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Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki

Work Department
Complex Disputes; Litigation; Arbitration
Position
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki advises and represents national and international clients in all matters of civil litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki specializes in complex national and transnational disputes, international civil procedure law and international enforcement. She has particular expertise in the resolution of German-Chinese disputes.
Another focus of Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki’s practice is the coordination of mass claims. She has many years of extensive experience in the development of customized legal-tech solutions.
Career
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki completed a double degree in Law and Regional Studies East Asia/China after spending her student years in Cologne and Beijing. She specialised in Chinese law and international business law. Katharina carried out her legal training in Bonn, Cologne and New York. She spent time working at the German Embassy, Manila, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, major international law firms, and the German-American Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining Luther, she worked inter alia as a lecturer at the Da-Yeh University in Taiwan and as Deputy Managing Director of the German-Chinese Business Association. She speaks German, English and Chinese and regularly publishes on international and Chinese law as well as mass litigation, legal tech and digitalization of civil procedure law. Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki joined Luther in 2014. Since 2017, she has been a member of the nationwide Complex Disputes Team.
Lawyer Rankings
Deutschland > Streitbeilegung > Arbitration (einschließlich internationaler Arbitration)
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH verfügt über besondere Expertise bei komplexen internationalen Schiedsverfahren, mit einem besonderen Fokus auf Energie- und Investitionsschiedsverfahren, die den Schwerpunkt von Richard Happ bilden. Die Praxis ist zudem vorrangig in großvolumigen bank- und kapitalmarktrechtlichen Streitigkeiten sowie Streitigkeiten aus Anlagenbau- und Infrastrukturprojekten präsent, und verfügt darüber hinaus über Erfahrung in grenzüberschreitenden Streitigkeiten im Handel und Medizinproduktebereich, insbesondere in Bezug auf China. Tim Rauschning konzentriert sich auf Streitigkeiten im Bereich Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht und ist ebenfalls im Energie- und Infrastruktursektor tätig, während Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki als zentrale Ansprechpartnerin bei Streitigkeiten im deutsch-chinesischen Kontext gilt. Die Praxisgruppe verstärkte sich im Oktober 2024 mit dem Zugang von Anika Wendelstein (Organhaftung, Produkthaftung und ESG-Litigation), zuvor bei CMS.
Germany > Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH has particular expertise in complex international arbitration proceedings, with a strong focus on energy and investment arbitration proceedings, which are Richard Happ‘s main areas of expertise. The practice also handles high-volume banking and capital markets disputes as well as disputes arising from plant construction and infrastructure projects, and also has experience in cross-border disputes in the trade and medical device sectors, particularly in relation to China. Tim Rauschning focuses on commercial and corporate disputes and also works in the energy and infrastructure sectors, while Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki is the key contact for disputes in a German-Chinese context. The practice was strengthened in October 2024 with the addition of Anika Wendelstein (director liability, product liability and ESG litigation), previously at CMS.
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Firm Rankings
- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Industry focus > Artificial Intelligence
- Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Information technology > Data protection
- Employment
- Industry focus > Energy
- Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
- Transport > Maritime and shipping
- Real estate and construction > Project development
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
- Antitrust
- Public sector > Commercial administrative law
- Banking and finance > Fintech
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Banking and finance > Investment funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability
- Public sector > State aid
- Industry focus > Telecoms
- Intellectual property > Unfair competition
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Private clients and non-profits
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Private equity > Venture capital
- Capital markets > Debt capital markets
- Media > Entertainment
- Restructuring and insolvency > Insolvency
- Tax