15 Jan 2026
Luther appoints Dr Alexander Ehrle as Partner for International and Foreign Trade Law
"Luther recruits Dr Alexander Ehrle as partner in its international and foreign trade team to work on export control, sanctions, investment screening (FDI & FSR) and supply chain sustainability."
Ehrle (39) brings extensive experience in foreign trade law compliance, with a particular focus on export control and sanctions law, investment screening (Foreign Direct Investment and the Foreign Subsidies Regulation) and sustainability-related supply chain compliance. He advises companies worldwide, has overseen numerous investigations, court proceedings and internal inquiries under EU export control rules and international sanctions regimes relating to Russia and Iran, and represents clients in foreign trade application procedures before the European Commission and German authorities.
At Baker McKenzie, where he most recently worked in Berlin and Brussels in the Foreign Trade Law and Sustainability Law Practice Group, Ehrle managed major investment screening clearance procedures, including matters such as the proposed acquisition of CECONOMY AG by JD.com, the planned purchase of critical infrastructure from the TanQuid Group by a US investor, the investment screening aspects of the acquisition of Merck’s Surface Solutions Business by a Chinese investor, the purchase of G2K by ServiceNow, and coordination of global clearance requirements for Sika AG’s acquisition of MBCC. For his work in investment control he was recognised by Global Competition Review as one of the “40 under 40.”
Ehrle is admitted to practise law in Germany and the United States. He is Co-Chair of the International Human Rights Committee of the American Bar Association, a lecturer in international trade, foreign trade and sustainability law at Humboldt University in Berlin, and a member of several international law organisations. He holds a doctorate in public international law from LMU Munich and studied law at Heidelberg, Montpellier, Mainz, Munich and New York University. Earlier in his career he worked as an adviser and member of delegation of a developing country at the United Nations and gained experience at the Federal Foreign Office, the German Embassy in Tokyo and at international law firms, initially at Freshfields and most recently at Baker McKenzie.