Winners 2026
Antitrust
Antitrust Lawyer of the Year
- Thorsten Mäger, 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 Klöckner , Milbank
Capital Markets Team of the Year
- Sullivan & Cromwell
Compliance
Compliance Lawyer of the Year
- Eike Bicker, Gleiss Lutz
Compliance Team of the Year
- Sullivan & Cromwell
Corporate and M&A
Corporate and M&A Lawyer of the Year
- Carsten Berrar , Sullivan & Cromwell
Corporate and M&A Team of the Year
- SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
- Richard Happ, Luther
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Team of the Year
- CMS
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Dispute Resolution: Litigation Lawyer of the Year
- Andrea Leufgen, Gleiss Lutz
Dispute Resolution: Litigation Team of the Year
- Hengeler Mueller
Employment
Employment Lawyer of the Year
- Wolfgang Lipinski, Seitz
Employment Team of the Year
- Seitz
Energy
Energy Lawyer of the Year
- Tibor Fedke, Noerr
Energy Team of the Year
- Hogan Lovells
Healthcare
Healthcare Lawyer of the Year
- Deniz Tschammler, Latham & Watkins
Healthcare Team of the Year
- Clifford Chance
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
- Christof Augenstein, Kather Augenstein
Intellectual Property Team of the Year
- Bird & Bird
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Private Equity and Venture Capital Lawyer of the Year
- Benjamin Leyendecker, Kirkland & Ellis
Private Equity and Venture Capital Team of the Year
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Public Law
Public Law Lawyer of the Year
- Alexander Csaki, Bird & Bird
Public Law Team of the Year
- Redeker Sellner Dahs
Real Estate and Construction
Real Estate and Construction Lawyer of the Year
- Wolfram H. Krüger, Linklaters
Real Estate and Construction Team of the Year
- Breyer Rechtsanwälte
Restructuring
Restructuring Lawyer of the Year
- Andreas Ziegenhagen, Dentons
Restructuring Team of the Year
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Tax
Tax Lawyer of the Year
- Johannes Frey, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Tax Team of the Year
- Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Tech and Media
Tech and Media Lawyer of the Year
- Michael Schmidl, Baker McKenzie
Tech and Media Team of the Year
- DLA Piper
Trade and Distribution
Trade and Distribution Lawyer of the Year
- Ulf Wauschkuhn, Baker Mckenzie
Trade and Distribution Team of the Year
- Hogan Lovells
Signature Awards
Boutique Firm of the Year
- Annerton
Deal of the Year
- Linklaters
Deutschland Firm of the Year
- Hengeler Mueller
ESG Firm of the Year
- BLOMSTEIN
International Firm of the Year
- Clifford Chance
Lawyer of the Year
- Petra Linsmeier, Gleiss Lutz
Marketing Team of the Year
- act legal
Next Generation Partner of the Year
- Pascal Schumacher, Noerr
Senior Partner of the Year
- Gordian Hasselblatt, CMS
Up-and-coming Young Firm of the Year
- Cattwyk
In-house Team of the Year
- Talanx
In-house ESG Champion
- Ingo Köhler-Bartels, Sodexo
In-house M&A Team of the Year
- FUNKE Mediengruppe
In-house Lawyer of the Year
- Dr. Andreas Liepe, BMW Group
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