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.

Alik Dörn LL.M.

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

Compliance, Real Estate law, M&A

Arnt Göppert  LL.M.

Arnt Göppert LL.M.

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

Sven Köhnen

Sven Köhnen

Antitrust, Commercial and Distribution Law, Employment law

Dr Olaf Konzak

Dr Olaf Konzak

Energy and Environmental Law, Public Commercial Law, Administrative Law

Dr Michael Körner LL.M.

Dr Michael Körner LL.M.

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

Product Liability Law, Directors’ Responsibilities, D&O, Insurance Law

Claudia Maaßen LL.M.

Claudia Maaßen LL.M.

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 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, M&A, 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

Construction law, Real Estate law, Plant Construction

Dr Hendrik Thies

Dr Hendrik Thies

M&A, Commercial and Distribution Law, Corporate law

Sebastian von Lossow LL.M.

Sebastian von Lossow LL.M.

Corporate law, M&A

Mike Weitzel

Mike Weitzel

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

Dr Jörn Zons

Dr Jörn Zons

Plant Construction, Construction law, Litigation and Arbitration

Dr Johanna Hennighausen

Dr Johanna Hennighausen

Commercial and Distribution Law, Corporate law, Litigation and Arbitration

Dr Christian Koehler LL.M.

Dr Christian Koehler LL.M.

Corporate law, M&A

Jonas Laudahn

Jonas Laudahn

Commercial and Distribution Law, International Business Law, Corporate law

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.

Moritz von Kulessa LL.B.

Litigation and Arbitration, Plant Construction, Construction law