The Best Law Firms™ guides bring together extensive peer reviews and industry sector evaluation, to create tiered rankings on both a national and metropolitan area basis.
Frankfurt am Main is in the German state of Hessen and the city of Munich is in Bayern.
The Reed Smith practice areas recognised in the guide include:
National Tier 2
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate
- Data Security and Privacy
- Media
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity
National Tier 3
- Information Technology
Metropolitan Tier 1
Bayern
- Competition / Antitrust
- Corporate
- Data Security and Privacy
- Information Technology
- Media
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Technology
Hessen
- Banking and Finance
Metropolitan Tier 2
Bayern
- Arbitration and Mediation
- Intellectual Property
- Labor and Employment
- Real Estate
- Restructuring and Insolvency
Hessen
- Corporate
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Tax
Metropolitan Tier 3
Bayern
- Advertising
- Banking and Finance
- Investment Funds
Hessen
- Data Security and Privacy
The strength of Reed Smith’s offering in Germany was also demonstrated earlier this year, when the Best Lawyers in Germany™ 2025 guide recognised 24 individual lawyers from the firm.
Those lawyers were recognised for advertising, arbitration and mediation, banking and finance, competition/antitrust, corporate, data security and privacy, employment, intellectual property, investment funds, IT and technology, media, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, restructuring and insolvency, tax, and other categories.
More details on the Best Law Firms™- Germany guide and methodology can be found on the publisher’s website. This is the inaugural edition of the Best Law Firms™- Germany guide.