Best Lawyers, a peer review guide to the legal profession, has recognized more than 40 K&L Gates lawyers from Europe in the 2024 editions of its guides covering France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Seven of the firm’s lawyers from these regions were also named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, a list which recognizes lawyers who are earlier in their careers, while Munich partner Hilger von Livonius was named Bayern “Lawyer of the Year” in the Investment Funds category, an accolade bestowed upon only one standout lawyer in each practice area and region.

For nearly 40 years, the Best Lawyers guide has highlighted top legal talent as selected by their peers through millions of votes each year.

The K&L Gates lawyers listed in this year’s editions, and the practices and regions in which they were recognized, are:

France

Paris

• Claude-Etienne Armingaud – Privacy and Data Security Law
• Raphaël Bloch – Private Equity Law
• Denis Charles – Real Estate Law
• Barthélemy Cousin – Insurance Law
• Louis Degos – Arbitration and Mediation; International Arbitration; Litigation

Germany

Bayern

• Hilger von Livonius – Investment Funds (2024 Lawyer of the Year)

Berlin

• Friederike Gräfin von Brühl – Art Law
• Wilhelm Hartung – Corporate Law
• Christian Hullmann – Real Estate Law
• Rüdiger von Hülst – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Alexander Kollmorgen – Corporate Law
• Annette Mutschler-Siebert – Public Law
• Anja Rösch – Real Estate Law
• Ramona Ruf – Corporate Law
• Thilo Winkeler – Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Frankfurt/Main

• Angelika Bartholomäi – Corporate Law
• Georg Bernsau – Restructuring and Insolvency Law
• Ulrike Elteste – Intellectual Property Law
• Matthias Grund – Asset Finance Law; Banking and Finance Law; Structured Finance Law
• Rainer Schmitt – Real Estate Law; Tax Law
• Jens Steger – Competition / Antitrust Law
• Frank Thomas – Asset Finance Law; Banking and Finance Law
• Thorsten Vormann – Intellectual Property Law; Litigation

Munich

• Michael Kreft – Tax Law
• Hilger von Livonius – Banking and Finance Law; Investment Funds; Regulatory Practice
• Nicolas Mähner – Real Estate Law
• Martina Ortner – Corporate Law
• Franz Schaefer – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Italy

Milan

• Stefano Bardella – Transportation Law
• Vanessa Boato – Real Estate Law
• Arturo Meglio – Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law
• Giovanni Meschia – Venture Capital Law
• Roberto Podda – Litigation
• Paolo Rusconi – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Vittorio Salvadori di Wiesenhoff – Tax Law
• Francesco Sanna – Real Estate Law

United Kingdom

London

• Catherine Adam – Leisure and Hospitality Law
• John Elgar – Licensing Practice
• Ben Holland – Energy and Natural Resources Law; International Arbitration
• John Magnin – Litigation
• Philip Morgan – Financial Services
• Philip Perrotta – Aviation Law
• Timothy Webb – Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Law

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Germany

Berlin

• Patrick Marré – Data Security and Privacy Law

Frankfurt/Main

• Lilly Reichwein – Restructuring and Insolvency Law
• Daniel Schumann – Litigation

Munich

• Jennifer Hock – Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
• Dominik Sailer – Real Estate Law
• Andrew Stanka – Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in France

Paris

• Thibaut Gribelin – Insurance Law; Litigation