Baker McKenzie

Germany

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Key practice areas

Banking

Project finance

Capital markets : Equity

Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation

Financial and corporate

Private equity

Restructuring and insolvency

Restructuring

M&A

Banking and finance

2026 Edition

Banking and finance

Tier 5

35 firms ranked

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Tier 1

Clifford Chance

12 practice areas

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Freshfields

13 practice areas

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Hengeler Mueller

12 practice areas

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Latham & Watkins

11 practice areas

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Milbank

11 practice areas

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Tier 2

A&O Shearman

14 practice areas

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Linklaters

13 practice areas

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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie

9 practice areas

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Gleiss Lutz

13 practice areas

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Noerr

10 practice areas

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White & Case

13 practice areas

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Tier 4

CMS Hasche Sigle

10 practice areas

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Goodwin Procter

4 practice areas

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Kirkland & Ellis

11 practice areas

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Norton Rose Fulbright

7 practice areas

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

13 practice areas

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher

9 practice areas

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Tier 5

Baker McKenzie

10 practice areas

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Bird & Bird

10 practice areas

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Gütt Olk Feldhaus

5 practice areas

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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek

9 practice areas

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King & Spalding

6 practice areas

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Luther

4 practice areas

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Mayer Brown

10 practice areas

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McDermott Will & Schulte

12 practice areas

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Taylor Wessing

7 practice areas

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Weil Gotshal & Manges

9 practice areas

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Notable

Astera Legal

3 practice areas

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

3 practice areas

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LARK

18 practice areas

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LSP | Lindemann Schwennicke & Partner

4 practice areas

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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)

5 practice areas

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Sidley Austin

7 practice areas

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Simmons & Simmons

5 practice areas

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Sullivan & Cromwell

6 practice areas

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Capital markets : Equity

Notable

25 firms ranked

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Tier 1

Freshfields

13 practice areas

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Hengeler Mueller

12 practice areas

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Linklaters

13 practice areas

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Sullivan & Cromwell

6 practice areas

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Tier 2

Clifford Chance

12 practice areas

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White & Case

13 practice areas

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Tier 3

A&O Shearman

14 practice areas

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Gleiss Lutz

13 practice areas

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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

11 practice areas

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Latham & Watkins

11 practice areas

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

13 practice areas

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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie

9 practice areas

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CMS Hasche Sigle

10 practice areas

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Milbank

11 practice areas

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Noerr

10 practice areas

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Tier 5

Norton Rose Fulbright

7 practice areas

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher

9 practice areas

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Notable

Baker McKenzie

10 practice areas

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DLA Piper

5 practice areas

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Glade Michel Wirtz

4 practice areas

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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek

9 practice areas

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Kirkland & Ellis

11 practice areas

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Paul Hastings

10 practice areas

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Pinsent Masons

5 practice areas

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Taylor Wessing

7 practice areas

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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation

Tier 3

14 firms ranked

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Tier 1

Clifford Chance

12 practice areas

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Hengeler Mueller

12 practice areas

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Linklaters

13 practice areas

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Tier 2

Freshfields

13 practice areas

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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

11 practice areas

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White & Case

13 practice areas

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Tier 3

A&O Shearman

14 practice areas

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Ashurst Perkins Coie

9 practice areas

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Baker McKenzie

10 practice areas

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Dentons

12 practice areas

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Latham & Watkins

11 practice areas

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Notable

Gleiss Lutz

13 practice areas

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Mayer Brown

10 practice areas

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Noerr

10 practice areas

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M&A

Tier 4

56 firms ranked

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Tier 1

Freshfields

13 practice areas

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Hengeler Mueller

12 practice areas

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Linklaters

13 practice areas

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Tier 2

Clifford Chance

12 practice areas

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Gleiss Lutz

13 practice areas

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Latham & Watkins

11 practice areas

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Sullivan & Cromwell

6 practice areas

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Tier 3

A&O Shearman

14 practice areas

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Kirkland & Ellis

11 practice areas

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Milbank

11 practice areas

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

13 practice areas

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White & Case

13 practice areas

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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie

10 practice areas

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CMS Hasche Sigle

10 practice areas

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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

11 practice areas

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McDermott Will & Schulte

12 practice areas

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Noerr

10 practice areas

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Weil Gotshal & Manges

9 practice areas

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Tier 5

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

10 practice areas

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DLA Piper

5 practice areas

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Dentons

12 practice areas

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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

5 practice areas

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

3 practice areas

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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek

9 practice areas

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Jones Day

5 practice areas

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K&L Gates

2 practice areas

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Mayer Brown

10 practice areas

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Morgan Lewis & Bockius

1 practice area

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Morrison & Foerster

2 practice areas

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SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz

4 practice areas

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher

9 practice areas

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Tier 6

Ashurst Perkins Coie

9 practice areas

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Berner Fleck Wettich

2 practice areas

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Bird & Bird

10 practice areas

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Eversheds Sutherland

1 practice area

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GLNS

5 practice areas

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Glade Michel Wirtz

4 practice areas

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Gütt Olk Feldhaus

5 practice areas

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Kallan

2 practice areas

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King & Spalding

6 practice areas

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Oppenhoff & Partner

6 practice areas

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Paul Hastings

10 practice areas

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Pinsent Masons

5 practice areas

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Renzenbrink & Partner

2 practice areas

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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)

5 practice areas

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ADVANT Beiten

1 practice area

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Arqis

3 practice areas

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Dechert

3 practice areas

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Greenberg Traurig

3 practice areas

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LARK

18 practice areas

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Leo Schmidt-Hollburg Witte & Frank

2 practice areas

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Norton Rose Fulbright

7 practice areas

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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

1 practice area

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POELLATH

4 practice areas

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Taylor Wessing

7 practice areas

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YPOG

3 practice areas

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Deal Highlights

22 results22 results

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Deal Name	Deal Date	Firm Name	Jurisdiction	Deal Type	Lawyer Names	Client Names	Client Role
Saab AB - M&A	2023-09-18	Baker McKenzie	Germany	M&A	Alexander Ehrle, Anahita Thoms, Andreas Jagusch, Christian Koops, Jessica Kohler, Patrick Wilkening, Ulrich Weidemann	Saab AB	Buyer
Accenture plc - M&A	2023-12-18	Baker McKenzie	Germany	M&A	Christian Atzler, Christian Vocke, Christoph Becker	Accenture plc	Buyer

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Corporate

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This week’s top moves: Paul Hastings and Simpson Thacher build, while Freshfields partners move on

Targeted partner hires in antitrust, funds and finance show how firms are strengthening priority benches while elite rivals supply senior talent

September 04 2026

M&A

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This week’s people moves: Morgan Lewis, Akin, Hogan Lovells and more

We round up new hires across the M&A, PE, corporate and finance practices at leading law firms in the UK, Ireland, and US

Noemi Distefano, May 14 2026

Corporate

This week’s people moves: Kirkland & Ellis, Cleary, Eversheds and more

New hires were made across the corporate, finance and M&A practices in the US, UK and Europe

Noemi Distefano, April 23 2026

Banking

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Asia Pacific: private credit hot spots in 2026

Partners at Hogan Lovells Hong Kong, Allen & Gledhill Singapore, and Baker McKenzie Japan share insights on the 2026 outlook for private credit market in the APAC region

Nancy Ping, March 02 2026

Banking

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This week’s people moves: Sullivan & Cromwell, DLA Piper and more

New hires and promotions were made across finance, PE and M&A practices in London, Singapore, New York and Santiago

Noemi Distefano, December 18 2025

M&A

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This week’s people moves: Latham, Baker McKenzie and more

New hires and promotions were made across the PE, corporate, M&A, finance and capital markets practices in Frankfurt, Munich, London, New York and São Paulo

Noemi Distefano, December 11 2025

M&A

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Baker McKenzie partner: “we help clients achieve goals that shape the world”

After more than 26 years at the firm, M&A partner Dominique Maes talks purpose, people and the art of closing deals

November 18 2025

Banking

This week’s people moves: Winston & Strawn, Sullivan & Cromwell and more

New hires were made across the financial regulation, M&A and investment funds practices in London, New York and Chicago

Karry Lai, June 19 2025

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Managing relationships and cost-cutting are key Covid-19 strategies

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China's new foreign investment law: Stop, start

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People moves from IFLR1000: Asia-Pacific

IFLR Correspondent, March 10 2020
MAR’s inside information rules continue to cause headaches

IFLR correspondent, February 27 2020
Existing sanctions mean little change for Iran deals

IFLR correspondent, January 14 2020
Global IPO markets in 2020: what to expect

IFLR correspondent, January 07 2020
UK election brings certainty but concerns remain

IFLR correspondent, December 13 2019
People moves from IFLR1000: EMEA

IFLR Correspondent, December 05 2019
Could bilateral investment treaties save the Brexit day?

IFLR correspondent, October 09 2019
Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2019: shortlist announced

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ESG now a key factor in M&A

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How a Corbyn government could reshape investor affairs

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