Best Lawyers Germany 2020: 23 Pinsent Masons' partners ranked

26 Jun 2020 | 02:10 pm | 1 min. read

Handeslblatt and Best Lawyers recognised 23 partners of multi-national law firm Pinsent Masons as Best Lawyers in Germany 2020.

Every year, the US publisher Best Lawyers surveys the best lawyers* and law firms in an extensive peer-to-peer process. In this survey, only lawyers are asked about the reputation of their colleagues and recommendations outside their own law firm.

23 partners in the German practice of Pinsent Masons were recommended in 16 practice areas. The Handelsblatt exclusively published "Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2020" and recommends the following lawyers from our offices in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich:

  • Dr. Stephan Appt: Information Technology Law
  • Dr. Torsten Bergau: Corporate Law
  • Dr. Peter Christ: Labor and Employment Law
  • Dr. Jörn Fingerhuth: Real Estate Law
  • Dr. Markus Friedl: Corporate Law
  • Werner Geißelmeier: Tax Law
  • Marc L. Holtorf: Health Care Law, Intellectual Property Law
  • Rainer Kreifels: M&A Law
  • Dr. Susanne Lenz: Capital Markets Law
  • Dr. Alexander Loos: M&A Law, Arbitration and Mediation, International Arbitration, Litigation
  • Thomas Mayrhofer: Corporate
  • Ronald Meißner: Corporate Law, M&A Law
  • Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Meyer-Lindemann: Antitrust
  • Dr. Tobias Nuß: Real Estate Law
  • Dr. Wolfram Pätzold: Real Estate Law
  • Dr. Nils Rauer: Intellectual Property Law
  • Dr. Marc Salevic: Telecommunications Law
  • Dr. Michael Schneider: Intellectual Property Law
  • Sven Schulte-Hillen: Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
  • Sibylle Schumacher: Arbitration and Mediation, International Arbitration, Litigation
  • Dr. Thorsten Volz: Energy Law
  • Dr. Florian von Baum: Information Technology Law
  • Kirsten Wolgast: Data Security and Privacy Law

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