WiWo: HEUKING leads the way in M&A – Dr Martin Imhof named top lawyer - brandeins also recognises HEUKING once again

WirtschaftsWoche has named HEUKING partner Dr. Martin Imhof a top lawyer in the field of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in its 2025 ranking, as it did last year. HEUKING is one of the most renowned law firms for M&A.

Last month, WirtschaftsWoche named HEUKING as the leading law firm for corporate law in 2024.

HEUKING is one of the largest and most renowned German law firms in the field of corporate law/M&A. In line with its full-service approach, it provides comprehensive legal and tax advice, which is regularly utilised by numerous clients. This service is valued by medium-sized companies, large corporations and start-ups alike. Whether a company is being sold, a succession solution is being developed, a financing round is being carried out or a listed group is being restructured – HEUKING has specialists with in-depth experience who can provide support. Regular awards, such as those from WirtschaftsWoche, underscore this claim.

For the ranking, the Handelsblatt Research Institute surveyed over 5,400 lawyers from 263 law firms about their most renowned colleagues in M&A. After evaluation by the jury, 52 law firms with 94 lawyers were selected.

The current issue of brandeins was published on 25 April, in which HEUKING was also recognised in the M&A category. In addition, the following areas were honoured:

• Labour law (representation of companies)

• Compliance

• Corporate law

• Real estate

• Insolvency, restructuring, reorganisation

• Capital market law

• Antitrust, competition

• Trademarks, design patents

• Dispute resolution (litigation, arbitration, mediation)

• Commercial criminal law

• Media, press

• Public procurement law

HEUKING is one of the TOP 20 most innovative law firms and one of the four law firms with the most award-winning practice areas.

Statista compiles the ranking of the best commercial law firms on behalf of brandeins. A survey of 14,567 lawyers from commercial law firms and 3,002 in-house lawyers results in a ranking for a total of 26 areas of law. Recommendations from the law firms themselves were not taken into account.