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Rankings published in 2026
Banking and finance
Tier 5
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
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Latham & Watkins
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Milbank
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
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Linklaters
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Gleiss Lutz
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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White & Case
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Tier 4

CMS Hasche Sigle
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Goodwin Procter
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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Tier 5

Baker McKenzie
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Bird & Bird
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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King & Spalding
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Luther
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Mayer Brown
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
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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
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Simmons & Simmons
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Sullivan & Cromwell
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M&A
Tier 6
56 firms ranked
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Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
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Linklaters
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
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Gleiss Lutz
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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
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Milbank
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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White & Case
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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Noerr
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
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Tier 5

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
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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
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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
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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
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Renzenbrink & Partner
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
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ADVANT Beiten
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Arqis
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Dechert
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Greenberg Traurig
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LARK
18 practice areas
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Leo Schmidt-Hollburg Witte & Frank
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Norton Rose Fulbright
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
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POELLATH
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Taylor Wessing
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YPOG
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Private equity
Tier 4
36 firms ranked
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Clifford Chance
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Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
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Kirkland & Ellis
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Latham & Watkins
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Milbank
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Tier 2

Gleiss Lutz
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Linklaters
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POELLATH
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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LUPP + PARTNER
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
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Renzenbrink & Partner
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Sidley Austin
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YPOG
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Notable

Astera Legal
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
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EY Law
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GLNS
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Greenberg Traurig
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Overview

Gütt Olk Feldhaus, a Munich-based boutique law firm founded in 2011, specializes in M&A and banking and finance. The firm's M&A practice focuses on advising German companies and strategic investors in small and mid-cap joint ventures and venture capital transactions, while the banking team offers expertise in mid-cap leverage transactions and corporate financing. The team has a strong record advising PE portfolio companies. The corporate team is led by Sebastian Olk, Heiner Feldhaus, Kilian Helmreich and Adrian von Prittwitz, while Tilmann Guett and Julian Zaich head the finance practice. Notable recent transactions include advising ZF Friedrichshafen on its strategic partnership and JV with Wolfspeed, Ness Digital Engineering on its acquisition of MVPF Technologies, Patrimonium Private Equity on its acquisition of TestSolutions and One Equity Partners / Muehlhan Holding on a syndicated loan for arranged by Commerzbank.

Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Gütt Olk Feldhaus is a boutique law firm based in Munich and founded in 2011.

 

Focusses / specialisms

The firm is particularly active in M&A and banking and finance. Its M&A practice focuses on advising major German companies, such as Allianz, ZF Friedrichshafen, Hubert Burda Media and Mast-Jägermeister, and strategic investors on small and mid-cap joint ventures and venture capital transactions.

The banking team has significant experience in advising sponsors and lenders on mid-cap leverage transactions with a strong focus on corporate financing as well as financial restructuring primarily for private equity firms and financial institutions.

 

Key clients

The firm’s key clients include Oldenburgische Landesbank, LBBW Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Harald Quandt Industriebeteiligungen, KKA Partners, HANNOVER Finanz, ProLED Group, Deutsche Apotheker- und Aerztebank, Quadriga Capital, ARCUS Capital, Ergon Capital Partners, Deutsche Private Equity and HQ Equita.

 

Research period review: 32nd edition (2022/2023)

The banking and M&A practice areas were particularly active during the research period.

The M&A team mainly advised on acquisitions of shares, for both the buy side and sell side of the transactions, and financial investments with an active involvement in the investment management industry. Notable examples include advising Harald Quandt Industriebeteiligungen, on behalf of its portfolio company, procilon Group, which acquired a majority stake in intarsys.

The firm’s banking team worked closely with the M&A team to advise on the financing aspects of acquisition transactions. Thus, the banking area was seen advising only on acquisition finance. An example of such deals was advising KKA Partners on the financing of the acquisition of a majority stake in Xantaro Deutschland.

 

Deal highlights: 32nd edition (2022/2023)

Harald Quandt Industriebeteiligungen acquisition of shares in Systemhaus Cramer

KKA Partners acquisition financing

 

Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)

 

M&A

"Excellent service. Very responsive. Experienced and pragmatic. Fun to work with."

"Very professional, very knowledgeable, very responsive, super-service oriented."

 

Kilian Helmreich

"Very professional, extremely responsive, great knowledge and very good communication. Great value for money."

 

Sebastian Olk

"Great value for money. Knowledgeable and pragmatic. Fun to work with."

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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Scintomics GmbH - M&A
2021-05-01
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Germany
M&A
Adrian von Prittwitz
Scintomics GmbH
Seller
Arcus Capital AG; BE Beteiligungen; Iris Capital - M&A
2021-10-01
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Germany
M&A
Sebastian Olk, Tilmann Gütt
Arcus Capital AG, BE Beteiligungen, Iris Capital
Seller
Paragon Partners GmbH - M&A
2022-10-26
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Germany
M&A
Paragon Partners GmbH
Seller
Maxburg Capital Partners - M&A
2021-08-01
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Germany
M&A
Heiner Feldhaus
Maxburg Capital Partners
Investor
Scherzer & Co. AG - M&A
2021-06-01
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Germany
M&A
Kilian Helmreich
Scherzer & Co. AG
Investor
Eraneos Group AG - M&A
2023-02-13
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Germany
M&A
Christopher Krappitz, David Ziegelmayer, Heiner Feldhaus, Matthias Uelner, Ricarda Theis, Thomas Becker, Tilmann Gutt
Eraneos Group AG
Buyer
ARCUS Capital AG - M&A
2023-03-03
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Germany
M&A
Christopher Krappitz, David Ziegelmayer, Dominik Forstner, Isabelle Vrancken, Sebastian Olk, Thomas Becker, Tilmann Gutt
ARCUS Capital AG
Buyer
Plenticon Group GmbH - M&A
2023-03-28
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Germany
M&A
Christopher Krappitz, Dominik Forstner, Isabelle Vrancken, Sebastian Olk, Thomas Becker, Tilmann Gutt
Plenticon Group GmbH
Buyer
GIMV NV - M&A
2023-06-01
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Germany
M&A
Maximilian Spindler, Ricarda Theis, Sebastian Olk, Sophie Steffen, Thomas Becker
GIMV NV
Buyer
MAN Energy Solutions SE - M&A
2023-06-20
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Germany
M&A
Marcel Schmidt, Maximilian Spindler, Sebastian Olk, Sophie Steffen, Thomas Becker
MAN Energy Solutions SE
Seller
DPE Deutsche Private Equity GmbH - M&A
2023-07-12
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Germany
M&A
Christopher Krappitz, David Ziegelmayer, Dominik Forstner, Isabelle Vrancken, Kilian Helmreich, Sophie Steffen, Thomas Becker, Tilmann Gutt
DPE Deutsche Private Equity GmbH
Buyer
ZF Friedrichshafen AG - M&A
2023-07-13
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Germany
M&A
Dominik Forstner, Marcel Schmidt, Sebastian Olk, Thomas Becker
ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Seller
Tenzing Private Equity LLP - M&A
2023-10-05
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Germany
M&A
Adrian von Prittwitz, Heiner Feldhaus, Matthias Uelner, Sophie Steffen, Thomas Becker
Tenzing Private Equity LLP
Buyer
Communardo Software GmbH - M&A
2023-11-20
Gütt Olk Feldhaus
Switzerland
M&A
Isabelle Vrancken, Kilian Helmreich
Communardo Software GmbH
Buyer
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