DR. ANKE EMPTING
Lawyer
Partner
+49 211 955 869 71
+49 151 727 333 02
anke.empting@orthpartners.com
.vita
2004-2008
Heinemann & Partner
2008-2011
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
2011-2013
PwC Legal AG
2013-2016
KPMG Law
2016-03/2025
Pinsent Masons
.focal points
➔ EU State Aid Law
➔ Public Procurement Law
➔ Major Public Sector Projects
➔ Reorganizations
➔ Higher Education Regulation
➔ Public Law
➔ Research
➔ Academia and Business
➔ Legaltech and Legal Design
.awards
➔ Legal 500, listed in the State Aid and Public Procurement Law category
➔ “Frequently recommended lawyer in EU State Aid Law” in the Juve Handbook of Corporate Law Firms 2024/2025 and
➔ Top 50 lawyer in Germany for EU State Aid Law, nominated by JUVE 2024
➔ Recommended as one of the “Best Lawyers” in the field of EU State Aid Law by Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers 2024
➔“Germany’s Best Lawyers 2025” byHandelsblatt andBest Lawyers
➔Top Lawyer 2026by the F.A.Z. Institute
.about
Dr. Anke Empting specializes in public commercial law and has more than 20 years of experience in advising the public sector.
Her focus is on advising on large-volume, state-funded projects relating to research, development and innovation. In addition to the public sector, Dr. Empting's clients include national and international innovative companies, universities and research institutions.
She is married with a teenage son and gives workshops and lectures on EU state aid law whenever time permits.
PUBLICATIONS
The Transferability of Shareholdings and Its Restrictions, Governance in Family Businesses, May, Bartels (eds.) 2017, 187 (co-authored with Dr. Karin Ebel)
The Shareholders’ Meeting, Governance in Family Businesses, May, Bartels (eds.) 2017, 269 (with Dr. Arno Lehmann-Tolkmitt)
The Supervisory Board’s Right to Information vis-à-vis the Management Board – Scope and Limits, NZG 2010, 1255
Strengthening the Position of the GmbH Shareholder, Business & Law, Rhineland Edition 2007, p. 32 (with Oliver Köster)
The Dark Side of Transparency, Initiativbanking 2007, Issue 1, p. 18
Shareholder Resolution: Challenging the Failure to Appoint a New Managing Director Where Two Family Factions Have the Right of Presentation(OLG Saarbrücken, Nov. 24, 2004 – 1 U 202/04-35)
The GmbHR Commentary,GmbHR 2005, 549
Pre-GmbH: Non-application of the principles of a defective company in the case of an invalid share transfer(BGH, Dec. 13, 2004 – II ZR 409/02) – The GmbHR Commentary, GmbHR 2005, 355
Capital Contribution: Eligibility of mandatory rights of use as contributions in kind where the term is fixed or a specific minimum duration is defined(BGH, June 14, 2004 – II ZR 121/02) The GmbHR Commentary, GmbHR 2004, 1222
Managing Director: Validity of an appointment subject to a resolutive condition(OLG Stuttgart, Feb. 11, 2004 – 14 U 58/03)
The GmbHR Commentary, GmbHR 2004, 421
Group-wide stock option plans and transfer of business, NJW 2004, 125 (together with Dr. Sandra Urban-Crell)
Liability of the Managing Director: No Liability for Failure to Pay Employee Social Security Contributions When Due Following Effective Resignation(BGH, Feb. 17, 2003 – II ZR 340/01) – The GmbHR Commentary, GmbHR 2003, 545
Note on BGH: Direct external liability of the shareholders of a pre-GmbH in the event of continued business operations despite abandonment of the intention to register(BGH, Nov. 4, 2002 – II ZR 204/00), BGH Report 2003, 176
Capital Contribution: Payment of a cash contribution from a capital increase into a debit account(BGH, March 18, 2002 – II ZR 11/01) – The GmbHR Commentary, GmbHR 2002, 548 (together with Dr. Ulrich G.H. Brauer)
The Post-Contractual Non-Competition Clause for GmbH Managing Directors, GmbHR 2001, 89
