Handelsblatt, a leading German business newspaper, in cooperation with Best Lawyers, issued their “Best Lawyers in Germany” rankings for 2025. Weil’s German lawyers received recommendations in the following categories:

Corporate: Heiner Drüke, Christian Tappeiner, Tobias Geerling and Gerhard Schmidt
Mergers & Acquisitions: Heiner Drüke, Tobias Geerling, Barbara Jagersberger and Gerhard Schmidt
Private Equity: Gerhard Schmidt and Christian Tappeiner
Restructuring and Involvency: Matthias Eiden, Britta Grauke and Gerhard Schmidt
Tax: Tobias Geerling

In addition, the following lawyers of the German offices were recognized as “Ones to Watch” in the following practice areas:

Corporate: David Fier, Christopher Schletter and Natascha Späth
Litigation: Gero Pogrzeba, Carina Sohn and Clarissa Tran
Mergers & Acquisitions: Natascha Späth
Private Equity: Andreas Fogel
Tax: Alexander Reich

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.