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...
Heuking
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Overview
Heuking is a name synonymous with competence. They are one of the major commercial law firms in Germany. With about 450 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: 450
Year this Office was Founded: 1971
Lawyers Worldwide: 404
Notable
Areas of Practice
Professionals
Partners
Sonja Ackermann
Partner
Michael Alberts
Partner
Dr. Karsten Alex
Partner
Utz Andelewski
Partner
Theresa Arndt, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Florian Arnold
Partner
Michael Auer
Salaried Partner
Marc Baltus
Partner
Kai Bandilla
Partner
Frank Bassler
Partner
Fabian Becker, LL.M. (Univ. of Westminster)
Salaried Partner
Michael Below
Salaried Partner
Dr. Bjoern Biehl
Partner
Johannes Blassl
Partner
Jens Blumrich
Salaried Partner
Anne de Boer, LL.M. (RSA)
Partner
Philipp Boerger
Salaried Partner
Oliver Boettcher
Partner
Anita Bohn, LL.M. (Univ. of London)
Salaried Partner
Alexander Bork
Partner
Stefan Bretthauer
Partner
Florian Brombach, LL.M.
Partner
Fabian Budde
Salaried Partner
Fabian Buerk, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Arnold Buessemaker
Partner
Dr. Steffen Burrer
Salaried Partner
Ulf Christiani
Partner
Anna Coenen
Salaried Partner
Markus Collisy
Partner
Julia Cramer nee Mischke
Partner
Gesine Dechow
Partner
Bodo Dehne
Partner
Maximilian Dehnert
Salaried Partner
Kerstin Deiters, LL.M., EMBA
Salaried Partner
Sabine Dethof
Salaried Partner
Mathis Dick
Salaried Partner
Michael Droege
Partner
Boris Duerr
Managing Partner
Walter Eberl
Partner
Frank Eckhoff
Partner
Dominik Eickemeier
Partner
Lothar Ende
Partner
Manja Epping
Partner
Kai Erhardt
Partner
Roman Ettl-Steger, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Julia Fiedler, LL.B.
Salaried Partner
Stephan Freund
Partner
Daniel Froesch
Partner
Christoph Froning, LL.M.
Partner
Joerg aus der Fuenten
Partner
Fabian G. Gaffron
Partner
Sen Gao
Salaried Partner
Roland Gerold
Partner
Fabian Gerstner, LL.M.
Partner
Dr. Anna Lena Glander
Salaried Partner
Regina Glaser, LL.M.
Partner
Soenke Goergens
Partner
Christopher Goertz
Equity Partner
Christine Grau, LL.M.
Partner
Stefanie Greifeneder
Partner
Marc Philip Greitens
Salaried Partner
Armin Freiherr von Griessenbeck
Partner
Christoph Gringel
Partner
Catarina Angelika Groeger (geb. Seemann)
Salaried Partner
Sonja Groht
Partner
Torsten Gross, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Dr. Bjoern Grotebrune
Salaried Partner
Dr. Robert Guether
Partner
Hans Gummert
Partner
Uwe Hartmann
Partner
Stephanie Heider-Wurm
Salaried Partner
Ulrike Helkenberg
Partner
Rainer Herschlein, LL.M.
Partner
Christoph Hexel
Partner
Verena Hoene, LL.M.
Equity Partner
Hans Henning Hoff
Partner
Dr. Andre Hofmann
Partner
Ruben A. Hofmann
Equity Partner
Anton Horn
Partner
Volker Howe
Partner
Martin Imhof
Partner
Rainer Jacobs
Salaried Partner
Georg Jacobs, LL.M.
Partner
Kay Jacobsen
Partner
Philipp Jansen
Partner
Thomas Jansen
Partner
Ute Jasper
Partner
Markus Joachimsthaler
Salaried Partner
Stefan Joester, LL.M.
Partner
Sven Johannsen
Salaried Partner
Paer Johansson
Managing Partner
Ulrich Jork
Partner
Alexander Juengst
Partner
Sebastian Jungemeyer
Partner
Dr. Ruth Jungkind (nee Schneider)
Salaried Partner
Sandra Kalthoff
Partner
Hironaga Kaneko
Partner
Hanne Kara
Partner
Cem Karaosmanoglu
Salaried Partner
Goetz G. Karrer
Partner
Martin Karwatzki, LL.M.
Partner
Eylem Kaya, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Philip Kempermann, LL.M.
Managing Partner
Lutz Martin Keppeler
Partner
Eva Kettner, LL.B.
Equity Partner
Markus Klinger
Salaried Partner
Dirk W. Kolvenbach
Partner
Gerd Kostrzewa
Partner
Michael Kreisler, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Dr. Thomas Kreuz
Salaried Partner
Rene Krohn (nee Schnichels), LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Judy-Anne Krug, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Wolfgang Kuehn
Partner
Matthias Kuehn, LL.M.
Partner
Christina Kuester (nee Sander)
Salaried Partner
Michael Kuska, LL.M., LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Thorsten Kuthe
Partner
Peter Ladwig
Partner
Isabel Langenbach
Salaried Partner
Kelly Sue Lankowski
Partner
Michael Lauterbach
Partner
Henrik Lay
Partner
Marvin Lederer
Partner
Tobias Leege
Salaried Partner
Daniel Lehmann
Salaried Partner
Thorsten Leisbrock
Salaried Partner
Markus Lennartz
Partner
Andreas Lenz
Partner
Finn-Michael Liebscher
Salaried Partner
David Loszynski
Partner
Holger Lueders
Partner
Astrid Luedtke
Salaried Partner
Christopher Marx
Partner
Julia Mattes
Salaried Partner
Joern Matuszewski
Partner
Marcel Maybaum
Salaried Partner
Johan-Michel Menke, LL.M.
Partner
Shimon Merkel, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Catrin Merten
Salaried Partner
Frank Metz
Partner
Wolfram Meven
Partner
Malte Meyer
Salaried Partner
Joerg Michelsen
Partner
Wilhelm Moll, LL.M.
Partner
Gunter Muehlhaus
TEP
Patrick Mueller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Andreas Mueller-Wiedenhorn
Partner
Antje Muench, LL.M.
Equity Partner
Patrick Narr
Partner
Till Naruisch, LL.M.
Partner
Ralph Negelein
Partner
Bettina Neheider
Salaried Partner
Michael Neises
Partner
Ariane Neubauer
Partner
Thomas Nickel
Partner
Stephan Nikschick, LL.M.
Partner
Michael Nusser
Partner
Stefan Osing
Partner
Sabine Ottow
Salaried Partner
Veit Paessler
Partner
Michael Pauli
Partner
Tim Petermann
Partner
Lena Pfeufer
Salaried Partner
Sandra Pfister, LL.M.
Partner
Soren Pietzcker, LL.M.
Partner
Dr. Timo Piller
Salaried Partner
Tobias Plath, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Katja Plueckelmann
Partner
Simon Pommer, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Manuel Poncza
Salaried Partner
Katharina Prasuhn
Partner
Christoph Prochnau, LL.B.
Partner
Stefan Proske
Partner
Jonas Pust
Salaried Partner
Detlef Raasch
Salaried Partner
Markus Rabe, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Sven Radke, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Benedikt Raisch
Partner
Vera Randel
Salaried Partner
Astrid Reich
Partner
Juliane Reichelt
Partner
Roland Reichert
Partner
Tim Remmel, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Wolfgang G. Renner, LL.M.
Partner
Martin J. Reufels
Managing Partner
Markus Rheinlaender
Salaried Partner
Anna Richter, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Mark Rossbroich
Salaried Partner
Annemarie Rott
Partner
Kai Oliver Runkel
Salaried Partner
Ali Sahin
Partner
Monique Sandidge
Salaried Partner
Wolfram Sandner
Partner
Marion Sangen-Emden
Partner
Andreas Schabenberger
Partner
Miriam Schaefer
Salaried Partner
Peter M. Schaeffler
Salaried Partner
Martin Schellenberg
Partner
Marc P. Scheunemann, LL.M.
Partner
Joerg Schewe
Partner
Sascha Schewiola
Partner
Christian Schild
Salaried Partner
Ullrich Schlichtherle
Salaried Partner
Peter Christian Schmidt
Partner
Andreas Schmitt
Salaried Partner
Charlotte Schmitt, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Michael Schmittmann
Partner
Fabian Schmitz
Salaried Partner
Markus Schmuelling
Partner
Johan Schneider
Partner
Kristina Schneider, LL.M.
Partner
Ruediger Schnug
Partner
Christoph Schork, LL.M.
Partner
Alexander Schott
Salaried Partner
Carsten Schrader
Partner
Birgit Schreier
Salaried Partner
Mathias Schroeder, LL.M.
Partner
Philipp Roman Schroeler
Salaried Partner
Thomas Schulz, LL.M.
Partner
Martin Schwandt
Salaried Partner
Leonie Schwarzmeier, LL.M
Salaried Partner
Mirko Sickinger, LL.M.
Partner
Reinhard Siegert
Partner
Thomas Lukas Sikorski
Salaried Partner
Dr. H. Erdem Sismangil, LL.M.
Partner
Michael Soergel, LL.M.
Partner
Tilman Spancken
Salaried Partner
Christian Spintig
Partner
Beatrice Stange, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Christian Staps
Salaried Partner
Susanne Stauder (nee Fischer)
Partner
Mike Steffen
Salaried Partner
Antonia Stein
Salaried Partner
Karl-Josef Stoehr
Partner
Maren Stoetter
Partner
Christian Strasser
Partner
Georg Streit
Partner
Wolfgang Stuerzer
Partner
Andre-M. Szesny, LL.M.
Partner
Emanuel Teichmann
Salaried Partner
Kirsten Thiergart
Salaried Partner
Marcus Georg Tischler
Partner
Gilbert Toepffer
Partner
Timo Daniel Trefzger
Salaried Partner
Oliver Treptow
Partner
Elke Umbeck
Partner
Leonard Urban
Partner
Andreas Urban
Partner
Kirstin van de Sande (nee Klein)
Partner
Rainer Velte
Partner
Peter Vocke
Partner
Oliver von Rosenberg, LL.M.
Partner
Tania von Schwanebach
Salaried Partner
Dominik von Wissel
Partner
Dr. Niclas von Woedtke
Partner
Volker Voth
Partner
Christoph Wagner
Partner
Andreas Walle
Partner
Thomas Wambach
Partner
Katharina Waszczynski
Salaried Partner
Ulrich Weidemann
Partner
Klaus Weinand-Haerer
Partner
Alexander Weiss
Equity Partner
Astrid Wellhoener, LL.M. Eur.
Partner
Laurence M. Westen
Partner
Stefan Westerheide, LL.M. oec.
Salaried Partner
Thorsten A. Wieland
Partner
Frederik Wiemer
Partner
Christopher Wiencke
Salaried Partner
Steffen Wilberg
Salaried Partner
Helge-Torsten Woehlert
Partner
Ralf J. Wojtek, LL.M.
Partner
Tobias Woltering
Partner
Hans Markus Wulf
Partner
Peter Zimmermann
Partner
Madeleine Zipperle
Salaried PartnerAssociates
Dora Asch
Associate
Rabia Ayhan
Associate
Geraldine Baars
Associate
Karolina Badura
Senior Associate
Sophia Bagh-Gantenbrink
Senior Associate
Marco Bahmann
Associate
Thomas F. Baldzuhn
Associate
Theresa Marie Bardenhewer
Associate
Carina Bart
Associate
Isabel Barth
Associate
Andrea Elisabeth Bauer
Associate
Ramona Bauer-Schoellkopf
Associate
Johannes Baumann
Senior Associate
Saskia Baumann
Senior Associate
Alexander Baumgarten
Associate
Joern Becker
Senior Associate
Christoph Behm
Associate
Leoni Bertram Plassmann
Associate
Janine Beyer
Senior Associate
Verena Birnkammer
Associate
Benjamin Birzele
Associate
Konstantin Boehm
Associate
Laura-Felicia Bokranz, LL.M. (University of Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Leonie Bringer
Associate
Felicie Brisson
Associate
Robert Clev
Senior Associate
Cecile Corbet, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Dr. Helen Dahlkamp-Storp
Associate
Meike Daniels
Senior Associate
Franziska Marisa Decker, LL.B (Business for Legal Professionals)
Senior Associate
Chiara Diekmann
Associate
Nikolai Diller
Associate
Marc Duemenil
Senior Associate
Beliardis Ehlert-Gasde
Senior Associate
Sebastian Eibich
Senior Associate
Christina Emde
Salaried Partner
Annika Färber
Associate
Simone Flocken
Senior Associate
Katharina Foede
Associate
Jonah Franzen
Associate
Carl-Christian Friedrich
Associate
Peter Fries
Associate
Caroline Frohnwieser
Senior Associate
Uemit-Erhan Genc
Associate
Christiane Viktoria Goeb-Krumme
Associate
Julian Groenick
Associate
Ida Maria Grote
Senior Associate
Nina Haller
Senior Associate
Sophie Catherine Hamann
Associate
Elena Harbauer
Associate
Marian Heidinger
Senior Associate
Hannah Hermann
Associate
Maike Katharina Hinz (nee Schoof)
Senior Associate
Johannes Michael Hohenberger
Associate
Samuel Huebenthal
Associate
Alexander Huebner
Associate
Lukas Huenemeyer
Associate
Annalena Huhnholz
Associate
Christian Jacoby
Associates
Sandra Janberg
Salaried Partner
Laura Jochem
Associate
Leonie Kaeufer
Associate
Oliver Kammerer
Associate
Niklas Kanschik
Senior Associate
Hannah Victoria Kapfenberger
Associate
Christoph Katerndahl
Senior Associate
Clara Marie Kattein
Associate
Alexander Kelleter
Associate
Julia Kimberly Schramm (geb. Wenzel)
Associate
Carolin Klein
Associate
Christopher Kleinert
Associate
Magdalena Koester
Senior Associate
Charlotte Korhammer
Associate
Julien Krause
Associate
Julian Krebbers
Associate
Svea Kunz
Associate
Lena Kurth
Associate
Nils Leonhard
Associate
Nadine Liebchen, LL.M. oec.
Senior Associate
Jia-Xi Liu
Associate
Markus Loebbert
Associate
Vicky Franziska Loerz
Associate
Leana Loewke
Associates
Raik Maubach
Associate
Aaron Mayer
Associate
Dr. Elisabeth Meister
Associate
Jan Mensching
Senior Associate
Dr. Lisa Moellenbeck
Senior Associate
Amir Ali Mohajerpour Iravani
Associate
Julia Moser
Associate
Noemie Nowack
Associate
Jakob Papendell
Associate
Laura Puetz
Associate
Sarah Radon, LL.M. (University of Pennsylvania)
Senior Associate
Christoph Raff
Associate
Eva Rauschenbach
Associate
Florian Ravier
Associates
Bastian Rieck
Senior Associate
Phil Rieger
Associates
Maren Rinkens
Senior Associate
Johannes LL.M. Rolfs
Senior Associate
Sarah Rose
Senior Associate
Julian Rosenfeld
Associates
Thalia Roth
Associate
Clara Rother
Associate
Dr. Alexander Rueter
Senior Associate
Laura Sauren
Associate
Christian Schafstaedt, Maitre en Droit
Senior Associate
Clara Schenk
Associate
Anna Schenke
Senior Associate
Dennis Schindler
Associate
Paul Schirmer
Associates
Alissa Schlattmann
Associate
Lucienne Schluermann
Associate
Franziska Schmeink
Associate
Dr. Philip Schmidtke-Moenkediek
Senior Associate
Sophia Schock
Senior Associate
Marilena Schoeck
Associate
Arno Schoenberger
Associate
Dr. Nadja Scholtyssek
Associate
Dr. Andreas Schramm
Senior Associate
Elisa Schuelert
Associate
Felix Schuette
Associate
Ilona Schuetz
Senior Associate
Patrick Schulz, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Jutta Schumann
Associate
Kim Anna Schwick
Associate
Dr. Ramona Segler
Senior Associate
Sebastian Martin Sievers
Senior Associate
Laura Soltysiak
Associate
Isabella Sommer-Zhang
Senior Associate
Miriam Steinhart
Associate
Dr. Lennart Stieger-Greger
Associate
Birthe Struck, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Christan Stuermer
Associate
Sebastian Suepple, LL.M.
Associate
Vivien Tewes
Senior Associate
Georg Thomas, LL.M.
Associate
Jonas Trompeter
Senior Associate
Jonas Tuerkis, LL.M. (University of Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Markus Vlasic
Senior Associate
Beatrice Voelkel
Associate
Dr. Hendrik Voelkerding
Senior Associate
Michele von Lewinski
Associate
Moritz von Voss
Senior Associate
Tatiana Vorotnitskaya
Senior Associate
Ann-Kathrin Weber
Associate
Anna Weichselgartner
Associate
Kevin Sebastian Wilms
Senior Associate
Dr. Annabel Laura Wolf
Associate
Lukas Johannes Zietlow, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Heide Zweigler
Senior AssociateOf Counsel
Dr. Tobias Block
Senior Counsel
Vinzenz Boedeker, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Kai Uwe Buechler
Senior Counsel
Julia Kathrin Degen, LL.M.
Counsel
Hans-Jochem Lueer, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Dr. Michael Matthiessen
Counsel
Martin Stroehmann, LL.M. (Chicago)
Senior Counsel
Andrea Trebeck (nee Kuettler)
Counsel
Oscar Weller
Counsel
Christoph F. Wetzler
Of CounselOther
Christina Barthel
Recruiter
Meike Dresler-Lenz
Counsel
Marcel Greubel
Senior Counsel
Arndt Kaubisch
Counsel
Holger Kremers
PR Manager
Dr. Andreas Meyer
Senior Counsel
Veronika Straub
Senior Counsel
Sebastian Muller-Pfannkuche
Director of Human Resources & Business DevelopmentArticles
No General Prohibition on Employer Contact During an Employee’s Annual Leave
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...
Press releases
HEUKING Strengthens Munich Corporate/M&A Practice with Marina Dolina as Counsel
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...
HEUKING advises the shareholders of OMIKRON Data Solutions on the sale to the DQE Group
A team led by Stuttgart-based HEUKING partners Dr. Peter Ladwig and Dr. Alexander Schott provided comprehensive advice to the shareholders of OMIKRON Data Solutions GmbH on the strategic integration into the DQE Group. Albert Pusch will remain on board as a shareholder and managing director. HEUKING's advisory services encompassed the structuring and negotiation of all transaction agreements as well as legal support throughout the sale process. Peter Ladwig and Alexander Schott had previously advised the shareholders of OMIKRON Data Quality GmbH ("FACT-Finder") in 2021 on the sale of all shares to the investment firm GENUI...


