In the
current edition of The Best Lawyers in Germany, published in cooperation with
German business daily Handelsblatt and the US legal publisher Best Lawyers®,
numerous lawyers from BRP RENAUD have once again been recognized as leading
experts in their respective fields.
This
year, 29 lawyers from BRP RENAUD have been recommended across 16 legal practice
areas – with 25 recognitions as „Best Lawyers“, 4 as „Ones to Watch“, and one „Lawyer of the Year“ distinction.
> Dr. Martin Beutelmann – Competition / Antitrust Law
> Dr. Friedrich Bozenhardt – Corporate Law
> Dr. Jürgen Bürkle – Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Corporate Law, Insurance Law
> Dr. Eike Dirk Eschenfelder – Insurance Law
> Dr. Jörg Fecker – Labor and Employment Law
> Sonja Fingerle – Criminal Defense, Criminal Tax Practice
> Werner Gaus – Banking and Finance Law
> Ulrich Gentner – Construction Law
> Dr. Felix Graulich – Corporate Law, M&A
> Johannes Gugel – Corporate Law
> Thomas Janssen – Intellectual Property Law
> Dr. rer. nat. Dipl.-Phys. Navid Khorshidi – Intellectual Property Law
> Achim Kinzelmann – Corporate Law, M&A
> Dr. Sonja Kreß – Information Technology Law
> Dr. Rainer Laux – M&A
> Dr. Jan Rasmus Ludwig – Intellectual Property Law
> Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Phys. Ulrich Mair – Intellectual Property Law
> Dr. Axel Neumahr – Corporate Law
> Dr. Werner Renaud – Corporate Law, M&A
> Aljoscha Schmidberger – Banking and Finance Law
> Dr. Philipp Schweitzer – Real Estate Law
> Dr. Jörg Sommer – M&A
> Dr. Thomas Weimann – Information Technology Law
> Dr. Roman Wexler-Uhlich – Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation
> Dr. Mark Wiume – Advertising Law, Intellectual Property Law
Among the many BRP RENAUD lawyers featured in the ranking, Sonja Fingerle received special recognition: She was named „Lawyer of the Year“ in the field of Criminal Tax Practice in Baden-Württemberg, based on outstanding peer feedback.It is also noteworthy that several early-career legal professionals from our firm were included in the „Ones to Watch“ category. This distinction highlights lawyers who have been in practice for three to eight years and have already earned strong reputations in their respective fields:
> Carsten Gnewikow – Insurance Law
> Polina Hufen – Corporate Law
> Thurid Schädel – Corporate Law
> Sonja Ströhle – Corporate Law, Tax Law
For the
17th time, the U.S.-based publisher Best Lawyers® has identified Germany’s most
highly regarded lawyers across a broad range of practice areas. The selection
is based on a comprehensive peer-review survey in which legal professionals are
asked whom they would recommend outside their own firm if they were unable to
accept a client mandate themselves.
Excerpts
from the Best Lawyers in Germany 2026 edition were published exclusively in
Handelsblatt in June 2025. The Best Lawyers list has been published in the
United States for more than 25 years and is widely recognized as a leading
resource for identifying top legal talent.
The full ranking is available at www.bestlawyers.com or via Handelsblatt.
