JUVE Ranking 2025/2026: SKW Schwarz among the top 50 law firms in Germany

The latest JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2025/2026 has been published. We are particularly pleased that the firm as a whole has once again been ranked among the top 50 commercial law firms in Germany.

The SKW Schwarz media team is once again recommended as a ‘five-star practice’ in the ranking! All other teams maintained their positions.

As one of the top 50 law firms in Germany, SKW Schwarz is described as a ‘full-service law firm that is a sought-after advisor on digital and tech issues.’ ‘In IT and data protection as well as media law, it positions itself as an alternative to large law firms.’

We congratulate all 16 lawyers recommended in the handbook:

• Dr. Dorothee Altenburg: Trademark and Design Law / Competition Law, Media (Contract and Copyright Law)
• Dr. Markus Brock: Trademark and Design Law / Competition Law
• Markus von Fuchs: Trademark and Design Law / Competition Law
• Dr. Johann Heyde: Media (Contract and Copyright Law)
• Dr. Magnus Hirsch: Trademark and Design Law / Competition Law
• Dr. Thomas Hohendorf: Trademark and Design Law / Competition Law
• Margret Knitter: Trademark and Design Law / Competition Law
• Dr. Stephan Morsch: M&A
• Dr. Rembert Niebel: Trademark and Design Law / Competition Law
• Dr. Matthias Nordmann: IT Law (Data Law/Contracts and Licences)
• Dr. Matthias Orthwein: IT Law (Data Law/Contracts and Licences)
• Dr. Andreas Peschel-Mehner: Media (Contract and Copyright Law)
• Sandra Sophia Redeker: Trademark and Design Law / Competition Law
• Martin Schweinoch: IT Law (Data Law/Contracts and Licences)
• Dr. Sebastian Graf von Wallwitz: M&A
• Dr. Konstantin Wegner: Media (Contract and Copyright Law)

Special congratulations go to Dr. Dorothee Altenburg for her renewed nomination in the category ‘Leading Name in Trademark Law’, Dr. Andreas Peschel-Mehner for his nomination in the category ‘Leading Names in Copyright Law’ and Dr. Thomas Hohendorf in the category ‘Rising Star in Trademark and Competition Law’.

Every year, the editorial team of the JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms researches developments in numerous areas of law and regions. As part of their research, they survey several thousand clients, solicitors, in-house counsel and judges. The awards are considered the most important in the German legal market.