Partner
Isabel Langenbach

Isabel Langenbach

Salaried Partner
Thorsten Leisbrock

Thorsten Leisbrock

Salaried Partner
Andreas Lenz

Andreas Lenz

Partner
Wilhelm Moll, LL.M.

Wilhelm Moll, LL.M.

Partner
Susanne Christine Monsig (nee Schmitz)

Susanne Christine Monsig (nee Schmitz)

Partner
Andreas Mueller-Wiedenhorn

Andreas Mueller-Wiedenhorn

Partner
Michael Pauli

Michael Pauli

Partner
Lena Pfeufer

Lena Pfeufer

Salaried Partner
Sven Radke, LL.M.

Sven Radke, LL.M.

Salaried Partner
Vera Randel

Vera Randel

Salaried Partner
Tim Remmel, LL.M.

Tim Remmel, LL.M.

Salaried Partner
Martin J. Reufels

Martin J. Reufels

Managing Partner
Anna Richter, LL.M.

Anna Richter, LL.M.

Salaried Partner
Mark Rossbroich

Mark Rossbroich

Salaried Partner
Kai Oliver Runkel

Kai Oliver Runkel

Salaried Partner
Miriam Schaefer

Miriam Schaefer

Salaried Partner
Sascha Schewiola

Sascha Schewiola

Partner
Andreas Schmitt

Andreas Schmitt

Salaried Partner
Markus Schmuelling

Markus Schmuelling

Partner
Kristina Schneider, LL.M.

Kristina Schneider, LL.M.

Partner
Ruediger Schnug

Ruediger Schnug

Partner
Dr. Christoph Schork, LL.M.

Dr. Christoph Schork, LL.M.

Partner
Mirko Sickinger, LL.M.

Mirko Sickinger, LL.M.

Partner
Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg, LL.M.

Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg, LL.M.

Stefan Westerheide, LL.M. oec.

Stefan Westerheide, LL.M. oec.

Salaried Partner
Madeleine Zipperle

Madeleine Zipperle

Salaried Partner

Associates

Sophia Bagh-Gantenbrink

Sophia Bagh-Gantenbrink

Senior Associate
Vicky Franziska Boening

Vicky Franziska Boening

Associate
Meike Daniels

Meike Daniels

Senior Associate
Franziska Marisa Decker, LL.B (Business for Legal Professionals)

Franziska Marisa Decker, LL.B (Business for Legal Professionals)

Senior Associate
Chiara Diekmann

Chiara Diekmann

Associate
Nikolai Diller

Nikolai Diller

Associate
Peter Fries

Peter Fries

Associate
Hannah Hermann

Hannah Hermann

Associate
Samuel Huebenthal

Samuel Huebenthal

Associate
Alexander Huebner

Alexander Huebner

Associate
Christian Jacoby

Christian Jacoby

Associates
Leonie Kaeufer

Leonie Kaeufer

Associate
Christoph Katerndahl

Christoph Katerndahl

Senior Associate
Alexander Kelleter

Alexander Kelleter

Associate
Christopher Kleinert

Christopher Kleinert

Associate
Magdalena Koester

Magdalena Koester

Senior Associate
Julien Krause

Julien Krause

Associate
Lukas Kremser

Lukas Kremser

Svea Kunz

Svea Kunz

Associate
Lena Kurth

Lena Kurth

Associate
Leana Loewke

Leana Loewke

Associates
Laura Puetz

Laura Puetz

Associate
Bastian Rieck

Bastian Rieck

Senior Associate
Laura Sauren

Laura Sauren

Associate
Elisa Schuelert

Elisa Schuelert

Associate
Jutta Schumann

Jutta Schumann

Associate
Dr. Ramona Segler

Dr. Ramona Segler

Senior Associate
Laura Soltysiak

Laura Soltysiak

Associate
Yasemin Sophie Tuncer

Yasemin Sophie Tuncer

Associate

Of Counsel

Julia Kathrin Degen, LL.M.

Julia Kathrin Degen, LL.M.

Counsel
Hans-Jochem Lueer, LL.M.

Hans-Jochem Lueer, LL.M.

Of Counsel
Andrea Trebeck (nee Kuettler)

Andrea Trebeck (nee Kuettler)

Counsel

Other

Meike Dresler-Lenz

Meike Dresler-Lenz

Counsel

Articles

Cyber Resilience Act: Recent Developments and New Guidance for Businesses

Heuking, June 2026

With the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), the European Union has introduced new mandatory cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements. For manufacturers, this marks the end of the previously largely voluntary standards-based regulatory landscape, which is now replaced by a harmonised European legal framework. In light of the reporting obligations for actively exploited vulnerabilities and serious security incidents taking effect from 11 September 2026, as well as the full applicability of the CRA from 11 December 2027, practical preparations for the new obligations are becoming increasingly important...

No General Prohibition on Employer Contact During an Employee’s Annual Leave

Heuking, June 2026

Federal Labour Court, Judgment of 4 December 2025 – Case No. 2 AZR 55/25 In its judgment of 4 December 2025 (Case No. 2 AZR 55/25), the Federal Labour Court held that an extraordinary termination is ineffective if the employer fails to comply with the two-week deadline under Section 626 (2) of the German Civil Code (BGB) by remaining inactive during the employee’s annual leave and making no attempt to contact the employee for a hearing. According to the Court, neither the Federal Leave Act (Bundesurlaubsgesetz) nor EU law establishes a general prohibition on contacting an employee during annual leave...

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Press releases

HEUKING Advises metr on its EUR 10.5 Million Series B Financing Round

Heuking, July 2026

Ariane Neubauer, Equity Partner at HEUKING's Berlin office, and Dr Henrik Lay, Equity Partner at HEUKING's Hamburg office, provided comprehensive advice to metr Building Management Systems GmbH on its Series B financing round of approximately EUR 10.5 million.With SBG - Sächsische Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, the PropTech company metr has gained a new investor. In addition, Kachel GmbH (a subsidiary of WIKA Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG), IBB Capital GmbH, BRAWO Capital GmbH, Next Big Thing AG and existing business angels also participated again in the financing round...

HEUKING Strengthens Munich Corporate/M&A Practice with Marina Dolina as Counsel

Heuking, June 2026

The commercial law firm HEUKING welcomed Marina Dolina, LL.M. as Counsel at its Munich office effective June 1, 2026. She is part of the team led by Dr. Oliver Treptow and strengthens the firm's practice in Corporate/M&A, Private Equity, and Health Care & Life Sciences. Marina Dolina brings several years of experience advising on domestic and cross-border corporate transactions. Prior to joining HEUKING, she served as a Senior Associate at Bird & Bird LLP in Munich, where she advised domestic and international clients on all areas of corporate and contract law, including M&A, private equity, and venture capital transactions...

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