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    • Researchers

    Details of researchers are now available.

    To learn more about the team behind our research, please visit Meet The Legal 500 Team.

    Deadlines

    The research schedule and guidelines for The Legal 500 Deutschland 2025 edition are now below.

    Client referee form deadline: 27 May 2024*
    Editorial submission deadline: 10 June 2024
    *NEW: Please note that there are two separate deadlines this year. The earlier deadline for referee forms is intended to allow more time for referees to give feedback.

    The template documents you will need to send submissions are here:

    Client referee form NB: This template is in .xslx format. Do not resave it in other format as it may not be compatible with our system.
    Editorial submission template. If you wish to request a template in English, please get in touch via email.

    To send your submissions to us, please visit submissions.legal500.com and follow the onscreen prompts to send us new documents.

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    Please ensure you send your submissions in by the deadlines. The timetable for the research will be adhered to rigorously.

    Research schedule info

    Firm interviews conducted: 17 June – 16 August 2024
    Publication: February 2025

    FAQs and supporting info

    Submission guidelines

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    Referees explained

    Practice areas

    Cities and practice areas we are researching for the Deutschland 2025 edition include:

    Antitrust

      • Antitrust
        Antitrust litigation

    Banking and finance

      • Financial services: regulatory
      • Fintech
      • Investment funds
      • Lending and borrowing
      • Project finance
      • Real estate finance

    Capital markets

      • Debt capital markets
        High-Yield
      • Equity capital markets
      • Structured finance and securitisation

    Compliance

      • Compliance
      • Internal Investigations

    Corporate and M&A

      • Corporate
        Corporate and shareholder disputes
      • M&A: large deals (€500m+)
      • M&A: mid-sized deals (€100m-€500m)
      • M&A: smaller deals (sub-€100m)

    Dispute resolution

      • Arbitration (including international arbitration)
      • Commercial litigation
      • Financial services: litigation
      • Product liability

    Employment

      • Employment

    Food law and consumer goods

      • Food law and consumer goods

    Industry Focus

      • Artificial Intelligence (AI) NEW
      • Energy
        Regulatory
        Transactions
      • Healthcare and Life Sciences
        Drug advertising law
        Regulatory
        Transactions
        Medical law
      • Telecoms
        Regulatory
        Transactions

    Information technology

      • Data law
      • Information technology and digitalisation
      • IT transactions and outsourcing

    Insurance

      • Advice to insurers
      • Insurance litigation

    Intellectual Property

      • Patent litigation: Solicitors
        Transactions
      • Patent litigation: Patent lawyers
      • Patent prosecution
      • Trade marks
        Design law
        Trade mark administration and strategic advice
      • Unfair competition

    Media

      • Entertainment
        Copyright disputes
        Gaming
        Digital content
      • Press and publishing

    Private clients and non-profits

      • Private clients and non-profits

    Private equity

      • PE transactions: large deals (€500m+)
      • PE transactions: mid-sized deals (€100m-€500m)
        Fund formation
      • Venture capital

    Public sector

      • Commercial administrative law
      • Planning and environment
        Product-related advice
        Waste management
      • Public procurement
      • State aid

    Real estate and construction

      • Construction (including construction litigation)
        Plant construction
      • Project development
      • Real estate

    Restructuring and insolvency

      • Insolvency
      • Restructuring

    Tax

      • Tax
        Criminal tax law

    Trade and distribution

      • Foreign trade law
        Investment control
        Sanctions         NEW
      • Trade, distribution and logistics
        Supply chain compliance NEW

    Transport

      • Advice to the transport sector
      • Maritime and shipping
        Ship financing

    White-collar crime

      • Advice to companies
      • Advice to individuals

    City Focus: Commercial law We invite local firms as well as major national and international law firms with offices in the respective cities to submit overviews of their practices, highlighting areas of specialism. Within this section, we place special emphasis on regional clients and instructions.

    • Berlin
    • Bremen
    • Dresden
    • Düsseldorf
    • Frankfurt
    • Hamburg
    • Hannover
    • Cologne
    • Leipzig
    • Munich
    • Nuremberg
    • Stuttgart