Orth Kluth is again listed in the Legal 500 Germany 2022 legal market analysis as a top-tier law firm in the category of ‘Regional Commercial Law Firms – Düsseldorf’. The study particularly highlights the full-service concept for international and mid-cap clients and emphasises the sector-specific specialist teams’ strengths when it comes to interdisciplinary issues such as corporate acquisitions after insolvency, mobility and energy, and the strengths of the China Desk and the French Desk on international issues.

The Mobility Team has replicated past achievements and is now listed in the Legal 500 Germany category of ‘Advice to the Transport Sector’. Headed by Equity Partners Dr Anselm Grün and Dr Michael Sitsen, the team’s performance in the transport sector including passenger transport, the transformation of the transport industry, infrastructure, energy law and railways was highlighted, as well as its interface expertise relating to IT and data privacy in the innovative fields of e-mobility and mobility platforms.

The practice groups are also listed again this year in the ranking categories of

• Employment Law
• Construction Law (including construction litigation)
• Corporate and
• Trade, Distribution & Logistics

represented in the rankings of the current study.

Numerous lawyers recommended in the study

Outside of the category rankings the following Orth Kluth lawyers were mentioned and recommended in Legal 500 2022:

• Dr Markus Berndt, Criminal Compliance
• Dr Julius Böckmann, Commercial Law
• Dr. Christina Cannistra, Corporate / M&A
• Alexander Falk, Public Law and Public Procurement Law
• Dominique Faßbender, Employment Law
• Philipp Galaske, Construction and Real Estate Law
• Dr Michael Grobe-Einsler, IP/IT, Data Protection
• Dr Simon Grosse-Brockhoff, Employment Law
• Dr Anselm Grün, Regulatory, Antitrust
• Dr. Marc Henze, Corporate/M&A
• Esther Herrnstadt, Employment Law
• Dr Christiane Hoffbauer, Commercial Law
• Dr Ulla Kelp LL.M., IP/IT, Data Protection
• Dr Gary Klaft, Construction and Real Estate Law
• Dr Peter Kluth, Commercial Law
• Boris Körner, Corporate/M&A
• Dr. Kai-Michael König, Corporate/M&A
• Dr. Guido Matthey, Employment law
• Dr. Christian Meyer, Corporate/M&A
• Dafni Nikolakudi, Commercial Law
• Dr Robert Orth, Corporate/M&A
• Dr Michael Sitsen, Public Law and Public Procurement Law
• Dr Dominika Stachurski, Regulatory
• Dr Daniel Strupp, Construction and Real Estate Law
• Dr Frank Wältermann, Commercial Law

Orth Kluth would like to thank its clients for their recommendations and their confidence in the law firm.

Every year Legal 500 Germany assesses the strengths of around 400 law firms and approximately 2,700 lawyers in 23 areas of legal practice. The results of the independent research and feedback from over 23,000 clients are compiled into approx. 90 rankings. Further information can be found at Legal 500 Germany.