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Best Law Firms in Germany 2026

Deloitte Legal listed in 39 national and regional rankings of "Best Law Firms in Germany".

On 24 September 2026, US publisher Best Lawyers, in cooperation with Handelsblatt, published the new ranking "Best Law Firms - Germany (2027 Edition)." Deloitte Legal was recognized in a total of 39 national and regional rankings:

  • National: One Tier 1 ranking, three Tier 2 rankings and three Tier 3 rankings
  • Regionally: Seven Tier 1 rankings, six Tier 2 rankings and six Tier 3 rankings

The results are based on client assessments, market evaluations and independent analyses - and serve as both a confirmation of Deloitte Legal’s work and a stimulus for its continued development.

National Rankings

In the national ranking for Germany, the following areas of law were ranked in Tier 1 to Tier 3:

Regional Ranking Tier 1: Corporate Law

Regional Ranking Tier 2:

  • Banking and Finance Law,
  • Information Technology Law and
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law.

Regional Ranking Tier 3:

  • Intellectual Property Law,
  • Labor and Employment Law and
  • Restructuring and Insolvency Law. 

Regional Rankings

We are also very pleased that Deloitte Legal has achieved very high rankings in the regional rankings in many areas of law:

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).

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