June 25, 2021
Handelsblatt, a leading German economic newspaper, in cooperation with Best Lawyers, issued their “Best Lawyers in Germany” rankings for 2021. Weil’s German lawyers received 16 recommendations in the following categories:
Capital Markets: Ralf Defren
Corporate: Tobias Geerling, Gerhard Schmidt and Christian Tappeiner
Finance: Ralf Defren and Michael Kohl
Mergers & Acquisitions: Heiner Drüke, Tobias Geerling and Gerhard Schmidt
Private Equity: Uwe Hartmann, Gerhard Schmidt and Christian Tappeiner
Project Finance and Development: Ralf Defren
Real Estate: Ralf Defren
Restructuring and Insolvency: Gerhard Schmidt
Tax: Tobias Geerling
In addition, four lawyers of the German offices were recognized as "Ones to Watch" in the following practice areas:
Finance: Alexander Wandt
Private Equity: Julian Schwanebeck and Florian Wessel
Restructuring and Insolvency: Matthias Eiden
The list is compiled via a peer-to-peer-survey. Since the first ranking for Best Lawyers Germany in 2009, Weil lawyers have been included every year in the league table.