Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers 2026

Once a year, the US publisher “Best Lawyers” asks business lawyers for their recommendations from other law firms. We are happy about the results again this year: 37 of our firm’s lawyers are among the “Best Lawyers” in Germany.

The recommendations are distributed among these practice areas: Advertising Law, Arbitration and Mediation, Competition/Antitrust Law, Construction Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Corporate Law, Environmental Law, Food and Beverage Practice, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, IT Law, Labor and Employment Law, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law, Product Liability Litigation, Public Law, Real Estate Law, Regulatory Practice, Restructuring and Insolvency Law.

The following lawyers from our firm are among the Best Lawyers 2025/2026 in their areas of expertise: 

A special congratulation goes to Tobias Lenz who has been named “Lawyer of the year” for Product Liability Litigation.

The following were awarded the title of “Ones to Watch”:

Best Lawyers is one of the leading international recommendation portals for lawyers in business law. Only lawyers who have been recommended by other already listed professional colleagues in an elaborate procedure are included in the rankings. This ensures a high degree of reliability of the recommendation lists. In Germany, the rankings have been published exclusively by business publication Handelsblatt (German only) for many years.

Again, we are very happy about this success for FGvW and would like to thank everyone who contributed to it!

Our "Best Lawyers" and "Ones to watch":

Dr Elmar Bickert

Dr Elmar Bickert

Real Estate law, Construction law

Dr Markus Beaumart

Dr Markus Beaumart

Real Estate law, Construction law, Plant Construction

Dr Frank Büchler

Dr Frank Büchler

Banking and Finance Law, Inheritance Law and Business Succession

Dr Stephan Dittl

Dr Stephan Dittl

Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Trademarks and Designs, IT and Telecommunications

Alik Dörn, LL.M. (Nottingham)

Alik Dörn, LL.M. (Nottingham)

Public Procurement Law

Dr Morton Douglas

Dr Morton Douglas

Medical device law, pharmaceutical law, healthcare, Trademarks and Designs, Intellectual Property and Competition Law

Dr Tom Erdt

Dr Tom Erdt

Corporate law, M&A, Trade and Distribution Law

Arnt Göppert,  LL.M. (McGill)

Arnt Göppert, LL.M. (McGill)

Corporate law, M&A

Dr Jessica Hanke

Dr Jessica Hanke

Real Estate law

Dr Alexander Hartmann

Dr Alexander Hartmann

Corporate law, M&A

Norbert Hebeis

Norbert Hebeis

Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Trademarks and Designs

Dr David Kipping, LL.M.; Maître en droit (Cologne/Paris)

Dr David Kipping, LL.M.; Maître en droit (Cologne/Paris)

Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Trademarks and Designs

Sven Köhnen

Sven Köhnen

Antitrust, Trade and Distribution Law, Employment law

Dr Olaf Konzak

Dr Olaf Konzak

Energy and Environmental Law, Public Commercial Law, European Law

Dr Michael Körner, LL.M. (Cape Town)

Dr Michael Körner, LL.M. (Cape Town)

Energy and Environmental Law, Administrative Law

 Gregor Lamla

Gregor Lamla

Real Estate law

Carsten Laschet

Carsten Laschet

Directors’ Responsibilities, D&O, Product Liability Law, Litigation and Arbitration

Prof Dr Tobias Lenz

Prof Dr Tobias Lenz

General Conditions and Contract Drafting, Product Liability Law, Directors’ Responsibilities, D&O

Claudia Maaßen, LL.M.; Maître en droit (Cologne/Paris)

Claudia Maaßen, LL.M.; Maître en droit (Cologne/Paris)

Directors’ Responsibilities, D&O, Insurance Law, Litigation and Arbitration

Dr Jan Henning Martens

Dr Jan Henning Martens

Corporate law, International Business Law, M&A

Dr Gabi Müllejans, LL.M. oec.

Dr Gabi Müllejans, LL.M. oec.

Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Trademarks and Designs

Dr Hannes Reiher

Dr Hannes Reiher

Real Estate law, Construction law

Annette Rölz

Annette Rölz

Employment law

Dr Wolfgang Schmid

Dr Wolfgang Schmid

Intellectual Property and Competition Law

Hildegard Schöllmann

Hildegard Schöllmann

Food Law

Dr Albert Schröder

Dr Albert Schröder

Corporate law, Compliance, Litigation and Arbitration

Dr Sabine Schröter

Dr Sabine Schröter

Employment law, Medical device law, pharmaceutical law, healthcare

Jörg Michael Siecke

Jörg Michael Siecke

Real Estate law

Dr Uwe Steingröver

Dr Uwe Steingröver

Real Estate law, Construction law

Dr Hendrik Thies

Dr Hendrik Thies

Corporate law, International Business Law, Compliance

Sebastian von Lossow, LL.M. (Edinburgh)

Sebastian von Lossow, LL.M. (Edinburgh)

Corporate law, M&A

Mike Weitzel

Mike Weitzel

Insurance Law, Litigation and Arbitration, Directors’ Responsibilities, D&O

Dr Jörn Zons

Dr Jörn Zons

Plant Construction, Real Estate law, Litigation and Arbitration

Dr Johanna Hennighausen

Dr Johanna Hennighausen

General Conditions and Contract Drafting, Litigation and Arbitration, Trade and Distribution Law

Dr Christian Koehler, LL.M.

Dr Christian Koehler, LL.M.

Corporate law, M&A

Jonas Laudahn

Jonas Laudahn

Corporate law, International Business Law, Litigation and Arbitration

Stephanie Mayer

Stephanie Mayer

Employment law

Moritz Rothe

Moritz Rothe

Corporate law, Insolvency and Restructuring, M&A

Dr Andreas Schubert

Dr Andreas Schubert

Employment law

Moritz von Kulessa, LL.B. (Cologne/Paris)

Moritz von Kulessa, LL.B. (Cologne/Paris)

Litigation and Arbitration, Plant Construction

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