BACH LANGHEID DALLMAYR's market-leading position in insurance dispute resolution stems from its highly specialised team which adeptly covers every niche in the field and can seamlessly assist with personal, health, property and liability insurance proceedings. The Covid-19 pandemic also brought business closure, event cancellation and travel insurance issues to the fore. The practice is jointly headed by Joachim Grote, Björn Seitz, Martin Alexander and Bastian Finkel; former practice co-head Rainer Büsken retired from the practice lead for age reasons in the summer of 2021, but remains an active team member. Seitz and Finkel advise on matters related to financial and special lines, while Alexander, as well as Carsten Hösker, is well versed in product liability. Grote specializes in personal insurance, while D&O, financial loss liability and cyber insurance issues form part of Franz König's advice offering. Dirk-Carsten Günther, who heads the property and transport insurance division, assisted with a large proportion of 2021 business closures. In January 2022, the team promoted five lawyers to the partnership.

Clyde & Co LLP's insurance and reinsurance practice handles complex national and international claims from its offices in Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Munich. The team extensively advises insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries and insured individuals on all contentious aspects of insurance law, including D&O, W&I, PI and FI cases. The group also has in-depth experience in product liability and cyber insurance disputes, which practice head Henning Schaloske specialises in; he also assists with matters pertaining to professional lines. Sven Förster, who joined from Norton Rose Fulbright in February 2021, is particularly well versed in W&I claims, while Tanja Schramm has considerable expertise in monitoring E&O mass claims. Counsel Eva-Maria Goergen is a key contact for construction and assembly-related insurance and specialty lines, in particular with regards to art works and valuables as well as political risk. In addition, Daniel Kassing assists clients with product liability as well as property and legal protection insurance.

Noerr's insurance dispute resolution practice includes expertise in D&O, financial loss liability insurance and product liability. The team recently made an effort to expand its advice offered to policyholders as well as on cyber insurance. In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the group also handled an increasing number of contentious matters pertaining to company closures and event cancellation insurance. Oliver Sieg and Thomas Heitzer jointly head the group, with the latter advising on liability and coverage litigation as well as D&O, E&O and PI disputes. Sieg is acting before first instance and appeal courts as well as arbitration tribunals. Helmut Katschthaler oversees product liability insurance matters including reinsurance-related arbitration proceedings.

Wilhelm Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB exclusively advises policyholders in the industrial insurance sphere. The team assists corporations and medium-sized companies across all sectors with damages and insurance claims in the event of major losses. As a result of the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, the practice primarily handles disputes pertaining to the coverage of damages caused by business closures as well as of production downtime, and D&O proceedings. Practice head Mark Wilhelm assists decision-makers in large corporations with property and liability issues. Andreas Shell and Lars Winkler are well versed in litigation, while Fabian Herdter mainly advises on financial lines and D&O. Tobias Wessel predominantly handles property insurance cases.

Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner fields an integrated dispute resolution practice, which combines the firm's corporate and insurance law competencies to create a strong litigation practice. Under the leadership of Tobias Lenz and Carsten Laschet, the team provides particular expertise in manager liability and D&O matters. With regards to product liability and in addition to Europe, the team can also assist with matters in the US, Singapore, Australia and South Korea.The group further handles property damages and product recalls across various industries. Laschet is also experienced in contract law and Lenz at the interfaces to corporate and commercial law.

CMS assists clients with the settlement of insurance disputes related to D&O, financial damage liability insurance and niche areas such as damage in art insurance. Most recently, the group primarily focused on Covid-19-related matters, such as business interruption insurance and reinsurance. The practice is headed by insurance specialist Winfried Schnepp.

In the insurance litigation sphere, GvW Graf von Westphalen impresses with a strong D&O team, which is instructed by insurers and policyholders to act as defence, coverage and monitoring counsel. The team is led by Raimond Emde and Wolfram Desch and particularly well versed in professional liability at the interface to insurance and insolvency law, which includes, among other matters, the liability of insolvency administrators and auditors. The practice also assists with claim settlement. Desch and Uli Hochdorfer are primarily active in D&O and D&O liability cases, while Johan van der Veer advises on insurance brokerage and insurance supervisory law.

Arqis Rechtsanwälte's insurance practice, which focuses on M&A special insurance companies and W&I insurance, recently broadened its advice offering to also include assistance with related claims. As part of the practice's realignment, insurance-related matters are handled by the risk focus group, which also includes professional liability, D&O and property damage issues. Mirjam Boche heads this focus group and specialises in W&I insurance. Dimitrios Christopoulos regularly acts in technical products-related liability disputes.

Loschelder specialises in D&O liability and advises both insurers and policyholders. Wilfried Rüffer's team also covers construction, financial loss liability and property insurance matters. As a result of the Covid-19 crisis, the group also increasingly focused on business closure insurance. Counsel Sandra Orlikowski-Wolf is primarily active in D&O and manager liability. The firm's cross-practice approach further enables the team to draw on expertise in corporate, labor and public law.

Mayer Brown LLP's insurance dispute resolution practice focuses on D&O, W&O and professional liability matters. Project insurance disputes are covered by practice head Ulrich Helm's expertise in large-scale plant construction. Jan Kraayvanger also represents international insurers and financial institutions in contentious matters. With the arrivals of Christian Horstkotte and Johannes Weichbrodt from Baker McKenzie in January 2021, the advice offering expanded to include cartel damages claims.