Handelsblatt "Germany’s Best Lawyers 2023": "Law Firm of the Year for Media- and Copyright Law", three "Lawyer of the Year" awards and 61 lawyer recommendations for SKW Schwarz

This year's edition of the "Germany's Best Lawyers 2023" rating published today by Handelsblatt in cooperation with U.S. publisher Best Lawyers once again names SKW Schwarz "Law Firm of the Year for Media- and Copyright Law."

The title "Lawyer of the Year for Data Protection Law" goes to Dr. Stefan Peintinger. "Lawyer of the Year for Media and Entertainment" is Dr. Martin Diesbach,“ and "Lawyer of the Year for Technology Law" is Dr. Matthias Orthwein.

In the "Ones to watch" section, Dr. Thomas Hohendorf and Dr. Christoph Wiegand were named in the "Intellectual Property Law" category and Hannah Mugler in the "Data Protection Law" and "IT Law" categories respectively.

Furthermore, the publication recommends 61 attorneys of the firm in 22 fields of law:

• Frank van Alen (Corporate Law)
• Dr. Dorothee Altenburg (Intellectual Property Law, Media and Entertainment)
• Jan M. Antholz (Restructuring and Insolvency Law)
• Nikolaus Bertermann (Data Protection Law, IT Law)
• Eva Bonacker (Corporate Law)
• Jens Borchardt (IT Law)
• Dr. Markus Brock (Intellectual Property Law)
• Bettina-Axenia Bugus Fahrenhorst (Employment Law)
• Dr. Oliver M. Bühr (Intellectual Property Law)
• Dr. Martin Diesbach (Media and Entertainment, Media- and Copyright Law)
• Markus von Fuchs (Intellectual Property Law)
• Dr. Martin Greßlin (Employment Law)
• Dr. Christoph Haesner (Media- and Copyright Law)
• Dr. Philipp Heigl (Intellectual Property Law, IT Law)
• Dr. Johann Heyde (Advertising Law)
• Dr. Magnus Hirsch (Intellectual Property Law)
• Dr. Thomas Hohendorf (Intellectual Property Law)
• Dr. Oliver Hornung (Data Protection Law)
• Dr. Klaus Jankowski (Construction Law)
• René Kieselmann (Public Private Partnership)
• Norbert Klingner (Media- and Copyright Law)
• Margret Knitter (Intellectual Property Law, Art Law)
• Oliver Korte (Foreign Trade Law, Conflict Resolution, and Arbitration/Dispute Resolution/Mediation)
• Franziska Ladiges (Data Protection Law)
• Dr. Martin Landauer (Corporate Pension Law)
• Christine Lingenfelser (Construction Law)
• Moritz Mehner (Data Protection Law, IT Law)
• Dr. Daniel Meßmer (Data Protection Law, IT Law)
• Christoph Meyer (Succession Planning and Foundations)
• Dr. Stephan Morsch (Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions)
• Hannah Mugler (Data Protection Law, IT Law)
• Elisabeth Noltenius (Technology Law)
• Dr. Matthias Nordmann (IT Law)
• Dr. Matthias Orthwein (Data Protection Law, IT Law, and Technology Law)
• Dr. Mathias Pajunk (Public Private Partnership)
• Dr. Stefan Peintinger (Data Protection Law, IT Law)
• Dr. Andreas Peschel-Mehner (Data Protection Law, IT Law, Media and Entertainment, Media- and Copyright Law, and Technology Law)
• Dr. Kolja Petrovicki (Mergers and Acquisitions)
• Dr. Sascha Pres (Intellectual Property Law)
• Jan Prielipp (Real Estate Business Law)
• Dr. Astrid Pütz (Corporate Law, Real Estate Business Law)
• Sandra Sophia Redeker (Intellectual Property Law)
• Dr. Martin Römermann (Employment Law)
• Johannes Schäufele (Data Protection Law)
• Stefan C. Schicker (Intellectual Property Law, IT Law)
• Dr. Alexander Schmid-Lossberg (Employment Law)
• Corinna Schneiderbauer (IT Law)
• Dr. Tatjana Schroeder (Mergers and Acquisitions)
• Prof. Dr. Mathias Schwarz (Media and Entertainment, Media- and Copyright Law)
• Martin Schweinoch (IT Law)
• Stefan Skulesch (Tax Law)
• Dr. Oliver Stöckel (Intellectual Property Law, Advertising Law)
• Michael Wahl (Employment Law)
• Georg Wallraf (Media- and Copyright Law)
• Dr. Sebastian Graf von Wallwitz (Mergers and Acquisitions)
• Dr. Konstantin Wegner (Media- and Copyright Law)
• Johanna Weiß (Media- and Copyright Law)
• Julian Westpfahl (IT Law)
• Dr. Christoph Wiegand (Intellectual Property Law)
• Dr. Niels Witt (Transportation Law)
• Heiko Wunderlich (Tax Law)

Every year, the U.S. publication "Best Lawyers" compiles the list of recommendations. In Germany, it is published in exclusive cooperation with Handelsblatt. The "Best Lawyers" nominations are based on a peer-to-peer survey in which business lawyers are asked for their recommendations of competitors.