Anne Löhner guides market-leading companies and private equity funds through all aspects of bet-the-company litigation. She counsels clients on:

  • Complex commercial disputes and mass actions
  • Post-M&A and shareholder litigation
  • Controversies involving cross-border components or multi-jurisdictional parallel proceedings

Anne regularly advocates for her clients in arbitration under DIS and ICC rules, as well as before trial and appellate courts across Germany. As a trained and experienced mediator, she is also well-versed in amicable dispute resolution.

A recognized leader at the firm, she is a member of Latham’s global Ethics Committee and currently serves as the Munich Office Liaison Partner.

Anne maintains an active pro bono practice, representing nonprofits in disputes and contract negotiations related to charitable projects around the globe.

She previously worked in the firm’s New York office and is dual-qualified in Germany and New York.

Anne’s experience includes advising/representing:

  • Lindsay Goldberg in a complex multi-jurisdictional post-M&A dispute, resulting in a landmark DIS arbitration victory with dismissal of the opponent’s €500 million claim and a record €37 million cost recovery
  • SAP in the successful defense against a breach of contract lawsuit against an Indian / Dubai-based software developer involving complex contractual and licensing law matters
  • Suno in groundbreaking copyright litigation against GEMA concerning the training and use of Suno’s generative AI-based music platform
  • Daimler AG and former board members in a securities class action in a US federal court in connection with the diesel emissions controversy, including with respect to cross-border discovery
  • Daimler AG and Toll Collect GmbH in favorably settling ad hoc arbitration proceedings against the Federal Republic of Germany, with more than €10 billion in dispute in connection with the introduction of the route-based truck toll in Germany
  • A leading car manufacturer against customer claims in connection with the diesel emissions controversy in German trial and appellate courts
  • A client in the entertainment industry against customer claims pending in German courts arising out of a data breach, including coordination of the defense and litigation strategy
  • A German company in the successful defense of a post-M&A earn-out claim under NAI rules
  • Austrian shareholders of a leading media group in a shareholder dispute and successful dismissal of antisuit proceedings in German courts directed against an arbitration under the rules of the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution (SCAI)
  • A German private equity fund in ICC arbitration regarding compliance violations at a European target company
  • A German automotive supplier with respect to discovery in a US bankruptcy proceeding against the US parent company

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwältin (Germany)
  • New York

Education

  • Dr. iur., Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
  • LLM, Columbia Law School
  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Munich
  • First German State Exam, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg

Languages Spoken

  • German
  • English
  • French