FRANKFURT – Twenty-four lawyers based in global law firm Reed Smith’s Frankfurt and Munich offices have earned recognition in the Best Lawyers in Germany™ guide, published today. Among them, six lawyers have been included as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Germany™.

The practice areas covered by the Reed Smith lawyers include advertising, arbitration and mediation, banking and finance, competition, corporate, data security and privacy, employment, intellectual property, investment funds, IT and technology, media, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, restructuring and insolvency, and tax.

The following lawyers were recognised in the 2025 edition, including Octávio de Sousa, Thomas Fischl, Alexander Klett, René Lochmann, Andreas Splittgerber, Nikolaus von Jacobs and Christian von Sydow who were recognised in more than one category:

FRANKFURT

Corporate

  • Octávio de Sousa

Banking and finance

  • Dirk-Peter Flor
  • Oliver Hahnelt

Data security and privacy

  • Christian Leuthner

Mergers and acquisitions

  • Octávio de Sousa

Private equity

  • Octávio de Sousa

Tax

  • Nina Siewert

MUNICH

Advertising

  • Andreas Splittgerber

Arbitration and mediation

  • Oliver Rathje

Banking and finance

  • René Lochmann

Competition / antitrust

  • Michaela Westrup

Corporate

  • Constantin Conrads
  • Nikolaus von Jacobs
  • Christian von Sydow

Data security and privacy

  • Thomas Fischl
  • Andreas Splittgerber

Information technology

  • Thomas Fischl
  • Andreas Splittgerber
  • Philipp Süss

Intellectual property

  • Alexander Klett

Investment funds

  • René Lochmann

Labor and Employment

  • Jan Weißgerber

Mergers and acquisitions

  • Nikolaus von Jacobs
  • Christian von Sydow

Media

  • Thomas Fischl
  • Alexander Klett

Private equity

  • Germar Enders
  • Nikolaus von Jacobs
  • Christian von Sydow

Real estate

  • Etienne Richthammer

Restructuring and insolvency

  • Christian von Sydow

Technology

  • Thomas Fischl
  • Andreas Splittgerber