In cooperation with Handelsblatt, the renowned US legal directory Best Lawyers® has published the 16th edition of the ranking “Germany’s Best Lawyers” (2025 edition). We are delighted that 43 lawyers from Raue have been recognised for their outstanding achievements and expertise in their respective fields of law.
Two Raue lawyers named Lawyer of the Year 2025 in Germany:
- Maren Bedau was honored with the 2024 Best Lawyers® “Law Firm of the Year” award (Berlin) for Healthcare Law.
- Andreas Nelle received the Best Lawyers® 2025 Private Equity „Lawyer of the Year“ award (Berlin)
A total of seven Raue lawyers were honoured as Best Lawyers® 2025: Ones to Watch this year: Till Bitter (Mergers & Acquisitions), Arne Dittloff (Public Law), Hans Heller (Antitrust Law), Fabian Klein (Litigation), Xenia Knoll (Litigation), Martin Mengden (Litigation, Arbitration), and Peter Roegele (Antitrust Law, Energy Law)
These awards are recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in Germany. “Ones to Watch recipients have typically been in practice for 3-8 years.
The following Raue lawyers have been recognised by Best Lawyers® 2025 in Germany:
- Jörg Adam (Healthcare Law)
- Bernd Beckmann (Energy Law, Environmental Law)
- Maren Bedau (Healthcare Law, Biotechnology Law and Life Sciences Practice)
- Michael K. Bergmann (Competition/Antitrust Law, Telecommunications Law)
- Mareile Büscher (Art Law)
- Friedemann Eberspächer (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Annette Feißel (Real Estate Law, Litigation)
- Klaus Goecke (Real Estate Law)
- Christian v. Hammerstein (Energy Law, Environmental Law, Public Law, Mining Law)
- Nadine Hartung (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Jan Hegemann (Media Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law)
- Robert Heine (Intellectual Property Law, Media Law)
- Sascha Herms (Labor and Employment Law)
- Wolfram Hertel (Real Estate Law, Public Law)
- Judith Heyn (Labor and Employment Law)
- Anna-Sophie Hollenders (Art Law, Intellectual Property Law)
- Jörg Jaecks (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity, Venture Capital)
- Kornelius Kleinlein (Telecommunications Law)
- Stephan B. Koch (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
- Wolfgang Kuhla (Biotechnology Law and Life Sciences Practice, Healthcare Law, Public Law)
- Gernod Meinel (Labor and Employment Law, Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
- Georg Miggel (Litigation)
- Andreas Nelle (Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Investment Funds)
- Markus Plesser (Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law)
- Peter Raue (Art Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law)
- Justus Schmidt-Ott (Corporate Law, Litigation)
- Friedrich Tobias Schöne (Litigation)
- Daniel Schubert (Regulatory Practice)
- Carl-Stephan Schweer (Construction Law, Public Law, Litigation
- Hans M. Seiler (Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law)
- Felix Laurin Stang (Art Law, Intellectual Property Law)
- Valentin Todorow (Family Law)
- Bettina Tugendreich (Public Private Partnership, Public Law, Energy Law)
- Friedhelm Unverdorben (Foundation and non-profit law, Tax Law)
- Stephanie Wiesner (Healthcare Law)
- Katharina Wodarz (Healthcare Law, Regulatory Practice, Biotechnology Law and Life Sciences Practice, Public Law)
The Best Lawyers® awards are based on the recommendations of leading peers in their respective practice areas. In an extensive peer-to-peer process, lawyers recommend their peers. In Germany, Handelsblatt publishes the results of the survey in cooperation with Best Lawyers®.
(13 June 2024)