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.