Today, the new edition of the ‘Germany's Best Lawyers 2027’ rating was published by Handelsblatt in cooperation with the US publisher Best Lawyers:
The title ‘Lawyer of the Year for Intellectual Property Law’ goes to Dr. Rembert Niebel.
In the ‘Ones to watch’ section, Dr. Frithjof Roschlaub was listed in the ‘Corporate Law’ category and Dr. Thomas Hohendorf, Hannah Mugler and Dr. Christoph Wiegand. in the ‘Intellectual Property Law’ category. Hannah Mugler was also named in the ‘Data Security and Privacy Law’ category and, together with Helena Kasper, Marius Drabiniok and Dr. Elisabeth von Finckenstein, in the ‘IT Law’ category. Maria Rothämel is listed in the category ‘Public Commercial Law’, Dr. Alexander Tegge in the ‘Trusts and Succession Planning’ category and Afra Nickl in the category ‘Biotechnology Law and Life Sciences Practice’.Anna-Sophia Leitner, Maximilian König, Dr. Max-Niklas Blome and Dr. Frithjof Roschlaub are named in the category ‘Litigation’.
66 lawyers from the firm are also recommended in 24 areas of law.
- Dr. Dorothee Altenburg (Art Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law)
- Stephan Altenburg (Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment Law)
- Fabian Bauer, LL.M. (Information Technology Law)
- Nikolaus Bertermann (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law, Technology Law)
- Eva Bonacker (Corporate Law)
- Dr. Markus Brock (Intellectual Property Law)
- Dr. Oliver M. Bühr (Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law)
- Christoph Conrad (Public Law)
- Markus von Fuchs (Intellectual Property Law, Media Law)
- Dr. Christoph Haesner (Entertainment Law, Media Law)
- Dr. Thomas Hausbeck (Tax Law)
- Dr. Johann Heyde (Advertising Law, Information Technology Law)
- Dr. Magnus Hirsch (Intellectual Property Law)
- Dr. Oliver Hornung (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law, Technology Law)
- Dr. Klaus Jankowski (Construction Law)
- Dr. Bernd Joch (Labor and Employment Law)
- Dr. Wulf Kamlah (Information Technology Law)
- Dr. Daniel Kendziur (Information Technology Law)
- René Kieselmann (Public Law, Public Private Partnership)
- Norbert Klingner (Gaming Law, Media Law, Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
- Margret Knitter (Art Law, Intellectual Property Law)
- Dr. Olaf Kreißl (Real Estate Law)
- Franziska Ladiges (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law)
- Dr. Martin Liebernickel (Tax Law, Trusts and Succession Planning)
- Moritz Mehner (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law)
- Dr. Daniel Meßmer (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law)
- Alexander Möller (Labor and Employment Law)
- Dr. Stephan Morsch (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Dr. Rembert Niebel (Intellectual Property Law, Litigation)
- Dr. Matthias Nordmann (Information Technology Law)
- Dr. Matthias Orthwein (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law, Technology Law)
- Dr. Mathias Pajunk (Public Private Partnership)
- Dr. Stefan Peintinger (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law)
- Dr. Andreas Peschel-Mehner (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law, Media Law, Entertainment Law)
- Dr. Kolja Petrovicki (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Dr. Christoph Philipp (Family Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Succession Planning)
- Sandra Sophia Redeker (Intellectual Property Law)
- Dr. Johannes Schäufele (Data Security and Privacy Law)
- Stefan C. Schicker (Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law)
- Corinna Schneiderbauer (Information Technology Law)
- Götz Schneider-Rothhaar (Entertainment Law, Media Law)
- Tanja Schroeder (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Prof. Dr. Mathias Schwarz (Entertainment Law, Media Law)
- Martin Schweinoch (Information Technology Law)
- Dr. Gerd Seeliger (Tax Law)
- Stefan Skulesch (Tax Law)
- Dr. Oliver Stöckel (Advertising Law, Health Care Law, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation)
- Michael Wahl (Labor and Employment Law)
- Georg Wallraf (Media Law)
- Dr. Sebastian Graf von Wallwitz (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Konstantin Wegner (Media Law)
- Johanna Weiß (Media Law)
- Julian Westpfahl (Information Technology Law)
The list of recommendations is compiled annually by the US specialist publisher Best Lawyers; in Germany, it is published in an exclusive cooperation with the Handelsblatt newspaper. The ‘Best Lawyers’ nominations are based on a peer-to-peer survey in which commercial lawyers are asked which competitors they recommend.