{"id":249738,"date":"2026-02-21T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=249738"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:57:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:57:54","slug":"winners-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/germany-awards\/winners-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antitrust<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Antitrust Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thorsten M\u00e4ger, Hengeler Mueller<\/p>\n

Antitrust Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gleiss Lutz<\/p>\n

Banking and Finance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barbara Mayer-Trautmann, Milbank<\/p>\n

Banking and Finance Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Latham & Watkins<\/p>\n

Capital Markets<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Philipp Kl\u00f6ckner , Milbank<\/p>\n

Capital Markets Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sullivan & Cromwell<\/p>\n

Compliance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Compliance Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eike Bicker , Gleiss Lutz<\/p>\n

Compliance Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gleiss Lutz<\/p>\n

Corporate and M&A<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Corporate and M&A Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carsten Berrar , Sullivan & Cromwell<\/p>\n

Corporate and M&A Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

SZA Schilling, Zutt & Ansch\u00fctz<\/p>\n

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Richard Happ, Luther<\/p>\n

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

CMS<\/p>\n

Dispute Resolution: Litigation<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Dispute Resolution: Litigation Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrea Leufgen, Gleiss Lutz<\/p>\n

Dispute Resolution: Litigation Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hengeler Mueller<\/p>\n

Employment<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Employment Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wolfgang Lipinski, Seitz<\/p>\n

Employment Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seitz<\/p>\n

Energy<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Energy Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tibor Fedke, Noerr<\/p>\n

Energy Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hogan Lovells<\/p>\n

Healthcare<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Healthcare Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deniz Tschammler, Latham & Watkins<\/p>\n

Healthcare Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clifford Chance<\/p>\n

Intellectual Property<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christof Augenstein, Kather Augenstein<\/p>\n

Intellectual Property Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bird & Bird<\/p>\n

Private Equity and Venture Capital<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Private Equity and Venture Capital Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Benjamin Leyendecker, Kirkland & Ellis<\/p>\n

Private Equity and Venture Capital Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Willkie Farr & Gallagher<\/p>\n

Public Law<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Public Law Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexander Csaki, Bird & Bird<\/p>\n

Public Law Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Redeker Sellner Dahs<\/p>\n

Real Estate and Construction<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Real Estate and Construction Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wolfram H. Kr\u00fcger, Linklaters<\/p>\n

Real Estate and Construction Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Breyer Rechtsanw\u00e4lte<\/p>\n

Restructuring<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Restructuring Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andreas Ziegenhagen, Dentons<\/p>\n

Restructuring Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Willkie Farr & Gallagher<\/p>\n

Tax<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Tax Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Johannes Frey, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP<\/p>\n

Tax Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flick Gocke Schaumburg<\/p>\n

Tech and Media<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Tech and Media Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Schmidl, Baker McKenzie<\/p>\n

Tech and Media Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

DLA Piper<\/p>\n

Trade and Distribution<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Trade and Distribution Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ulf Wauschkuhn, Baker Mckenzie<\/p>\n

Trade and Distribution Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hogan Lovells<\/p>\n

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Boutique Firm of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Annerton<\/p>\n

Deal of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Linklaters<\/p>\n

Deutschland Firm of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Hengeler Mueller<\/p>\n

ESG Firm of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

BLOMSTEIN<\/p>\n

International Firm of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Clifford Chance<\/p>\n

Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Petra Linsmeier, Gleiss Lutz<\/p>\n

Marketing Team of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

act legal<\/p>\n

Next Generation Partner of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Pascal Schumacher, Noerr<\/p>\n

Senior Partner of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Gordian Hasselblatt, CMS<\/p>\n

Up-and-coming Young Firm of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Cattwyk<\/p>\n

In-house Team of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Talanx<\/p>\n

In-house ESG Champion<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Ingo K\u00f6hler-Bartels, Sodexo<\/p>\n

In-house M&A Team of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

FUNKE Mediengruppe<\/p>\n

In-house Lawyer of the Year<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Dr. Andreas Liepe, BMW Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Antitrust Antitrust Lawyer of the Year Thorsten M\u00e4ger, 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 Kl\u00f6ckner , Milbank Capital Markets Team … <\/p>\n

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