Best Lawyers recognizes 165 HEUKING lawyers – Two “Lawyers of the Year” awards
Today, 165 HEUKING lawyers were named among the best legal experts in Germany by Best Lawyers. Notably, Dr. Martin Schellenberg (Public Private Partnership) and Michael Schmittmann (Gaming Law) were distinguished as Lawyers of the Year 2025. In total, 38 fields of law were recognized.
Best Lawyers has been publishing recommendation lists of legal advisors in more than 75 countries for several decades. The New York-based service nominates lawyers based on expert surveys within the market.
The latest edition of Best Lawyers was released in Handelsblatt magazine today. The entire ranking is available at BestLawyers.com.
Ones to watch:
Philipp Börger (Corporate Law)
Dr. Cem Karaosmanoğlu (Public Law, Real Estate Law)
Dr. Christopher Wiencke (Labor and Employment Law)
Marc Dümenil (Litigation)
Anna-Lena Glander (Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Criminal Defense, Criminal Tax Practice)
Dr. Marvin Lederer (Construction Law)
Marcel Maybaum (Intellectual Property Law, Media Law)
Isabella Sommer-Zhang, M.Sc. (Intellectual Property Law)
Mike Steffen (Corporate Law)
Dr. Jonas Pust (Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation)
Roman Ettl-Steger, LL.M. (Corporate Law, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Christian Schild, LL.M. (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law)
Catarina Angelika Seemann, LL.M. (Health Care Law)
The following HEUKING lawyers were recognized as Best Lawyers:
Berlin
Dr. Utz Andelewski (Labor and Employment Law)
Hanne Kara (Real Estate Law)
Dr. Matthias Kühn, LL.M. (Public Law, Public Private Partnership)
Ralph Negelein (Real Estate Law)
Ariane Neubauer (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law)
Dr. Stefan Proske (Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
Astrid Reich (Labor and Employment Law)
Dr. Karl-Josef Stöhr (Litigation)
Maren Stötter (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dr. Andreas Urban (Corporate Law, Labor and Employment Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Christoph Wagner (Health Care Law, Pharmaceuticals Law)
Michael Kreisler, LL.M. (Litigation)
Chemnitz
Gilbert Toepffer (Construction Law)
Düsseldorf
Dr. Michael Alberts (Real Estate Law)
Marc Baltus (Energy Law)
Dr. Alexander Bork (Labor and Employment Law)
Anna Coenen (Criminal Defense, Criminal Tax Practice)
Dr. Bodo Dehne (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dr. Sabine Dethof (Intellectual Property Law)
Stephan Freund (Construction Law, Litigation, Real Estate Law)
Regina Glaser, LL.M. (Labor and Employment Law)
Dr. Hans Gummert (Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Christoph Hexel (Labor and Employment Law)
Dr. Guido Hoffmann, LL.M. (Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
Dr. Anton Horn (Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law)
Dr. Georg Jacobs, LL.M. (Advertising Law, Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law)
Prof. Dr. Rainer Jacobs (Intellectual Property Law)
Dr. Ute Jasper (Public Law, Regulatory Practice)
Hironaga Kaneko (Labor and Employment Law)
Dr. Philip Kempermann, LL.M. (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law)
Dr. Wolfgang Kühn (Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation)
Dr. Holger Lüders (Labor and Employment Law)
Astrid Luedtke (Information Technology Law)
Dr. Christopher Marx (Public Law)
Wolfram Meven (Criminal Tax Practice)
Dr. Stefan Osing (Real Estate Law)
Dr. Katja Plückelmann (Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law)
Dr. Markus Rheinländer (Criminal Defense)
Michael Schmittmann (Gaming Law, Information Technology Law, Media Law, Regulatory Practice)
Dr. Michael Sörgel, LL.M. (Corporate Law)
Beatrice Stange, LL.M. (Competition / Antitrust Law)
Dr. Susanne Stauder (Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Criminal Defense, Criminal Tax Practice)
Dr. André-M. Szesny, LL.M. (Criminal Defense, Criminal Tax Practice)
Kirstin van de Sande (Public Law)
Dr. Rainer Velte (Competition / Antitrust Law, Public Finance Law)
Dr. Peter Vocke (Real Estate Law)
Dr. Tobias Woltering (Energy Law)
Marc Dümenil (Litigation)
Anna-Lena Glander (Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Criminal Defense, Criminal Tax Practice)
Dr. Marvin Lederer (Construction Law)
Marcel Maybaum (Intellectual Property Law, Media Law)
Isabella Sommer-Zhang, M.Sc. (Intellectual Property Law)
Mike Steffen (Corporate Law)
Frankfurt
Dr. Markus Collisy (Construction Law)
Daniel Froesch (Arbitration and Mediation)
Dr. Christoph Gringel (Banking and Finance Law)
Catrin Merten (Litigation)
Dr. Till Naruisch, LL.M. (Banking and Finance Law)
Michael Neises (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dr. Thomas Nickel (Real Estate Law)
Stephan Nikschick, LL.M. (Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
Christian Staps (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Klaus Weinand-Härer (Tax Law)
Bernd Weller (Labor and Employment Law)
Dr. Christoph F. Wetzler (Banking and Finance Law)
Thorsten A. Wieland (Intellectual Property Law)
Hamburg
Dr. Kai Bandilla (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dr. Stefan Bretthauer (Competition / Antitrust Law)
Dr. Michael Dröge (Investment, Investment Funds, Real Estate Law)
Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dr. Lothar Ende (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dr. Christoph Froning, LL.M. (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law)
Fabian G. Gaffron (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Kay Jacobsen (Corporate Law, Labor and Employment Law)
Dr. Sebastian Jungemeyer (Arbitration and Mediation)
René Krohn, LL.M. (Insurance Law)
Dr. Henrik Lay (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law)
David Loszynski (Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
Dr. Johan-Michel Menke, LL.M. (Labor and Employment Law)
Dr. Sabine Ottow (Criminal Tax Practice)
Sandra Pfister, LL.M. (Banking and Finance Law, Project Finance and Development Practice)
Dr. Søren Pietzcker, LL.M. (Intellectual Property Law)
Dr. Martin Schellenberg (Public Law, Public Private Partnership)
Dr. Jörg Schewe (Corporate Law)
Dr. Peter Christian Schmidt (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law, Venture Capital Law)
Dr. Johan Schneider (Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
Christian Spintig (Intellectual Property Law)
Dr. Marcus Georg Tischler (Corporate Law)
Timo Trefzger (Labor and Employment Law)
Dr. Elke Umbeck (Arbitration and Mediation, International Arbitration, Litigation)
Dr. Arietta von Stechow (Labor and Employment Law)
Dr. Andreas Walle (Labor and Employment Law)
Dr. Frederik Wiemer (Competition / Antitrust Law)
Dr. Ralf J. Wojtek, LL.M. (Telecommunications Law)
Dr. Hans Markus Wulf (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law)
Dr. Jonas Pust (Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation)
Cologne
Dr. Oliver Böttcher (Corporate Law)
Ulf Christiani (Public Law)
Julia Kathrin Degen, LL.M. (Insurance Law)
Dr. Frank Eckhoff (Labor and Employment Law)
Dominik Eickemeier (Intellectual Property Law)
Dr. Verena Hoene, LL.M. (Intellectual Property Law)
Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann (Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Media Law)
Dr. Philipp Jansen (Corporate Law)
Dr. Pär Johansson (Private Equity Law)
Dr. Stefan Jöster (Insurance Law)
Dr. Alexander Jüngst (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Martin Karwatzki, LL.M. (Insurance Law)
Dr. Lutz Martin Keppeler (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law)
Dr. Andreas Lenz (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dr. Hans-Jochem Lüer, LL.M. (Corporate Law, Insurance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Moll, LL.M. (Labor and Employment Law)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Müller-Wiedenhorn (Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
Michael Pauli, LL.M. (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Tim Remmel, LL.M. (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Prof. Dr. Martin Reufels, LL.M. (Labor and Employment Law)
Dr. Sascha Schewiola (Labor and Employment Law)
Kristina Schneider, LL.M. (Corporate Law)
Rüdiger Schnug (Insurance Law)
Dr. Mirko Sickinger (Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg, LL.M. (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law)
Munich
Anita Bohn, Ll.M. (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dr. Kai Uwe Büchler (Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
Dr. Arnold Büssemaker, Licencié en droit (Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
Dr. Stephan Degen, Maître en Droit (Restructuring and Insolvency Law, Tax Law)
Boris Dürr (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dr. Walter Eberl (Arbitration and Mediation, International Arbitration, Litigation)
Dr. Armin Freiherr von Grießenbeck (Construction Law, Real Estate Law)
Roland Gerold (Public Law, Real Estate Law)
Fabian Gerstner, LL.M. (Public Law)
Marcel Greubel (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dr. Thomas Jansen (Information Technology Law)
Dr. Michael Lauterbach (Insurance Law)
Dr. Daniel Lehmann (Corporate Law, Trusts and Succession Planning)
Dr. Frank Metz (Litigation)
Christina Nitsche (Litigation)
Dr. Carsten Schrader (Construction Law, Real Estate Law)
Dr. Mathias Schröder, LL.M. (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dr. Leonie Schwarzmeier, LL.M. (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dr. Reinhard Siegert (Competition / Antitrust Law)
Dr. Christian Strasser (Litigation)
Prof. Dr. Georg Streit (Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
Dr. Martin Ströhmann, LL.M. (Corporate Law, Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
Wolfgang Stürzer (Real Estate Law)
Carsten Wagner (Construction Law)
Alexander Weber, LL.M. (Litigation)
Dr. Alexander Weiss (Arbitration and Mediation)
Astrid Wellhöner, LL.M. Eur. (Labor and Employment Law)
Dr. Helge-Torsten Wöhlert (Corporate Law)
Roman Ettl-Steger, LL.M. (Corporate Law, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Christian Schild, LL.M. (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law)
Catarina Angelika Seemann, LL.M. (Health Care Law)
Stuttgart
Dr. Frank Baßler (Corporate Law)
Dr. Anne de Boer, LL.M. (RSA) (Capital Markets Law)
Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer, LL.M. (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Jens-Hendrik Janzen, LL.M. (Corporate Law)
Dr. Markus Klinger (Data Security and Privacy Law, Intellectual Property Law)
Dr. Peter Ladwig (Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Antje Münch, LL.M. (Intellectual Property Law)
Dr. Juliane Reichelt (Construction Law)
Dr. Andreas Schabenberger (Advertising Law, Intellectual Property Law)
Dr. Alexander Schott (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
