197 HEUKING-Anwälte von Best Lawyers ausgezeichnet – Zwei „Lawyers of the Year“ 2026

197 Anwälte von HEUKING wurden heute zu den besten Rechtsanwälten gewählt und zählen somit zu den meist empfohlenen Rechtsexperten in Deutschland. Außerdem dürfen sich zwei Anwälte über den Titel Lawyer of the Year und 52 Nachwuchsanwälte über die Aufnahme in die Liste als Ones to watch freuen. Insgesamt wurden 41 Rechtsbereiche ausgezeichnet.

Seit mehreren Jahrzehnten publiziert Best Lawyers Empfehlungslisten von Rechtsberatern in mehr als 75 Ländern. Der in New York ansässige Internetdienst nominiert die Anwälte auf Basis von Experten-Umfragen im Markt. Die Ausgabe von Best Lawyers wurde heute im Handelsblatt veröffentlicht. Das gesamte Ranking kann unter BestLawyers.com eingesehen werden.

Lawyer of the Year:
Dr. Manja Epping (Pharmaceuticals Law),
Dr. Martin Schellenberg (Public Private Partnership)

Ones to watch:
Dr. Cem Karaosmanoglu (Public Law, Real Estate Law),
Shimon Merkel, LL.M. (Tel Aviv University) (Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Venture Capital Law),
Dr. Christian Schafstädt, Maître en Droit (Litigation),
Dr. Christopher Wiencke (Labor and Employment Law),
Maike Katharina Hinz (Data Security and Privacy Law),
Manuel Poncza (Information Technology Law),
Thomas F. Baldzuhn (Corporate Law),
Saskia Baumann (Intellectual Property Law),
Laura-Felicia Bokranz, LL.M. (University of Cape Town), (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Félicie Brisson (Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Criminal Defense, Criminal Tax Practice),
Marc Dümenil (Intellectual Property Law, Litigation),
Michael Kuska, LL.M., LL.M. (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law),
Dr. Marvin Lederer (Construction Law),
Marcel Maybaum (Intellectual Property Law, Media Law),
Dr. Lisa Möllenbeck (Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Criminal Defense, Criminal Tax Practice),
Felix Schütte (Public Law),
Isabella Sommer-Zhang, M.Sc. (Intellectual Property Law),
Mike Steffen (Corporate Law),
Maximilian Dehnert (Construction Law, Public Law, Real Estate Law),
Dr. Oscar Weller, LL.M. (Jerusalem) (Litigation),
Dora Asch (Labor and Employment Law),
Philipp Börger (Corporate Law),
Dr. Eva Kettner, LL.B. (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Ullrich Schlichtherle (Real Estate Law),
Sebstian Martin Sievers (Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Vivien Tewes (Real Estate Law),
Roman Ettl-Steger, LL.M. (King's College London) (Corporate Law, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Björn Grotebrune (Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Arndt Kaubisch, LL.M. (University of East Anglia) (Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Bettina Neheider (Public Law, Real Estate Law),
Dr. Sebastian Pollmeier (Corporate Law),
Christian Schild, LL.M. (Queen Mary University of London) (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law),
Catarina Angelika Gröger LL.M. (Medizinrecht) (Health Care Law),
Carina Bart (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Tania von Schwanebach (Litigation)

Folgende Anwälte von HEUKING wurden als Beste Anwälte ausgezeichnet:

Berlin:
Dr. Andreas Urban (Corporate Law, Labor and Employment Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Ariane Neubauer (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law),
Astrid Reich (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Cem Karaosmanoglu (Public Law, Real Estate Law),
Dr. Christian Schafstädt, Maître en Droit, (Litigation),
Christoph Wagner (Health Care Law, Pharmaceuticals Law),
Dr. Christopher Wiencke (Labor and Employment Law),
Hanne Kara (Real Estate Law),
Maren Stötter (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Matthias Kühn, LL.M. UUniversity of Exeter), (Public Law, Public Private Partnership),
Michael Kreisler, LL.M., (Corporate Law, Energy Law, Litigation),
Shimon Merkel, LL.M. (Tel Aviv University), (Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Venture Capital Law),
Dr. Stefan Proske (Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Dr. Utz Andelewski (Labor and Employment Law)

Chemnitz:
Annemarie Rott (Energy Law),
Gilbert Toepffer (Construction Law)

Düsseldorf:
Dr. Alexander Bork (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. André-M. Szesny, LL.M., (Criminal Defense, Criminal Tax Practice),
Anna Coenen (Criminal Defense),
Dr. Anna Lena Glander (Criminal Defense),
Dr. Anton Horn (Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law)
Astrid Luedtke  (Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law),
Beatrice Stange, LL.M. (King’s College London), (Competition / Antitrust Law),
Dr. Bodo Dehne (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Christoph Hexel (Labor and Employment Law),
Christoph Nöhles, LL.M. (Boston University), (Real Estate Law),
Dr. Christopher Marx (Public Law),
Felix Schütte (Public Law),
Dr. Félicie Brisson (Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Criminal Defense, Criminal Tax Practice),
Dr. Georg Jacobs, LL.M. (Boston University), (Advertising Law, Competition / Antitrust Law, Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation),
Dr. Hans Gummert (Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Hironaga Kaneko (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Holger Lüders (Labor and Employment Law),
Isabella Sommer-Zhang, M.Sc., (Intellectual Property Law),
Dr. Katja Plückelmann (Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Kirstin van de Sande (Public Law),
Laura-Felicia Bokranz, LL.M. (University of Cape Town), (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Laurence M. Westen (Public Law),
Dr. Lisa Möllenbeck (Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Criminal Defense, Criminal Tax Practice),
Marc Baltus (Energy Law),
Marc Dümenil (Intellectual Property Law, Litigation),
Marcel Maybaum (Intellectual Property Law, Media Law),
Dr. Markus Rheinländer (Criminal Defense),
Dr. Marvin Lederer (Construction Law),
Mathis Dick, LL.M., (Real Estate Law),
Dr. Michael Alberts (Real Estate Law),
Michael Kuska, LL.M., LL.M., (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law),
Michael Schmittmann (Gaming Law, Information Technology Law, Media Law, Regulatory Practice)
Dr. Michael Sörgel, LL.M., (Corporate Law),
Mike Steffen (Corporate Law),
Dr. Peter Vocke (Real Estate Law)
Dr. Philip Kempermann, LL.M., (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law),
Prof. Dr. Rainer Jacobs (Intellectual Property Law),
Dr. Rainer Velte (Competition / Antitrust Law, Public Finance Law, Regulatory Practice),
Regina Glaser, LL.M. (Suffolk University Boston), (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Sabine Dethof (Intellectual Property Law),
Saskia Baumann (Intellectual Property Law),
Dr. Stefan Osing (Real Estate Law),
Stephan Freund (Construction Law, Litigation, Real Estate Law),
Dr. Susanne Stauder (Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Criminal Defense, Criminal Tax Practice),
Thomas Baldzuhn (Corporate Law),
Dr. Tobias Plath, LL.M., (Insurance Law),
Dr. Tobias Woltering (Energy Law),
Dr. Ute Jasper (Public Law, Regulatory Practice),
Dr. Wolfgang Kühn (Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation),
Wolfram Meven (Criminal Tax Practice)

Frankfurt/Main:
Catrin Merten (Litigation),
Christian Staps (Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Christoph F. Wetzler (Banking and Finance Law),
Dr. Christoph Gringel (Banking and Finance Law, Insurance Law),
Daniel Froesch (Arbitration and Mediation),
Harald Francisco Heller (Real Estate Law),
Klaus Weinand-Härer (Tax Law),
Dr. Markus Collisy (Construction Law),
Maximilian Dehnert (Construction Law, Public Law, Real Estate Law),
Michael Neises (Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Oscar Weller, LL.M. (Jerusalem), (Litigation),
Stephan Nikschick, LL.M. (University of Nottingham), (Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Dr. Thomas Nickel (Real Estate Law),
Thorsten A. Wieland (Intellectual Property Law, Regulatory Practice),
Dr. Till Naruisch, LL.M. (University of Dundee), (Banking and Finance Law),
Ulrich Weidemann (Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law)

Hamburg:
Dr. Andreas Walle (Labor and Employment Law),
Christian Spintig (Intellectual Property Law),
Dr. Christoph Froning, LL.M. (University of Miami), (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law),
David Loszynski (Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Dora Asch (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Elke Umbeck (Arbitration and Mediation, International Arbitration, Litigation),
Dr. Eva Kettner, LL.B., (Labor and Employment Law),
Fabian G. Gaffron (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Frederik Wiemer (Competition / Antitrust Law),
Dr. Hans Markus Wulf (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law),
Dr. Henrik Lay (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law),
Dr. Johan Schneider (Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Dr. Johan-Michel Menke, LL.M., (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Jonas Pust (Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation),
Dr. Jörg Schewe (Corporate Law),
Dr. Kai Bandilla (Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Kay Jacobsen (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Lothar Ende (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Marcus Georg Tischler (Corporate Law, Litigation),
Dr. Martin Schellenberg (Public Law, Public Private Partnership),
Dr. Michael Dröge (Capital Markets Law, Investment, Investment Funds, Real Estate Law),
Dr. Niclas von Woedtke (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law),
Dr. Peter Christian Schmidt (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law, Venture Capital Law),
Philipp Börger (Corporate Law),
Dr. Ralf J. Wojtek, LL.M. (University of California at Berkeley), (Telecommunications Law),
René Krohn, LL.M., (Insurance Law),
Dr. Sabine Ottow (Criminal Defense, Criminal Tax Practice),
Sandra Pfister, LL.M. (University of Sydney), (Banking and Finance Law, Project Finance and Development Practice, Public Private Partnership),
Dr. Sebastian Jungemeyer (Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation),
Sebstian Sievers (Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Stefan Bretthauer (Competition / Antitrust Law),
Dr. Sönke Görgens (Construction Law, Real Estate Law),
Dr. Søren Pietzcker, LL.M. (University of Illinois), (Intellectual Property Law),
Dr. Thomas Schulz, LL.M. (Nottingham Trent University), (Labor and Employment Law),
Tim Petermann (Energy Law),
Timo Trefzger (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Ullrich Schlichtherle (Real Estate Law),
Vivien Tewes (Real Estate Law),
Dr. Volker Voth (Labor and Employment Law)

Köln:
Dr. Alexander Jüngst (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Andreas Lenz (Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Prof. Dr. Andreas Müller-Wiedenhorn (Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Dominik Eickemeier (Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law),
Dr. Frank Eckhoff (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Hans-Jochem Lüer, LL.M. (University of California at Berkeley), (Corporate Law, Insurance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Julia Kathrin Degen, LL.M., (Insurance Law),
Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten (Corporate Law),
Dr. Lutz Martin Keppeler (Data Security and Privacy Law, Information Technology Law),
Maike Katharina Hinz (Data Security and Privacy Law),
Manuel Poncza (Information Technology Law),
Markus Schmülling (Labor and Employment Law),
Martin Karwatzki, LL.M., (Insurance Law),
Dr. Martin Reufels, LL.M. (King’s College London), (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Mirko Sickinger, LL.M. (Columbia University), (Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Oliver Böttcher (Corporate Law),
Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg, LL.M. (Georgetown University, Washington DC), (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law),
Dr. Philipp Jansen (Corporate Law),
Dr. Pär Johansson (Private Equity Law),
Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann (Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Media Law),
Rüdiger Schnug (Insurance Law),
Dr. Sascha Schewiola (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Stefan Jöster, LL.M., (Insurance Law),
Susanne Christine Monsig (Public Law),
Tim Remmel, LL.M., (Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Ulf Christiani (Public Law),
Dr. Verena Hoene, LL.M. (University of Washington), (Intellectual Property Law),
Dr. Wilhelm Moll, LL.M. (University of California at Berkeley), (Labor and Employment Law)

München:
Alexander Weber, LL.M., (Litigation),
Dr. Alexander Weiss (Arbitration and Mediation, Product Liability Litigation),
Anita Bohn, LL.M. (University of London), (Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Armin Freiherr von Grießenbeck (Construction Law, Real Estate Law),
Arndt Kaubisch, LL.M. (University of East Anglia), (Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Dr. Arnold Büssemaker, Licencié en droit (Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Astrid Wellhöner, LL.M. Eur., (Labor and Employment Law),
Bettina Neheider (Public Law, Real Estate Law),
Dr. Björn Grotebrune (Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Boris Dürr (Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Carsten Schrader (Construction Law, Real Estate Law),
Catarina Angelika Gröger, LL.M. (Medizinrecht), (Health Care Law),
Christian Schild, LL.M. (Queen Mary University of London), (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law),
Dr. Christian Strasser (Litigation),
Dr. Daniel Lehmann (Corporate Law, Trusts and Succession Planning),
Fabian Gerstner, LL.M. (University of New South Wales), (Public Law),
Dr. Frank Metz (Litigation),
Prof. Dr. Georg Streit (Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Dr. Helge-Torsten Wöhlert (Corporate Law),
Dr. Kai Uwe Büchler (Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Dr. Leonie Schwarzmeier, LL.M., (Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Manja Epping (Biotechnology Law and Life Sciences Practice, Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Pharmaceuticals Law),
Marcel Greubel (Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Martin Ströhmann, LL.M. (Chicago), (Corporate Law, Litigation, Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
Dr. Mathias Schröder, LL.M. (Intl. Legal Stud Golden Gate Univ.) (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Michael Lauterbach (Insurance Law),
Dr. Reinhard Siegert (Competition / Antitrust Law),
Roland Gerold (Public Law, Real Estate Law),
Roman Ettl-Steger, LL.M. (King’s College London), (Corporate Law, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Dr. Sebastian Pollmeier (Corporate Law),
Dr. Steffen Burrer (Litigation),
Dr. Stephan Degen, Maître en Droit, (Restructuring and Insolvency Law, Tax Law),
Dr. Thomas Jansen (Information Technology Law),
Dr. Walter Eberl (Arbitration and Mediation, International Arbitration, Litigation),
Dr. h.c. (UGANC) Wolfgang Stürzer (Real Estate Law)

Stuttgart:
Dr. Alexander Schott (Corporate Law),
Dr. Andreas Schabenberger (Advertising Law, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation),
Dr. Anne de Boer, LL.M. (RSA), (Capital Markets Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Antje Münch, LL.M., (Intellectual Property Law),
Carina Bart (Labor and Employment Law),
Dr. Frank Baßler (Corporate Law),
Dr. Herman Ali Hinderer, LL.M. (University of San Diego (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law),
Jens-Hendrik Janzen, LL.M. (University of Queensland), (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),
Dr. Tania Von Schwanebach (Litigation),
Dr. Wolfram Sandner (Environmental Law)