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Rankings published in 2026
M&A
Notable
56 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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
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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
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White & Case
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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
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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
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DLA Piper
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Dentons
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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
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Jones Day
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K&L Gates
2 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
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Morrison & Foerster
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SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
4 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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Tier 6

Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Berner Fleck Wettich
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Bird & Bird
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Eversheds Sutherland
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GLNS
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Glade Michel Wirtz
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
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Kallan
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King & Spalding
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Oppenhoff & Partner
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Paul Hastings
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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 2
36 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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
13 practice areas
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POELLATH
4 practice areas
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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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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
1 practice area
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Renzenbrink & Partner
2 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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YPOG
3 practice areas
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Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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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
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Mayer Brown
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

P+P Pöllath + Partners (POELLATH) is a German-based law firm founded in 1997 and headquartered in Berlin with offices in Munich and Frankfurt. 

 

Focusses / specialisms 

Corporate M&A and private equity are the key strengths of the firm. The practice offers advice to both publicly listed and private companies regarding their general and shareholders’ meetings, restructuring and all corporate governance matters. The firm advises clients in the technology, e-commerce, banking, media and healthcare sectors. 

 

Key clients 

Notable clients of the firm include Brockhaus Technologies, Equistone Partners Europe, EQT Partners, Emeram Capital, Elvaston Capital, GenUI, Gimv, Investcorp, Oaktree Capital, Pinova and SevenVentures. 

 

Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023) 

M&A 

Diligent, commercially minded, likeable to work with.” 

 

Private equity 

“Very professional, very easy and good to deal with, reliable, good personalities.” 

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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
Elvaston Capital Management GmbH - M&A
2022-05-13
POELLATH
Germany
M&A
Christine Funk, Daniel Wiedmann, Matthias Oberbauer, Moritz Klein, Nemanja Burgic, Nico Fischer, Tim Kaufhold
Elvaston Capital Management GmbH
Buyer
Mobile.de GmbH - M&A
2022-04-26
POELLATH
Germany
M&A
Christine Funk, Jonas Rohde, Matthias Bruse, Tim Junginger
Mobile.de GmbH
Buyer
SEMA group - M&A
2022-04-21
POELLATH
Germany
M&A
Benedikt Hohaus, Nico Fischer, Silke Simmer
SEMA group
Target
Prodalim B.V. - M&A
2022-06-08
POELLATH
Germany
M&A
Christine Funk, Frank Thianer, Jesko Von Mirbach
Prodalim B.V.
Buyer
Pathlock - M&A
2022-06-22
POELLATH
Germany
M&A
Andrea Streifeneder, Christine Funk, Daniel Wiedmann, Matthias Meier, Nico Fischer, Philipp von Braunschweig
Pathlock
Buyer
Dieter Braun GmbH - M&A
2022-06-27
POELLATH
Germany
M&A
Dieter Braun GmbH
Buyer
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