GvW Graf von Westphalen is a German law firm with a focus on providing legal advice to medium-sized businesses. With our offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart and our 250 lawyers, we are one of the largest independent law firms in Germany. We also provide advice to clients around the world from our offices in Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City, Istanbul and Brussels and as a member of several highly respected global networks.
Our independence is the key feature that sets us apart from competing law firms. We are not a “legal assembly line” – at our firm, you will work with and continue to work with the partner you know and respect.
For years, GvW has been ranked among the leading law firms in Germany in various renowned handbooks and rankings. It is praised for both its wide range of services and its strong specialization in numerous areas of expertise, such as foreign trade and customs law, labor, IT, and data law, real estate and construction, energy, food, and public law, procurement and distribution law, as well as corporate/M&A, IP, and restructuring. Our work is also regularly recognized at the international level.
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.
Finding a tailored solution for your concern in an individual, pragmatic and long-range manner. This is our approach:
The highest level of legal advice, flexibility and service orientation are the standards by which we measure our performance. Our long-term client relationships demonstrate this commitment.
Exceptional legal expertise and sector knowledge go hand in hand. Our thinking and actions are developed from the perspective of your own company in an interdisciplinary approach in our practice and focus groups.
The thriving culture of partnership nurtured by our law firm, combined with strong team spirit, is a central tenet of all partners and employees. Our clients benefit from our emphasis on teamwork rather than being just a collection of sole practitioners.
Even in complex cases that require the expertise of multiple specialists, you will always have a single contact partner assigned to you. Our teams are assembled on from all offices and with a focus on the client's field of business. Our principle is: „As lean as possible."
There is no substitute for experience. At our law firm, partners are much more than team coordinators. They also work directly on cases themselves. As a result, you will receive the best-possible legal advice, provided at reasonable, transparent rates.
Our clients include small and mid-sized enterprises, major corporations and government agencies.
North, east, south, west and central - thanks to our offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart we have the deepest possible understanding of every economic region in Germany.
Clients interested in investing around the world receive comprehensive support from our special country desks. In addition, the law firm’s international offices and its close working relationship with selected local commercial law firms create a global network.
