Philipp Scheibenpflug
Counsel, Rechtsanwalt
Frankfurt
- Overview
- Experience
Introduction
Philipp is a cross-border disputes counsel focused on disputes in the financial sector, mass litigation, post-M&A disputes, and securities and corporate litigation in courts and arbitral tribunals.
Dr Philipp Scheibenpflug is a counsel in our litigation, investigations & advisory practice in Frankfurt.
Philipp advises and represents clients in domestic and cross-border disputes before state courts as well as in domestic and international arbitration proceedings. His practice focuses on disputes in the financial sector mass litigation, post-M&A disputes, and securities and corporate litigation.
He studied law at the Universities of Passau and Frankfurt am Main, where he obtained his doctorate (Dr. iur.) and at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned an LL.M. He was admitted to the German bar in November 2016 and to the New York Bar in June 2017.
Philipp began his professional career in October 2016 in the dispute resolution department of a major German law firm, where he worked for nearly eight years and was promoted to counsel in 2024. In 2022, he was seconded for six months to the renowned US firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City, where he primarily worked on the defense of a U.S. securities class action.
He joined Ashurst Perkins Coie in February 2026.
Areas of focus
- Investment management company | Dr. Nicolas Nohlen | 2026 – ongoing | Defense of an investment management company in several lawsuits in the field of investment fund law (KAGB) (amount in dispute several hundreds of millions).
- Financial Investment Intermediary | Dr. Nicolas Nohlen | 2026 – ongoing | Defense of a financial investment intermediary against allegations of wrongful advice and against damages claims on the basis of a lack of a necessary permit to broker financial instruments (amount in dispute several millions).
- Major German Company | Dr. Nicolas Nohlen | 2026 – ongoing | Post M&A dispute – representing the buyer with regard to damages due to incorrect and misleading information (amount in dispute over one hundred million).