INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS
GERMANY BEST LAW FIRMS
M&A - Large Cap
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Andreas Fabritius, Stephan Waldhausen
Hengeler Mueller Hans-Jörg Ziegenhain, Maximilian Schiessl, Michael Hoffmann-Becking
EXCELLENT
1 Allen & Overy Hans-Christoph Ihrig, Birgit Reese, Astrid Krüger
Gleiss Lutz Christian Cascante
Linklaters Hans-Ulrich Wilsing
2 Baker & McKenzie Florian Kästle, Nikolaus Reinhuber, Florian Thamm
Clifford Chance Peter Dieners
CMS Hasche Sigle Maximillian Grub
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Norbert Rieger, Martin Erhardt, Peter Nussbaum, Arndt Stengel
Noerr Alexander Ritvay, Alexander Hirsch, Christian Pleister, Gerald Reger
Schillling Zutt & Anschütz Jochem Reichert, Marc Löbbe
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Beiten Burkhardt Christof Aha, Maximilian Emanuel Elspas
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Gabriele Apfelbacher
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek Hans Gummert, Andreas Urban
Latham & Watkins Dirk Oberbracht, Henning Schneider
Luther Thomas Kuhnle
Oppenhoff & Partner Georg Maier-Reimer
P+P Pöllath+Partners Reinhard Pöllath, Matthias Bruse
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Bernd Mayer
Weil, Gotshal & Manges Gerhard Schmidt
White & Case Roger Kiem, Markus Hauptmann
RECOMMENDED
Jones Day Ansgar Rempp
Norton Rose Fulbright Frank Regelin
Sullivan & Cromwell Carsten Berrar
Christian Cascante
L eader:
Christian Cascante
E stablished:
1949
Track record: The corporate M&A team
has recently advised the US private equity
fund Lindsay Goldberg on its acquisition
of the Schur Flexibles Group as well as
Blackstone in the sale of its majority stake in
the “Meerwind” offshore wind farm, a global
Chinese energy company. The firm advised
Blackstone on all legal aspects of its invest-
ment in the wind farm since 2008.
Team & differentiation: With more than 70 lawy-
ers including 35 partners entirely dedicated to
corporate law, Gleiss Lutz is able to maintain
the necessary high-quality standards to com-
pete in the large-cap M&A market. Practice
Head Christian Cascante has long experience
handling cross-border deals and he is consi-
dered by peers as a rainmaker in the market.
GLEISS LUTZ:
AT THE FOREFRONT IN PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS
Jochem Reichert
L eader:
Jochem Reichert
E stablished:
1931
Track record: the firm advises, on a regular
basis, DAX-30 companies on transactional
corporate issues as well as others complex
corporate matters, and compliance-related
work continues to be a focus of the firm’s
practice. Notable clients include name such
as JM Group, Freudenberg, Commerzbank,
Deutsche Bahn, Dr. August Oetker.
Team & differentiation: The team of M&A atto-
rneys has extensive expertise in representa-
tion in disputes and litigation (especially in
so-called M&A litigation), whether in courts
or in arbitration. Peter Bauschatz recently
joined as partner to boost the tax depart-
ment. The firm has offices in Mannheim,
Frankfurt and Brussels.
SCHILLLING ZUTT & ANSCHÜTZ:
A SPECIALIST IN SOPHISTICATED TRANSACTIONS