HEUKING appoints new Partners and Counsel for 2026
Effective January 1, 2026, HEUKING will admit six lawyers from its own ranks to Equity Partnership. In addition, the firm will appoint two Senior Counsel, four Salaried Partners and four Counsel.
“We are very pleased that 16 colleagues are once again taking an important career step with us. The number of appointments, their distribution across different practice areas and offices, and the diversity of the group illustrate the enormous potential of our younger colleagues. We are proud to have so many highly qualified lawyers on our team,” said Boris Dürr, Managing Partner at HEUKING.
The increased number of Counsel and Senior Counsel appointments this year also shows that our expanded career model is working in practice and is very well received.
The following lawyers have been admitted as Equity Partners (in alphabetical order):
Dr. Florian Arnold (Munich) advises on real estate and construction law with a particular
focus on infrastructure projects. He represents national and international companies as well as public authorities, in particular in complex construction and infrastructure projects, and enforces their interests in court. He also advises on alternative construction contract models such as integrated project management (IPA). Florian Arnold has been with HEUKING in Munich since 2013.
Julia Cramer (Hamburg) works in the areas of investment funds, regulatory law, and related corporate law. She advises in particular on structuring investments in alternative assets (such as real estate, renewable energy plants, and private equity), on licensing requirements, and on the implementation of new regulations. Her clients include capital management firms, issuing houses, investment funds, asset managers, and project developers. Julia Cramer has been with HEUKING in Hamburg since 2012.
Dr. Marvin Lederer (Düsseldorf) advises on construction and real estate law. His practice focuses on judicial and extrajudicial advice on all aspects of private construction and architectural law. He has been with HEUKING in Düsseldorf since 2019 and advises on the drafting and negotiation of architectural and specialist planning agreements as well as on construction contract law, property development law, and condominium law. He also regularly represents clients in complex litigation.
Benedikt Raisch (Stuttgart) advises companies and private equity clients in corporate and M&A. He comprehensively advises on transactions for both sellers and buyers, including full acquisitions, carve-out transactions, acquisitions with rollovers, and the establishment of investment structures. In addition, he advises various portfolio companies of PE clients as well as group companies and group structures of strategic clients. Further focal points of his work include SE formations, management and employee participation programs, virtual participation schemes and alternatives, and interim financing such as convertible loans. He has been with HEUKING in Stuttgart since 2015.
Dr. Thomas Schulz, LL.M. (Nottingham Trent University) (Hamburg) is a specialist lawyer for employment law. His practice focuses on individual and collective labor law as well as sports law. He advises companies and associations on all labor law issues, in particular on restructuring, individual personnel measures, and compliance matters. Using his specialization in sports law, he also assists teams and professional athletes in employment and contract law issues. Thomas Schulz has been with HEUKING in Hamburg since 2013.
Leonard Urban (Düsseldorf) practices corporate law and private client law. He specializes in advising and representing family businesses and high-net-worth individuals, particularly in disputes within family-owned companies. Another focus of his practice is foundation law. He advises on the establishment of foundations and regularly represents family foundations, their governing bodies, and beneficiaries in court and arbitration proceedings. Urban has been with HEUKING in Düsseldorf since 2018.
Furthermore, the following individuals will be appointed as Senior Counsel as of January 1, 2026:
Dr. Kai Uwe Büchler (Munich) specializes in restructuring and insolvency law with interfaces to other areas of law such as criminal law, corporate law, and medical law. He has been a member of the Restructuring Practice Group since joining in July 2013. Büchler handles non-insolvency restructurings, carve-outs, StaRUG proceedings, ongoing insolvency proceedings, and, in particular, the purchase and sale of companies shortly before or after insolvency. In addition to his work as a lawyer, he is a lecturer at the University of Mannheim in the corporate law program.
Dr. Martin Ströhmann, LL.M. (Chicago), (Munich), focuses his practice on compliance and internal investigations, both in the development of compliance management systems tailored to clients, their corporate culture, and specific needs, and in the organization and implementation of often highly complex internal investigations in Germany and abroad. He also advises on the interface between compliance and insolvency law as well as on general corporate law issues. Dr. Ströhmann has been with HEUKING since 2019.
The following colleagues will be appointed as Salaried partners or Counsel as of January 1, 2026 (in alphabetical order):
Salaried Partners
Christina Emde, (Düsseldorf) | Public Sector and Procurement | Transport, Traffic & Infrastructure – Her professional focus is on procurement law. She has a particular focus on research and development and digitalization projects. She also has extensive experience in European, administrative, budgetary and contract law.
Dr. Julia Kristina Fiedler, LL.B., (Hamburg) | Employment – Prior to joining HEUKING, Dr. Fiedler worked for several years as in-house counsel for an international corporation, where she was responsible for all matters of employment law relating to the German group companies. She has extensive experience in negotiations with works councils at all levels as well as in supporting restructuring and M&A projects. She regularly advises management on strategic employment law issues and assists in developing and implementing employment law standards.
Bettina Neheider, (Munich) | Public Sector and Procurement | Real Estate & Construction | Health Care & Life Sciences – She advises on public law, with a particular focus on public construction law and subsidy and tax law. In addition to private companies, project developers, investors, institutional real estate owners, and wealthy private individuals, she also represents numerous public authorities.
Dr. Emanuel Teichmann, (Stuttgart) | Corporate Law/M&A | Private Equity/Venture Capital – A key focus of his advisory practice is M&A transactions, particularly in the mid-cap segment and at the interface with private equity. Other areas of focus include general corporate law and advising in the start-up and venture capital environment.
Counsel
Julia Kathrin Degen, LL.M., (Cologne) | Insurance law | Litigation & Arbitration – She provides forensic and advisory services in insurance and liability law, particularly in the areas of property insurance and financial loss liability insurance (coverage disputes and defense against claims), as well as in insurance distribution law.
Dorothee Kirsten Linnartz, LL.M., (Düsseldorf) | Real Estate & Construction – She provides comprehensive advice on all aspects of real estate law. Her practice focuses on advising on real estate transactions, commercial tenancy law, and legal asset management.
Dr. Andrea Trebeck, (Cologne) | Insurance | Litigation & Arbitration – She handles a wide range of insurance law mandates, in particular in the field of technical insurance. She also advises and represents clients in liability proceedings and has recently focused on claims relating to wind farms.
Oscar Weller, LL.M., (Frankfurt) | Litigation & Arbitration | Real Estate & Construction – His practice focuses on advising and representing clients in disputes, both out of court as well as before state courts and arbitration tribunals. In addition to his dispute resolution work, Oscar Weller also advises in the field of real estate.
