Dr Lars-Gerrit Luessmann

Dr Lars-Gerrit Luessmann heads the German practice of Gowling WLG.

He has more than 20 years of experience in advising German and international investors, companies and financial institutions on all aspects of corporate and capital markets law. He specialises in M&A and capital markets transactions, in particular public takeovers. He also specialises in providing legal and strategic advice to management boards and supervisory boards of listed companies, e.g. in dealing with activist shareholders or defending against hostile takeovers.

Lars-Gerrit Luessmann began his legal career in 2002 at Linklaters, where he worked for almost nine years in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf. In 2004/2005, he worked for J.P. Morgan AG in Frankfurt as part of a secondment. Since 2011, he has been a partner at Taylor Wessing, where he headed the Corporate / Capital Markets group in Germany. In May 2023, he opened the Frankfurt office of Gowling WLG together with other partners.

Lars-Gerrit Luessmann has been listed for many years by legal directories such as JUVE and Legal500 Germany as a ‘frequently recommended lawyer for corporate law and/or M&A’. Clients praise him - among other things - for his resilience and flexibility in dealing with complex matters.

Recognition

'Thinks extremely flexibly', client,
JUVE 2021/2022

‘... fast, competent and masters complexity’
The Legal500 Germany 2019

‘...and the ‘outstanding’ Lars-Gerrit Luessmann are recommended’
The Legal500 Germany 2019