Winners 2026
Antitrust
Antitrust Lawyer of the Year
Thorsten Mäger, Hengeler Mueller
Antitrust Team of the Year
Gleiss Lutz
Banking and Finance
Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year
Barbara Mayer-Trautmann, Milbank
Banking and Finance Team of the Year
Latham & Watkins
Capital Markets
Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year
Philipp Klöckner , Milbank
Capital Markets Team of the Year
Sullivan & Cromwell
Compliance
Compliance Lawyer of the Year
Eike Bicker , Gleiss Lutz
Compliance Team of the Year
Gleiss Lutz
Corporate and M&A
Corporate and M&A Lawyer of the Year
Carsten Berrar , Sullivan & Cromwell
Corporate and M&A Team of the Year
SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
Richard Happ, Luther
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Team of the Year
CMS
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Dispute Resolution: Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Andrea Leufgen, Gleiss Lutz
Dispute Resolution: Litigation Team of the Year
Hengeler Mueller
Employment
Employment Lawyer of the Year
Wolfgang Lipinski, Seitz
Employment Team of the Year
Seitz
Energy
Energy Lawyer of the Year
Tibor Fedke, Noerr
Energy Team of the Year
Hogan Lovells
Healthcare
Healthcare Lawyer of the Year
Deniz Tschammler, Latham & Watkins
Healthcare Team of the Year
Clifford Chance
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
Christof Augenstein, Kather Augenstein
Intellectual Property Team of the Year
Bird & Bird
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Private Equity and Venture Capital Lawyer of the Year
Benjamin Leyendecker, Kirkland & Ellis
Private Equity and Venture Capital Team of the Year
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Public Law
Public Law Lawyer of the Year
Alexander Csaki, Bird & Bird
Public Law Team of the Year
Redeker Sellner Dahs
Real Estate and Construction
Real Estate and Construction Lawyer of the Year
Wolfram H. Krüger, Linklaters
Real Estate and Construction Team of the Year
Breyer Rechtsanwälte
Restructuring
Restructuring Lawyer of the Year
Andreas Ziegenhagen, Dentons
Restructuring Team of the Year
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Tax
Tax Lawyer of the Year
Johannes Frey, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Tax Team of the Year
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Tech and Media
Tech and Media Lawyer of the Year
Michael Schmidl, Baker McKenzie
Tech and Media Team of the Year
DLA Piper
Trade and Distribution
Trade and Distribution Lawyer of the Year
Ulf Wauschkuhn, Baker Mckenzie
Trade and Distribution Team of the Year
Hogan Lovells
Boutique Firm of the Year
Annerton
Deal of the Year
Linklaters
Deutschland Firm of the Year
Hengeler Mueller
ESG Firm of the Year
BLOMSTEIN
International Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
Lawyer of the Year
Petra Linsmeier, Gleiss Lutz
Marketing Team of the Year
act legal
Next Generation Partner of the Year
Pascal Schumacher, Noerr
Senior Partner of the Year
Gordian Hasselblatt, CMS
Up-and-coming Young Firm of the Year
Cattwyk
In-house Team of the Year
Talanx
In-house ESG Champion
Ingo Köhler-Bartels, Sodexo
In-house M&A Team of the Year
FUNKE Mediengruppe
In-house Lawyer of the Year
Dr. Andreas Liepe, BMW Group