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Kathleen Munstermann-Senff, LL.M. (Medical Law)
Kathleen Munstermann-Senff, LL.M. (Medical Law)

Kathleen Munstermann-Senff, LL.M. (Medical Law)

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Legal 500 Germany 2023

Key lawyer for Healthcare

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Kathleen is an expert in regulatory healthcare law.

She focuses on advising on the regulatory aspects of complex transactions in the healthcare sector, in particular on the establishment and acquisition of healthcare facilities such as medical practices, medical care centers (MVZ), outpatient and inpatient rehabilitation facilities as well as (private) clinics. This includes the structuring, management and implementation of regulatory application procedures and contract negotiations as well as the timing synchronization of approval procedures and acquisition process.

Kathleen Munstermann also advises on the strategic orientation, the development of innovative cooperation and care provision models as well as on the intersectoral linking of outpatient and inpatient medical service provision. In addition to the law of the Statuory Helath Insurance Scheme she advises on medical professional law as well as on issues of digitalization in the healthcare sector and compliance. 

Another focus is on advising on care transactions (nursing homes, assisted living, care real estate, outpatient care, intensive care).

Expertise

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Healthcare regulatory

Sectors

Life sciences & healthcare
Health & social care and investors
Digital health

CV

Since 2021 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2019 – 2021 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 – 2019 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 Lecturer in health management for pharmaceutical, medical device and competition law as well as the professional law of the health professions, University of Aalen
2013 Legal clerkship, OLG Celle
2016 – 2017 LL.M. (Medizinrecht), Heinrich–Heine–University Düsseldorf
2016 Admitted as a lawyer
2015 Second state examination
2013 First state examination

Career

Since 2021 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2019 – 2021 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 – 2019 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 Lecturer in health management for pharmaceutical, medical device and competition law as well as the professional law of the health professions, University of Aalen
2013 Legal clerkship, OLG Celle

Education

2016 – 2017 LL.M. (Medizinrecht), Heinrich–Heine–University Düsseldorf
2016 Admitted as a lawyer
2015 Second state examination
2013 First state examination

Publications

Kommentar: Die Zukunft der außerklinischen Intensivpflege, in: Health & Care Management, 2/2021

Konzentrationsbewegungen im Pflegemarkt – Herausforderungen sehen, Chancen nutzen, in: KU Gesundheitsmanagement, 7/2020

Gastbeitrag – Rechtswidrige Sperren, in: sgp REPORT, 16/2019


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English, Norwegian

Awards

Legal 500 Germany 2023

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Key lawyer for Healthcare

Legal 500 Germany 2023

Recommended lawyer: Healthcare

Experience

Taylor Wessing advises Lifento on ESG commitments in leases and ambitious CAPEX plans for energy efficiency

Advising Lifento, the French fund specializing in healthcare real estate, on ESG commitments in leases and ambitious CAPEX plans for energy efficiency. While the use of healthcare real estate focuses on the “S” in “ESG”, Lifento also continuously improves the energy efficiency of its real properties. Taylor Wessing advises Lifento since its market entry on the acquisition of its healthcare properties and regarding asset management, both in the light of Lifento’s ESG strategy.

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Kathleen Munstermann-Senff, LL.M. (Medical Law)
Dr. Christian Traichel

Deep experience in acquisition, development, refurbishment and resale of nursing homes and assisted living real estate

Acquisition of several single objects and portfolios comprising nursing homes and assisted living real estate in Germany, in combination with the takeover of the operator. Legal advice on the refurbishment/development and sale to institutional investors in Belgium and France.

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26 September 2025

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