The international rating agency Leaders League lists Orth Kluth as “excellent”, “highly recommended” and “recommended” in seven rankings:

• Germany – Best Law Firms for IT Outsourcing – 2024
• Germany – Best Law Firms for Trademark Prosecution – 2024
• Germany – Best Law Firms for Data Protection – 2024
• Germany – Best Law Firms for Trademark Litigation – 2024
• Germany – Best Law Firms for Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals Biotech – 2024
• Germany – Best Law Firms for Compliance Investigations – 2024
• Germany – Best Law Firms for Labour Law – 2024

At the same time, Leaders league recommends six individual Orth Kluth partners in the following categories:

Employment Law

• Employment Law – Dr Guido Matthey

Compliance

• Internal investigation and compliance programmes – Dr Markus Berndt and Gereon Conrad

Intellectual property

• Trademark prosecution: Dr Anja Doepner-Thiele and Dr Philipp Mels
• Trade mark litigation: Dr Anja Doepner-Thiele LL.M., Dr Ulla Kelp and Dr Philipp Mels

Innovation, technologies and telecommunications

• Data protection – Dr Ulla Kelp and Dr Philipp Mels
• IT and outsourcing – Dr. Ulla Kelp and Dr. Philipp Mels

Healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology

• Healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology – Dr. Anja Doepner-Thiele and Dr. Philipp Mels

The ranking is compiled on the basis of submitted departmental questionnaires, interviews with law firms and a survey of managers in companies, associations, institutions and industry experts. You can find the complete ranking here.

Leaders League was founded in Paris in 1996 and operates with a team of some 150 experts as an international rating agency and corporate service provider specialising in the creation of rankings, market research and news content for the legal, financial, technology and human resources industries. In addition to its head office in Paris, Leaders League also has offices in London, Madrid, Lima, Milan, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.