PwC Legal and PwC Germany recognised with 38 lawyers in “Handelsblatt Best Lawyers”
Frankfurt am Main, 18 June 2026
PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal AG Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft (PwC Legal) and PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (PwC Germany) have been recognised in this year’s Handelsblatt Best Lawyers ranking, with 38 lawyers listed across 21 practice areas. The 2026 ranking was once again compiled exclusively for Handelsblatt by the US publisher Best Lawyers.
A total of 23 lawyers were recognised in the category “Germany’s Best Lawyers 2026”. A further 15 colleagues were named in the “Ones to Watch” category, which highlights lawyers in the early stages of their careers with three to eight years of professional experience.
We are delighted to see our experienced partners continuing to achieve strong visibility, while our emerging talent is also gaining increasing recognition. The fact that we have received more listings this year than last is a very positive signal that our work is resonating with clients and across the market.
The recognitions in detail
Best lawyers 2026
Berlin
- Intellectual Property Law: Dr. Anna-Kristine Wipper
- Real Estate Law: Stefanie Rzeniecki
- Litigation: Dr. Anne Grunwald
Düsseldorf
- Energy Law: Michael H. Küper, Peter Mussaeus, Shaghayegh Smousavi
- Information Technology Law: Dr. Jan-Peter Ohrtmann
- Private Equity Law: Lars Benger
- Tax Law: Dr. Michael Puls, Susanne Thonemann-Micker, Dr. Thorsten Zumwinkel
Frankfurt/Main
- Banking and Finance Law: Dr. Jörg Schwerdtfeger
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law: Dr. Dirk Stiller
- Arbitration and Mediation: Stefan Gentzsch
- Tax Law: Dr. Philipp Klinker, Dr. Mathias Link
Hamburg
- Public Law: Prof. Dr. Heiko Höfler
- Restructuring and Insolvency Law: Dr. Sebastian Zeeck
München
- Banking and Finance Law: Christine Kaniak-Hockel
- Corporate Law: Dr. Tobias Koppmann, Dr. Christoph Rödter
- Information Technology Law: Dr. Tobias Freiherr von Tucher
- Technology Law: Dr. Tobias Freiherr von Tucher
Nürnberg
- Private Equity Law: Gerhard Wacker
- Venture Capital Law: Gerhard Wacker
Ones to watch
Düsseldorf
- Data Security and Privacy Law: Dr. Alexander Golland, Dennis Schmidt
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law: Rebecca Klenke
- Intellectual Property Law: Christine Meßmer, Philipp Alexander Römer
- Information Technology Law: Dr. Alexander Golland, Dennis Schmidt
- Venture Capital Law: Rebecca Klenke
Frankfurt/Main
- Banking and Finance Law: Kristin Lyaskova
- Employee Benefits Law: Dr. Falko Maurer
- Corporate Governance and Compliance: Mariya Atanasova
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law: Dr. Falko Maurer
- Corporate Law: Dr. Falko Maurer
- Real Estate Law: Dr. Stefan Schlimm
- International Arbitration / Litigation: Dr. Henriette Sigmund
- Information Technology Law: Anna Dold
- Competition / Antitrust Law: Dr. Henriette Sigmund
- Litigation: Dr. Paul Bäder, Antje Bever, Anja Franz, Dr. Georg Haas, Dr. Henriette Sigmund
- Regulatory Practice: Kristin Lyaskova
- Arbitration and Mediation: Dr. Paul Bäder, Dr. Henriette Sigmund
About PwC Legal Business Solutions:
In our global, rapidly changing business world, cooperation, restructuring, transactions, financing and social responsibility are topics that increasingly concern our clients. They need legal certainty for a wide range of complex tasks. That is why we advise them holistically and in close cooperation with PwC’s tax, human resources and finance experts and our international legal network in over 100 countries. Whether a globally active company, a public corporation or a wealthy private individual, every client has a personal contact at our firm who supports them responsibly in all matters of commercial law. In this way, we help our clients to secure their economic success in the long term.
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About PwC
At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 364,000 people in 136 countries and 137 territories. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting, we help clients build, accelerate, and sustain momentum.
In this document, “PwC” refers to PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, which is a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL). Each member firm of PwCIL is a separate and independent legal entity.
The term PwC refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of the legally independent network companies. Further details can be found at www.pwc.com/structure.
