Best Law Firms in Germany 2026

Tier 1 lists

• Baden-Württemberg (Corporate Law),
• Bavaria (Corporate Law),
• Berlin (Information Technology Law and Real Estate Law),
• Hamburg (Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Restructuring and Insolvency Law),
• Hesse (Banking and Finance Law and Information Technology Law),
  Lower-Saxony (Corporate Law) and
• North Rhine-Westphalia (Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law).

The following regions and areas of law are listed in Tier 2:

• Berlin (Intellectual Property Law and Labor and Employment Law),

• Hamburg (Capital Markets Law, Competition / Antitrust Law and Labor and Employment Law),

• Hesse (Outsourcing and Regulatory Practice), 

Tier 3 rankings were achieved by:

• Bavaria (Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Private Equity Law),
• Berlin (Data Security and Privacy Law),
• Hamburg (Corporate Law and Regulatory Practice),
• Hesse (Arbitration and Mediation, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation and Mergers and Acquisitions Law) and
• Lower Saxony (Labor and Employment Law)
• North Rhine-Westphalia (Construction Law, Intellectual Property Law, Labor and Employment Law and Private Equity Law).