Philipp Heinrichs has been a lawyer with Oppenhoff since 2019 and partner since 2025. Prior to joining Oppenhoff, he worked as an lawyer at a Magic Circle law firm in Düsseldorf. He studied law at the University of Münster and University of Iceland. Philipp completed his legal training at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, at German law firm with an international focus and at Bayerische Motorenwerke Aktiengesellschaft, among others.

Experience
Philipp Heinrichs advises national and international companies, family-owned businesses, and financial investors on all matters of corporate law, stock corporation and group law, as well as on M&A transactions. In addition, he handles cross-border transformations as part of restructurings and complex corporate transactions. He is part of Oppenhoff’s Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group.
As a member of the firm’s Automotive Practice Group, he also advises international automobile manufacturers and other companies in the mobility sector.
In addition to his legal practice, Philipp is the author of commentary literature on transformation law and professional law topics. He is a member of the advistory board of the Corporate Lax Clinic Cologne.
Education
Dr. Philipp Heinrichs
PartnerRechtsanwaltSpecialized Attorney in Commercial and Corporate Law
Languages
German, English, Icelandic
Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 23
50668 Cologne
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Articles and Essays
Haftung des ausgeschiedenen Geschäftsführers für betrügerische Anlagesysteme (Liability of a former director for fraudulent investment schemes)
DER BETRIEB, dated 27 April 2026, No. 18, p. 1126 (in collaboration with Maike Mestmäcker)
Vertretung atypischer KGaA bei Rechtsgeschäften mit ihrer persönlich haftenden Gesellschafterin
DER BETRIEB v. 01.09.2025, Nr. 36, S. 2179-2246 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Nadine Müller)
Zur hinreichenden Konkretisierung des Unternehmensgegenstands einer GmbH [To sufficiently specify the corporate purpose of a GmbH]
DER BETRIEB v. 11.08.2025, Nr. 33, S. 2020-2023 (gemeinsam mit Moritz Bock)
Keine Umwandlung des Arbeitsverhältnisses eines Fremdgeschäftsführers in freies Dienstverhältnis durch Unternehmensumwandlung [No conversion of the employment relationship of an external managing director into a managing director’s service relationship through a corporate reorganisation]
DER BETRIEB dated 14 October 2024, Issue 42, pp. 2555-2556 (in collaboration with Moritz Coché)
Bleiben BGH-Anwälte unter sich? [Are FCJ lawyers still keeping to themselves?]
Legal Tribune Online dated 01 October 2024
Abschaffung Singularzulassung? Pro und Contra [Abolition of the single admission? Pros and contras]
AnwBl dated 12 August 2024, No. 3, p. 250
Zur Wahrung der Achtmonatsfrist für die Schlussbilanz gem. § 17 Abs. 2 Satz 4 UmwG [Compliance with the eight-month period for the closing balance sheet pursuant to Section 17 (2) sentence 4 of the German Transformation Act (UmwG)]
DER BETRIEB dated 29 July 2024, No. 31, pp. 1874-1875 (in collaboration with Moritz Bock)
Testamentsvollstreckung an einem Kommanditanteil bei bestehender Gesellschafterstellung des Erben [Execution of a limited partner's interest in a will in cases where the heir is already a partner]
DER BETRIEB dated 24 June 2024, No. 26, pp. 1602-1603 (in collaboration with Franziska Goetjes)
Befreiung vom Verbot des Insichgeschäfts bei Rechtsgeschäften zwischen einer GmbH & Co. KG und dem Geschäftsführer der Komplementär-GmbH [Exemption from the prohibition of self-dealing in legal transactions between a GmbH & Co. KG and the managing director of the general partgner GmbH]
DER BETRIEB dated 22 April 2024, No. 17, pp. 1058-1059 (in collaboration with Johanna Matheis)
Durchsetzung abgetretener Ansprüche auf Ersatz verbotener Zahlungen nach § 64 Satz 1 GmbHG a.F. in Prozessstandschaft durch eine GmbH i.L. [Enforcement of assigned claims to compensation of prohibited payments pursuant to Section 64 sentence 1 German Limited Liability Companies Act (old version) (GmbHG a.F.) in a representative action by a German limited liability company in liquidation (GmbH i.L.)]
DER BETRIEB dated 25 March 2024, No. 13, pp. 789-790 (in collaboration with Dr. Günter Seulen)
Wahl des Versammlungsortes einer GmbH-Gesellschafterversammlung bei zerstrittenen Gesellschaftern in Pandemiezeiten [Choice of meeting place for the shareholders‘ meeting of a GmbH in case of disputing shareholders times of a pandemic]
DER BETRIEB dated 21 August 2023, No. 34, pp. 1977-1978 (in collaboration with Dr. Matthias Klefisch)
Zur unverzüglichen Aufnahme in das Handelsregister gem. § 16 Abs. 1 Satz 2 GmbHG [Immediate inclusion in the Commercial Register pursuant to Sec. 16 (1) sentence 2 German Limited Liability Companies Act (GmbHG)]
DER BETRIEB dated 03 July 2023, No. 27-28, pp. 1591-1592 (in collaboration with Moritz Bock)
Zur Wahrung des sachenrechtlichen Bestimmtheitsgrundsatzes bei der Übereignung von Sachgesamtheiten [Compliance with the principle of specificity under property law when transferring aggregates of assets]
DER BETRIEB dated 30 May 2023, No. 22, pp. 1337-1338 (in collaboration with Florian Schröer)
Cyberangriffe bedrohen Existenz des Mittelstands [Cyber attacks threaten existence of medium-sized companies]
Börsen-Zeitung dated 28 March 2023, No. 61, p. B5
Die Bestellung eines Notgeschäftsführers wegen unbekannter Erbenstellung [The appointment of an emergency managing director due to unknown status of heir]
DER BETRIEB dated 05 December 2022, No. 49, pp. 2909-2910 (in collaboration with Dr. Matthias Klefisch)
COVID-19-Pandemie - Erleichterung für Umlaufbeschlüsse [COVID-19 pandemic – facilitation of circular resolutions]
DER BETRIEB dated 8 June 2020, no. 23, pp. 1225-1226 (in collaboration with Dr. Günter Seulen)
Zur Bestellung eines besonderen Vertreters nach § 46 Nr. 8 GmbHG [Appointing a special representative pursuant to Sec. 46 No. 8 German Limited Liability Companies Act]
DER BETRIEB dated 9 March 2022, no. 10, p. 591 (in collaboration with Dr. Günter Seulen)
Keine Zweifel an Vermögenslosigkeit einer GmbH i.L. bei Steuerfestsetzung unter Vorbehalt der Nachprüfung [No doubts as to the lack of assets of a German private limited company in liquidation (GmbH i.L.) in the case of a tax assessment subject to review]
DER BETRIEB dated 21 February 2022, No. 8, pp. 451-452 (in collaboration with Dr. Harald Gesell)
Zusammensetzung des Aufsichtsrats bei der SE: Zur Reichweite der Vermutungsregelung des § 17 Abs. 2 AktG [Composition of the supervisory board of an SE: the range of the assumption provision of Section 17 (2) German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)]
DER BETRIEB dated 25 May 2021, no. 21, p. 1122 (in collaboration with Dr. Günter Seulen)
Zum Auskunftsrecht des Aktionärs bei laufender Sonderprüfung [The shareholder’s right to information during an ongoing special audit]
DER BETRIEB dated 14 September 2020, no. 37, p. 1951 (in collaboration with Dr. Günter Seulen)
Zu den Voraussetzungen der Fortsetzung einer aufgelösten GmbH [The requirements for continuing a dissolved GmbH]
DER BETRIEB dated 03 August 2020, no. 31, pp. 1611-1612 (in collaboration with Dr. Nefail Berjasevic)
Ausschluss vom Geschäftsführeramt auch für Teilnehmer einer Katalogstraftat [Exclusion from the office of managing director also for perpetrators of catalogued crimes]
DER BETRIEB dated 9 March 2020, No. 10, p. 494 (in collaboration with Dr. Günter Seulen)
Books and Legal Commentaries
Semler/Stengel/Leonard, Kommentar zum Umwandlungsgesetz [Commentary on the German Transformation Act]
6th Edition 2025, commentary on §§ 39 – 39f UmwG
Henssler/Prütting, Kommentar zur Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung [Henssler/Prütting, Commentary on the Federal Lawyers' Act]
6. Edition 2024, commentary on §§ 162 – 174 BRAO
Die GmbH – Digital von der Geburt bis zum Tod? [The German limited liability company – digital from start to finish?]
Mehr Fortschritt wagen, Tagungsband Liberale Rechtstagung 2022 [conference transcript], pp. 387–409 (in collaboration with Christian Kley)
Römermann, Beck’scher Online-Kommentar zur Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung [Römermann, Beck'scher Online Commentary on the Federal Lawyers' Act]
starting with 16. Edition, commentary on §§ 118c-g
Freiheit der Advokatur – Singularzulassung beim Bundesgerichtshof im Wandel der Zeit [Freedom of the legal profession - singular admission to the German Federal Court of Justice over the course of time]
Simultaneously thesis University of Münster 2021; Rezensionen [reviews]: Römermann, Neue Justiz 2022, p. 144; Baumert, Zeitschrift für Zivilprozess 2022, pp. 527 – 530; M. Hartung, Berliner Anwaltsblatt 2022, p. 385; ; M. Kleine-Cosack, JurBüro 2022, p. 5; Kilian, AnwBl. 2022, p. 360; Becker, RabelsZ 2025, pp. 394 – 405.
„Achtung Cyber-Attacke: Was Sie für den Ernstfall wissen sollten.“ [Beware of cyber attacks: what you need to know if they strike], Mittelstands- und Wirtschaftsunion, webinar (25 May 2022)
"What do I, as a manager, have to take into consideration in the corona crisis?", Ems-Achse e.V., Webinar, 7 April 2020
BREXIT: Besteht aktueller Handlungsbedarf für Unternehmen? [BREXIT: Is there any current need for companies to act?] Düsseldorf Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Düsseldorf, 19 September 2017
Aerospace and DefenceMergers & Acquisitions / Public Law / Regulatory / Real Estate Law / Employment Law / Antitrust Law and Merger Control / Intellectual Property Law / IT Law and Data Protection / Tax Law / Banking and Capital Markets Law, Financing09.04.2026 News
Oppenhoff advised Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG on the acquisition of Air Alliance GmbH
Oppenhoff provided comprehensive legal advice to Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG on the acquisition of Air Alliance GmbH.
Mergers & Acquisitions / Real Estate Law / Employment Law / Antitrust Law and Merger Control / Intellectual Property Law / Tax Law / Banking and Capital Markets Law, Financing / IT Law and Data Protection03.03.2026 News
BMV Group: Oppenhoff advises on the acquisition of the Flosbach Group
Oppenhoff provided comprehensive legal advice to the BMV Group on the acquisition of the Flosbach Group as part of an asset deal.
Energy and Infrastructure, SustainabilityMergers & Acquisitions / Corporate Law / Real Estate Law / Employment Law / Antitrust Law and Merger Control / Intellectual Property Law / Tax Law / Public Law / Regulatory16.10.2025 News
Green Deal: Oppenhoff advises on the sale of Re.Lion.Bat. Circular GmbH to environmental services provider PreZero
Oppenhoff advised the shareholders of Re.Lion.Bat. Circular GmbH on its sale to PreZero. The legal and economic transfer to PreZero took place in October.