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Dr. Katharina Köbler, LL.M.

+49 (0)711 60187-164
koebler@oppenlaender.de

„Legal 500 Germany 2022 recommends Dr. Katharina Köbler in the field of healthcare and quotes: “Katharina Köbler (…) has an excellent track record in the industry and has continuously provided us with outstanding advice. She is characterized by a high level of industry-specific technical expertise, high efficiency and very pleasant and fast communication.“

Legal 500 Germany 2022 in health law

Katharina Köbler studied law at the Universities of Mannheim and Krakau. She received her doctorate with a thesis on “Legal frameworks of application monitoring” (published under her former name Niedziolka) at the Institute for German, European and International Medicine Law, Health Law and Bioethics (IMGB) under Prof. Dr. Taupitz. In the course of her work as academic assistant at the IMGB, she worked inter alia for the Ethics Committee Heidelberg. Katharina Köbler is a lawyer at OPPENLÄNDER Rechtsanwälte since 2012.

Languages: English, Polish

Expertise

Katharina Köbler advises mainly in health law, including drugs law, medical products law and compliance in the health system. Her clients include pharmaceutical companies, medical products companies but also pharmacists and doctors. Her advice is focussed and practical. Katharina Köbler gained practical experience and expertise in the course of a secondment to an international pharmaceutical company. Katharina Köbler is the author of many specialist publications and regularly lectures in her specialist areas. She is, inter alia, co-author of the commentaries Zuck/Dettling, Drugs Law, and Dettling/Gerlach, Hospital Law, and Gassner, Medical Device Law.

Expertise areas

Others about Dr. Katharina Köbler

Client about Dr Katharina Köbler: “Katharina Köbler is always easy to reach and has always got back to me with her answers within the promised times. The advice was always very good, Katharina Köbler is very competent and friendly.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

Client: “Katharina Köbler has outstanding expertise. She responds very quickly to enquiries and provides very practical and clearly understandable solutions that are perfectly adapted to the circumstances of the case.”

Legal 500 Germany 2025

Client about Dr Katharina Köbler: “Very fast response times, practical solutions, extremely clear even on complex topics, extremely understandable communication of the topics, excellent at focusing and limiting herself to what is necessary.”

Legal 500 Germany 2024

JUVE Handbuch 2023/2024 ranks Dr. Katharina Köbler among the frequently recommended lawyers in healthcare law and quotes a client: “very fast, solution- and practice-oriented”

JUVE-Handbuch 2023/2024

“Dr. Katharina Köbler: pragmatic, determined, solution-oriented, reliable, fast.”

Legal 500 Deutschland 2023

Legal 500 Germany 2022 recommends Dr. Katharina Köbler in the field of healthcare and quotes: “Katharina Köbler (…) has an excellent track record in the industry and has continuously provided us with outstanding advice. She is characterized by a high level of industry-specific technical expertise, high efficiency and very pleasant and fast communication.”

Legal 500 Germany 2022

JUVE Handbook 2021/2022 lists Dr. Katharina Köbler among the frequently recommended lawyers in the healthcare sector and quotes a client: “competent & clear, thorough, solid work”.

JUVE-Handbuch 2021/2022

Dr. Katharina Köbler is recommended by The Legal 500 Germany 2021 in the field of health.

Legal 500 Germany 2021

News

14. February 2025

OPPENLÄNDER was again honoured by Legal 500

In the recently published ranking of Legal 500 Germany 2025, we are again TOP LAW FIRM in City Focus Stuttgart and ranked as TOP TIER LAW FIRM in two practice areas.

28. October 2024

OPPENLÄNDER again honoured as JUVE TOP 50 commercial law firm

JUVE Verlag has recognised OPPENLÄNDER as a Top 50 Commercial Law Firm 2024.

14. February 2024

Legal 500 Germany 2024: OPPENLÄNDER is listed as TOP TIER LAW FIRM

We are delighted that OPPENLÄNDER has once again been recognised by The Legal 500 Germany 2024 and ranked as a TOP TIER LAW FIRM in two practice areas.

19. January 2023

OPPENLÄNDER strengthens health law with new lawyer

Since the beginning of the year, lawyer Pia Koller has strengthened OPPENLÄNDER's health law team, which is led by the three partners Dr. Katharina Köbler, Dr. Timo Kieser and Dr. Christina Koppe-Zagouras.

08. March 2021

International Women’s Day with four partners

We are proud of our four female partners who have made OPPENLÄNDER their firm.

Vita

Admitted as lawyer since

2012
Doctorate

2011
Master of Laws (Krakau)

2010
Academic assistant at the Institute for German, European and International Medicine Law, Health Law and Bioethics (IMGB) of the Universities Heidelberg and Mannheim (Prof. Dr. Jochen Taupitz)

2006 - 2009
Studies in Mannheim and Krakau

2001 - 2006