With 104 recommendations in this year’s Best Lawyers survey, GvW scored its best ranking ever. In all, 80 of the firm’s lawyers are ranked in 30 different areas of law. In addition, Dr Raimond Emde (Insurance Law), Dr Robert Theissen (Private Construction Law) and Dr Sigrid Wienhues (Public Commercial Law) were each personally recognised as “Lawyer of the Year”.
The firm received recommendations for the following practice areas: Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Labor and Employment Law, Foreign Trade Law, Banking and Finance Law, Construction Law, Company Pension Schemes, Data Security and Privacy Law, European Union Law, Franchise Law (new), Corporate Law, Health Care Law, Intellectual Property Law, Hospitality and Tourism Law (new), Real Estate Law, International Arbitration, Information Technology Law, Maritime Law, Media Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Public Commercial Law, Litigation, Public Private Partnership, Regulatory Practice, Restructuring and Insolvency Law, Arbitration/Mediation, Tax Law, Telecommunications Law, Environmental Law, Venture Capital Law and Insurance Law.
The ranking is based on a survey US publisher Best Lawyers conducts annually among law firms in Germany exclusively for the business newspaper “Handelsblatt” to identify the country’s top business lawyers.
GvW Graf von Westphalen advised the transmission system operator 50Hertz on the award of a major contract for the North Sea Connector 2 offshore grid connection project. The project involves the planning, construction, installation and commissioning of a converter system comprising an offshore converter platform in the North Sea and an onshore converter station in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The North Sea Connector 2 project is intended to connect offshore wind farms in the North Sea to the German electricity grid in future.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Primepulse and Vsquared Ventures on the Series C financing round of NEURA Robotics GmbH. The transaction ranks among the largest venture financing rounds in the European startup ecosystem to date.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Ethereal Space, Inc., a pioneering commercial space company, on space and satellite law matters and the establishment of its affiliate Ethereal Space GmbH.
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