GvW nominated as Law Firm of the Year

Recommendations: Employment, international trade, state aid, construction, data protection, trade, distribution and logistics, real estate, information technology, consumer goods and food law, restructuring, telecoms, planning and environment, public procurement and insurance.

Employment: "GvW offers comprehensive employment law advice including compliance, data protection and company pension schemes"; "The expertise in accompanying collective bargaining negotiations and restructuring - including related dismissal protection proceedings - as well as representation in conciliation bodies stands out as a special competence"; "GvW gets to the point, i.e. relevant issues are clearly elaborated and highlighted"; "GvW's special unique selling point is its ability to formulate even complex legal issues in clear and comprehensible language in a concise manner". GvW gets to the heart of the matter, i.e. relevant issues are clearly elaborated and highlighted"; "A particular unique selling point is the ability to formulate even complex legal issues concisely in clear and understandable language"; "GvW also looks beyond the legal assessment to the practical implications and real options for action"

Foreign Trade: Tier 1 law firm; "Top dog in foreign trade law"; "Impressed by the comprehensive breadth of advice, which includes issues around compliance, sanctions and technology transfer as well as representation in legal disputes"; "Compliance, also related to the new Supply Chain Act, is a growth driver"; "Large number of experienced commercial lawyers in the team"; "Very specialised and up-to-date knowledge, both in national and international foreign trade law";  "Good presentation of even complicated legal issues in understandable language"; "Do everything to be successful for their clients"; "Good network in Europe"; "The firm not only has comprehensive expertise in foreign trade law, trade and distribution law, but also knowledge of the background, the status of legal policy discussions, networks and excellent relations with the administration and other public bodies"; "The service is always prompt, comprehensive and competent"

State Aid: "The team impresses with its quick familiarisation and high level of understanding of the sector-specific aspects"; "Represents clients in highly complex contentious proceedings"; "Permanent availability, even at short notice, is ensured"

Construction: "Always highly motivated and reliable advisors"; "Working with the team is fun, even in complicated cases and contract drafting"; "The team is well networked and also seems to appreciate each other"; "There seems to be a high proportion of women in the team"; "Practice showed good expertise in construction law including dispute resolution, mediation skills between parties always with focus on the contractor"; "Solution-oriented, straightforward, honest in dealing with the client are qualities that distinguish the firm from others"; "Understanding what the client needs and not law for law's sake. At the same time, excellent expertise"; "Competent and friendly team"; "Can explain more difficult legal problems clearly for non-lawyers and is very pragmatic"

Corporate & M&A: "Experienced in handling national and international share deals, asset deals, joint ventures and various transaction structures"

Data Protection: "Strong and independent data protection practice that impresses with interdisciplinary and international cooperation, among other things"; "The group is particularly successful at the interface with procurement law, healthcare and M&A"; "Extremely professional. Very prompt communication. Very good service at all levels"; "The practice is particularly to be commended for combining the right balance between legal expertise and commercial thinking"; "They are enormously digital"; "The work is always characterised by profound legal knowledge (on the part of both companies and authorities)"; "They are also perfectly versed in European and international data protection law. This makes it easy to also map international relationships pragmatically and effectively"; "The firm's contacts are always extremely competent and responsive"; "The team is sufficiently deep (from equity partners to associates) and uses resources appropriately selected and - also from the client's perspective - economically"; "They get the deal done in every situation"

Commercial, Distribution and Logistics: "Special expertise in the areas of commercial agent, broker, authorised dealer and franchise law"; "Dispute resolution is one of the team's core competences"; "Uncomplicated contact and exchange, extremely fast reactions when needed, perfect communication and coordination of target-oriented strategies"

Energy: "The firm combines a broad team set-up with cross-disciplinary industry expertise, including in construction law, digitalisation issues, environmental and planning law and insolvency law"; "Friendly, efficient, focused on the solution"; "Very fast, focused, deep industry knowledge, reasonable fees"

IT: "Digital transformation issues are at the heart of the advice"; "Very good cooperation, high client focus, very good competence, flexibility, reliability and commitment"; "The practice is to be particularly commended for combining the right balance between legal expertise and business thinking"; "They are enormously digital"; "The work is always of profound legal and industry knowledge"; "The firm's contacts are always extremely competent and responsive"; "The team is sufficiently deep (from equity partners to associates) and uses resources appropriately selected and - also from the client's point of view - economically"; "They get the deal done in every situation and also successfully manage projects"

Law on Food and Animal Feed: "Steadily growing client base that benefits from the firm's full-service approach"; "Highlighting the focus area of seeds, where the team has experience in contentious proceedings"; "Advising on food crises to deal with media is also a focus of the practice"

Real Estate: "GvW focuses on advising on special real estate, such as airports, hotels and data centres, but also advises on various other asset classes"; "Good, proactive accessibility, great expertise"; "Capture of complex legal facts even from fragmentary documentation and preparation even for the legal layman"; "Many years of deep trust in the expertise and professional standards of the firm and its partners"

Restructuring: "Advises on all insolvency, restructuring and corporate liability law issues. The advisory repertoire includes, inter alia, advice on self-administrations, management buy-outs in insolvency proceedings and refinancing as well as insolvency-related dispute resolution, including insolvency criminal proceedings, which is considered a particular strength"

Telecommunications: "Regulatory advice in the areas of digitalisation, Machine-2-Machine communication, Internet of Things and Industry 4.0"; "A particular strength is the long-standing experience in space and satellite law"; "Synergies with the areas of data protection, litigation, contract law and constitutional law"; "Fast reliable advice"

Environment and Planning: "The team applies in-depth knowledge of all aspects of plan approval, sometimes in complex infrastructure projects"; "Frequently active on the side of the authorities"; "Operational, experienced, highly resilient, constructive"; "Highly competent, reliable, fair"; "The team works together in a very well coordinated manner and is extremely constructive"

Public Procurement: "A technically very strong team that can deal with complex issues in full and communicate them simply"; "Expertise in the health sector, other main topics are awards in the IT as well as in the transport sector"; "The expertise in public private partnerships as well as the cross-location and cross-practice cooperation of the team should also be highlighted"

Insurance/dispute resolution: "Convincing in insurance litigation with a strong D&O practice, mandated by insurers and policyholders as defence, coverage and monitoring counsel"; "Particularly adept in professional liability at the interface with insurance and insolvency law"

GvW received 129 recommendations in 32 practice areas in Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers 2023

FOCUS recommends us as a top commercial law firm this year again. Our lawyers are particularly frequently recommended in the areas of labour law, construction law, corporate law, trade, mergers & acquisitions and environmental law.