FRANKFURT/MUNICH – Multiple Reed Smith practice areas in the global firm’s Frankfurt and Munich offices are recognised in the latest Best Law Firms™ - Germany guide, published today.

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 Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Data Security and Privacy Law
  • Media Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Private Equity Law

National Tier 3

  • Competition / Antitrust Law
  • Information Technology Law

Metropolitan Tier 1

Bayern

  • Competition / Antitrust Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Data Security and Privacy Law
  • Information Technology Law
  • Investment Funds
  • Media Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Private Equity Law
  • Technology Law

Hessen

  • Banking and Finance Law

Metropolitan Tier 2

Bayern

  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Real Estate Law

Hessen

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Private Equity Law
  • Tax Law

Metropolitan Tier 3

Bayern

  • Advertising Law
  • Banking and Finance Law

Hessen

  • Data Security and Privacy Law
  • Real Estate Law

Reed Smith was also recognised in this guide last year, the first year that it was published.

Best Law Firms™ - Germany rankings are based on an evaluation process that includes the collection of client and professional reference assessments, peer review from leading lawyers, industry leader interviews, and additional research.

The strength of Reed Smith’s offering in Germany was also demonstrated earlier this year, when Best Lawyers in Germany™ and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Germany™ recognised 22 individual lawyers from the firm.

The practice areas covered by those 22 Reed Smith lawyers included advertising, arbitration and mediation, banking and finance, competition, corporate, data security and privacy, employment, investment funds, IT and technology, media, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, and tax.