Litigation is a core pillar of Gleiss Lutz, where a team of experienced practitioners in contentious matters collaborate closely with the firm’s departments across a range of areas. From insolvency and finance-related matters to compliance and competition work, the team has continued to be present in some of the market’s foremost cases. Andrea Leufgen heads the dispute resolution group and is an accomplished partner in cross-border matters. Her team includes Stefan Rützel, whose corporate and commercial disputes offering is stellar; and David Quinke, whose broad practice has recently incorporated major energy sector disputes. Commercial law and disputes expert Eric Wagner is another key senior figure, while Lukas Schultze-Moderow and Florian Wagner are additional names to note.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Clear commercial judgement, sharp legal analytics, precise communication.’
- ‘We recommend Stefan Rützel.’
- ‘A top class law firm, highly professional in everything it does.’
- 'Andrea Leufgen is at the top of her game - an excellent technician, commercial and user friendly. I could not recommend her enough.'
- 'Great litigation team with outstanding expertise.'
- 'Good responsiveness and they communicate in a language that management understands.'
- 'Andrea Leufgen has a lot of experience and is an excellent lawyer. Florian Wagner is one of the most brilliant lawyers we had the pleasure to work with over the past years. He has an absolutely amazing knowledge of the law, is super responsive and very tactical in his approach.'
- 'This is a strong team with excellent legal analytical skills. In our dealings, they have also been very commercial.'
- 'The law firm's support team is extremely well coordinated and is characterized by outstanding technical expertise, flexibility, and customer orientation. I am delighted with the law firm's consistent, exceptionally good legal advice over many years.'
- 'Very responsive, go getters, great thought leadership and pioneers in their practice.'
Key clients
- Bondholders of Adler Group
- Abellio Rail GmbH
- GANÉ AG
- Infineon Technologies AG
- Mercedes Benz AG
- Daimler Truck AG
- Deutsche Bahn AG
- Wirecard insolvency administrator
- Deutsche Bank AG
- Hypo Real Estate Holding GmbH
- Deutsche Telekom AG
- DHL Group
- Federal Ministry of Health/Paul Ehrlich-Institut/Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
Work highlights
Advised the Federal Republic of Germany in the defence against recourse claims by COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, in particular BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Janssen and Moderna, regarding their agreed indemnification under EU treaties.
Advised Mercedes-Benz AG on the defence in the mass litigation regarding the diesel issue with regard to thousands of individual and collective actions and several hundred proceedings at the Federal Court of Justice.
Advised Infineon Technologies AG in the litigation and on the settlement with the insolvency administrator of Qimonda AG, which marks the end of a legal dispute about a €3.4bn claim pending since 2010.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Andrea Leufgen
Other key lawyers
Stefan Rützel; David Quinke; Eric Wagner; Lukas Schultze-Moderow; Florian Wagner