Handelsblatt/Legal Success - Best Lawyers: Top commercial lawyers in Germany (June 2014)

The renowned American publisher 'Best Lawyers' annually identifies a list of the top commercial lawyers all over the world in more than 40 practice areas. The research team interviews renowned experts and colleagues for their recommendations on which lawyers outside their own team they would refer work to if they could not take on the client themselves. 25 P+P professionals received 49 nominations in various practice areas.

In addition, the following P+P professionals were listed as "Best Lawyer of the Year 2014": Munich partners Otto Haberstock for "Venture Capital", Reinhard Pöllath for "Mergers and Acquisitions" and Wolfram Pätzold for "Real Estate".

Other recommended lawyers include:

• Uwe Bärenz for investment funds and private funds
• Michael Best for tax/private equity and private equity/tax
• Alice Broichmann for arbitration and mediation, International arbitration, litigation
• 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
• Stefan Lebek for real estate
• Eva Nase for private equity
• 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 - funds, International
• Frank Thiäner for M&A and private equity
• Thomas Töben for tax
• Stephan Viskorf for tax
• Amos Veith for private equity
• Patricia Volhard for investment funds