Lawyers across a wide number of practices highlighted in latest guide
The practice areas covered by the Reed Smith lawyers include advertising, arbitration and mediation, banking and finance, competition, corporate, data security and privacy, employment, intellectual property, investment funds, IT and technology, media, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, restructuring and insolvency, and tax.
The following lawyers were recognised in the 2025 edition, including Octávio de Sousa, Thomas Fischl, Alexander Klett, René Lochmann, Andreas Splittgerber, Nikolaus von Jacobs and Christian von Sydow who were recognised in more than one category:
FRANKFURT
Corporate
- Octávio de Sousa
Banking and finance
- Dirk-Peter Flor
- Oliver Hahnelt
Data security and privacy
- Christian Leuthner
Mergers and acquisitions
- Octávio de Sousa
Private equity
- Octávio de Sousa
Tax
- Nina Siewert
MUNICH
Advertising
- Andreas Splittgerber
Arbitration and mediation
- Oliver Rathje
Banking and finance
- René Lochmann
Competition / antitrust
- Michaela Westrup
Corporate
- Constantin Conrads
- Nikolaus von Jacobs
- Christian von Sydow
Data security and privacy
- Thomas Fischl
- Andreas Splittgerber
Information technology
- Thomas Fischl
- Andreas Splittgerber
- Philipp Süss
Intellectual property
- Alexander Klett
Investment funds
- René Lochmann
Labor and Employment
- Jan Weißgerber
Mergers and acquisitions
- Nikolaus von Jacobs
- Christian von Sydow
Media
- Thomas Fischl
- Alexander Klett
Private equity
- Germar Enders
- Nikolaus von Jacobs
- Christian von Sydow
Real estate
- Etienne Richthammer
Restructuring and insolvency
- Christian von Sydow
Technology
- Thomas Fischl
- Andreas Splittgerber
In addition, Frankfurt-based counsel Nikolas Koutsós (banking and finance) and associate Carina Park (tax) were included as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Germany™.
In Munich, associate Philipp Bergmann (banking and finance) was also included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Germany™, alongside three more associates who were recognised in more than one category: Maria Ottermann (arbitration and mediation, and litigation), Matthias Weingut (corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity) and Friederike Wilde-Detmering (data security and privacy, and information technology).
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Germany™ is a designation that recognises outstanding professional excellence in lawyers who are earlier in their careers.
Selection to the Best Lawyers® list of outstanding lawyers is based on an annual peer-review survey.
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