GERMANY BEST LAW FIRMS
M&A - Mid Cap
The firms are listed alphabetically within each bandFIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek Günther Bredow, Andreas Urban, Ali Sahin
Luther Susanna Fuchsbrunner, Thomas Kuhnle
EXCELLENT
Beiten Burkhard Georg Philipp Cotta
Glade Michel Wirtz Achim Glade
Görg Wokfgang König, Mark. O. Kersting
Heisse Kursawe Eversheds Matthias Heisse
Heymann & Partner Thomas Heymann, Henning Bloss
Rödl & Partner Michael Wiehl
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Bird & Bird Alexander Schröder-Frerkes, Ulrich Goebel
Flick Gocke Schaumburg Harald Schaumburg
FPS Ingrid Burghard-Richter, Holger Jakob
Graf von Westphalen Markus Sachslehner, Ernst Lindl, Felix Wolf, Till Liebau
Greenfort Andreas von Oppen, Carsten Angersbach
GSK Stockmann + Kollegen Andreas Bauer, Hendrik Riedel, Markus Soehnchen, Max Wilmanns
Hoffmann Liebs Fritsch & Partner Björn Neumeuer, Daniel Sebastian Kaiser
Mayer Brown Julian Lemor
Taylor Wessing Walter Henle, Klaus Grossmann
Waldeck Andreas Grandpierre, Michael Eifler
RECOMMENDED
Arqis Shigeo Yamaguchi, Jörn-Christian Schulze
BMH Bräutigam & Partner Johannes Meinel
Dechert Katja Heuterkes, Sven Schulte-Hillen
Dissmann Orth Jochen Ettinger
Ebner Stolz Jörg Nickel
Esche Schümann Commichau Klaus Kamlah
Franz Rechtsanwälte Christian Franz, Christoph Neven
Honert + Partner Jürgen Honert
Leo Schmidt-Hollburg Witte & Frank Hubertus Leo
Menold Bezler Michael Oltmanns
PLUTA Joachim Gessler, Markus Fünning
Raue Justus Schmidt-Ott, Andreas Nelle
Seitz & Partner Joerg Heyer, Daniel Grewe, Wolfgang SchülerThomas KuhnleL eader:
Thomas Kuhnle
E stablished:
2006
Track record: This top full-service law firm
advises mid-sized companies and state
entities on transactional M&A and corpo-
rate related issues. Luther recently advised
Metropolitan Equity Management in its
acquisition of the main plant of Wismar firm
German Pellets. A complex transaction
which saw involved M&A, restructuring,
labor, tax, energy and banking team.Team & differentiation: Luther’s clients benefit
from the firm’s large national coverage with
eleven offices spread around Germany and
international presence in important financial
hubs such as Luxembourg, Brussels, London,
Shanghai and Singapore. The M&A practice
numbers 24 partners and 34 qualified lawyers.
Luther is member of the Taxand network.LUTHER:
A MID-MARKET EXPERT
Björn NeumeuerL eaders:
Björn Neumeuer and Daniel
Sebastian Kaiser
E stablished:
1974Track record: this highly specialized German
boutique covers the wide range of corporate
law including tax, employment, banking and
capital market. In 2016 the team has advised
Brain AG, a leading European tech company
in the field of the biotechnology in its IPO on
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange for a value of
€31.5million.Team & differentiation: headquartered in Dus-
seldorf, Hoffmann Liebs Fritsch has a strong
international capability thanks to a network
of selected best friends and an established
China desk. The desk provides legal ser-
vices to Chinese companies planning to
invest in Germany and German companies
on their expansion into China.HOFFMANN LIEBS FRITSCH & PARTNER:
AN INFLUENTIAL FACILITATOR OF SINO-GERMAN BUSINESSPLUTA: EXPERTS IN REORGANIZATION, INSOLVENCY AND BEYOND
Track record: The firm has participated in seve-
ral insolvency and reorganization processes.
They have an impressive recovery rate, close
to 100%. The team is also active advising in
destressed M&A. It participated in the sale of
the bankrupt Nicko Cruises to Mystic Invest
and was in charge of finding a buyer for KpS
AG and Wiegand Automobile GmbH, both of
which were in economic distress.Team & differentiation: Established 30 years ago
as a Reorganization and Insolvency firm beco-
ming very well known for that, Pluta has since
moved beyond and now offers legal consulting.
Some of the areas where they can help are
company law - including advice in mergers and
acquisitions, employment law, tax and banking &
capital markets. In addition to its German offices
they are present in Spain, Italy and Poland.L eaders:
Joachim Gessler,
Markus Fünning
E stablished:
1982Joachim Gessler