13.06.2024 | Press releases

Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers honor KPMG Law Experts

Best Lawyers has once again identified the best commercial lawyers in Germany for 2024 exclusively for Handelsblatt. A total of 28 lawyers were honored by KPMG Law and KPMG. Many of the honorees are listed for more than one area of law, and many are on the list for the second time. We would like to congratulate all the award-winning lawyers and thank them for their many recommendations.

Andreas Wieland (mergers and acquisitions, regulation)
Anna-Kristine Wipper (Intellectual Property Law)
Ayk Tobias Meretzki (KPMG) (Tax Law)
Bastian Liegmann (KPMG) (tax law)
Gerrit Rixen (antitrust and competition law)
Hannes Schwinn (antitrust and competition law)
Henrik-Christian Baumann (Public Commercial Law, Public Private Partnership, Real Estate Law)
Jonas Brueckner (Antitrust and Competition Law)
Lars Alexander Meixner (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions)
Marc Goldberg (Energy Law)
Martin Trayer (Labor Law)
Matthias Aldejohann (mergers and acquisitions)
Moritz Püstow (Public Commercial Law, Public Private Partnership)
Nikolaus Manthey (corporate law, conflict resolution)
Peter Lamers (Corporate Law)
Rainer Algermissen (Real Estate Law)
Sabine Paul (Labor Law)
Sebastian Hoegl (IT law)
Stefan Kimmel (mergers and acquisitions)
Stefan Middendorf (Labor Law)
Thomas Wolf (Labor Law)
Torsten Göhlert (Real Estate Law)
Ulrich Thölke (Corporate Governance and Compliance, Corporate Law, Healthcare Law, Mergers and Acquisitions)
Verena Poschmann (Public Commercial Law)

We would also like to congratulate all the nominees in the “Ones to watch” category!

Jan T. Tenner (Construction Law)
Marc Pussar (Corporate Governance and Compliance)
Philipp Hornung (KPMG ) (tax law)
Susan Pischel-Bowien (Banking and Finance Law)

Every year, Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers identify the most renowned legal advisors in Germany as part of a survey and on the basis of a peer-to-peer procedure among professional colleagues and clients. The US publishing house is considered the market leader in the US when it comes to evaluating lawyers. The rankings have a long tradition in the USA and Best Lawyers has been publishing the lists since 1983.

You can find the complete ranking here.

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