Henseler & Partner

What Henseler & Partner does

Henseler & Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB is a Düsseldorf-based German law firm founded in 1975, specializing in German and international business law. The firm originated by providing legal advice on all aspects of steel production, sale, and processing, and has accumulated nearly 50 years of experience in that vertical including expertise in European antidumping law and duty remission/reimbursement matters. Over time the practice has expanded to advise clients across multiple industries and practice areas, including antitrust and competition, compliance, contract and commercial law, corporate restructuring, customs/antidumping and foreign trade, digital compliance (GDPR, Cyber Resilience Act, AI Act, NIS2, Digital Services Act), employment law, general terms and conditions, German-Brazilian cross-border business, litigation and dispute resolution, product liability, product safety, real estate, and tax/inheritance/succession planning.

The firm operates as a professional services partnership (mbB – Partnerschaft mit beschränkter Berufshaftung) with eight partners, three associates, four legal assistants, two administrative staff, and one shared attorney under an office-sharing arrangement — approximately 18 staff in total. Revenue is generated through hourly or project-based professional fees for legal advisory services billed to corporate clients; no pricing is publicly disclosed. International reach is delivered not through owned offices abroad but through long-standing cooperation agreements with the EUROJURIS and IAPL networks, supplemented by Portuguese-speaking experts for German-Brazilian transactions. The firm maintains a multilingual website (German, English, French) and conducts GDPR-compliant data processing.

The business model is a sales-led, referral-driven professional services model. Marketing is conducted primarily through professional reputation, the firm's website, and international network referrals rather than through advertising. Customers are corporate clients rather than consumers, with a primary vertical emphasis on steel and metals companies and additional segments including Brazilian companies entering the German market and general international business entities. The firm holds no patents, trademarks, technology products, or AI/ML assets — its intellectual property is human expertise, case history, and institutional relationships.

Name

Henseler & Partner

Legal name

Henseler & Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB

Website

https://hp-legal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Düsseldorf-based German law firm founded in 1975 advising corporate clients on German and international business law, with roots in steel-industry legal work and expertise in customs/antidumping, digital compliance, and German-Brazilian cross-border transactions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency Law (BPAHAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships Advisory (JVs, Alliances, Carve-outs) (BPAHAOAG)

Keywords

• Business law services
• Commercial legal advisory
• Corporate legal counsel
• International trade law
• Compliance consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Düsseldorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Professional legal services billed to corporate clients requiring German and international business law counsel. Services span multiple practice areas including corporate law, compliance, antitrust, customs/antidumping, litigation, product liability, employment law, and tax/succession planning.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Henseler & Partner is a German law firm operating as a Partnerschaft mit beschränkter Berufshaftung (mbB) that provides advisory and representation services in German and international business law. The firm delivers legal counsel across multiple practice areas including corporate, compliance, contract, antitrust, employment, product liability, real estate, and customs/foreign trade law, with particular specialization in the steel and metals industry and German-Brazilian business.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Antitrust, Competition & Intellectual Property
• Compliance
• Contract & Commercial
• Corporate & Restructuring
• Customs / Antidumping & Foreign Trade
• Digital Compliance
• Employment
• General Terms and Conditions of Business
• German-Brazilian Business
• Litigation & Dispute Resolution
• Product Liability
• Product Safety Legal counsel on product safety regulations and compliance for manufacturers and importers.
• Real Estate
• Tax – Inheritance & Succession Planning

Quantifiable outcome

• Regularly succeeded in obtaining remission or reimbursement of antidumping duties

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EUROJURIScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing cooperation with experienced foreign attorneys from the EUROJURIS network for effective representation in proceedings before courts outside Germany. This partnership enables the firm to provide comprehensive international dispute resolution services to clients.
• IAPL (International Association of Probate Lawyers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing cooperation with experienced attorneys from the IAPL network for proceedings before foreign courts. Supports the firm's cross-border inheritance and succession planning services for international clients.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft: German full-service business law firm advising corporates on corporate, M&A, compliance, employment and international matters. Directly comparable as a German-rooted firm serving mid-market and large corporates across similar practice areas, with overlapping coverage of antitrust, contracts, and restructuring.
• Taylor Wessing: International law firm with German heritage, advising on corporate, M&A, IP, regulatory and cross-border transactions. Comparable in being German-anchored, serving international business-law mandates, and combining domestic depth with international reach through member firms.
• Noerr: German-headquartered full-service business law firm with comparable mid-market focus on corporate, M&A, compliance and international transactions. Closely comparable in scope, geographic anchor (Germany), and ability to serve Mittelstand corporates across business-law practice areas.

Emerging players

• Sidley Austin: Global law firm with a recognized international trade and antitrust practice, including EU antidumping and customs work. Comparable in the specific niche of trade-remedy and customs/antidumping advisory that anchors Henseler's distinctive steel-industry franchise, though operating at much larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• DLA Piper: Global law firm with a large German operation covering corporate, M&A, compliance, IP and international trade. Comparable in offering broad international business-law services to German corporates, with materially greater geographic and resource scale.
• Linklaters: Global law firm with a major Düsseldorf and Frankfurt presence covering corporate, M&A, antitrust, finance and international trade matters. Competes for the same cross-border corporate mandates Henseler targets, especially where international network reach is decisive.
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Global elite law firm with one of the largest German practices, advising on corporate, M&A, antitrust, IP, compliance and disputes. Comparable in covering essentially the same business-law practice areas as Henseler, but at international scale with significantly deeper resources.
• Hengeler Mueller: Premier German full-service business law firm covering corporate, M&A, antitrust, litigation and compliance for large German and international corporates. Overlaps Henseler's practice areas but operates at materially larger scale, serving as the benchmark competitor for premium German business-law mandates.
• Clifford Chance: Global law firm with a substantial German practice advising on corporate, M&A, antitrust, regulatory and dispute resolution. Overlaps Henseler's full-service business-law capabilities but serves a much larger international clientele with deeper multi-office coverage.
• Osborne Clarke: International law firm with a German office advising on corporate, M&A, technology, compliance and international business matters. Comparable in serving mid-market international corporates across similar business-law practice areas, with a tech-forward positioning relevant to Henseler's digital-compliance practice.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/henseler-partner

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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