Handelsblatt/Legal Success - Best Lawyers: Top commercial lawyers in Germany 2017 (June 24, 2016)
The renowned American publisher 'Best Lawyers' annually announces a list of the top commercial lawyers all over the world in 40+ practice areas. The research team interviews distinguished experts and colleagues for their recommendations on which lawyers outside their own teams to whom they would refer work, if they could not take on the client themselves. These results form the basis for a publication in the German newspaper Handelsblatt.
26 P+P attorneys are listed for their expertise, often in more than one practice area. In addition, the following attorneys were ranked as "Best Lawyer of the Year 2017" in their regions: the Munich partner Matthias Bruse for M&A and his Berlin colleagues Stefan Lebek for real estate law, and Thomas Töben for tax law.
Many of the following attorneys have been selected repeatedly as the best attorneys in their areas of expertise.
- Uwe Bärenz for investment funds and private funds
- Michael Best for private equity and tax
- Philipp von Braunschweig for M&A and venture capital
- Matthias Bruse for corporate, M&A, private equity, trusts and succession planning
- Andrea von Drygalski for corporate and M&A
- Matthias Durst for real estate
- Richard Engl for tax
- Wolfgang Grobecker for M&A and corporate
- Otto Haberstock for M&A, private equity and venture capital
- Benedikt Hohaus for M&A and private equity
- Michael Inhester for M&A, private equity and venture capital
- Barbara Koch-Schulte for tax
- Stefan Lebek for real estate
- Eva Nase for private equity and corporate
- Wolfram Pätzold for real estate
- Christoph Philipp for trusts and succession planning
- Reinhard Pöllath for arbitration and mediation, corporate, M&A, tax, trusts and succession planning
- Alexander Pupeter for tax
- Andreas Richter for trusts and succession planning
- Andreas Rodin for investment funds, private equity, private funds and tax
- Frank Thiäner for M&A and private equity
- Thomas Töben for tax
- Christian Tönies for private equity
- Stephan Viskorf for tax
- Amos Veith for private equity and investment funds
- Patricia Volhard for investment funds