The legal publisher Legal 500 has published its current 2024 ranking. SKW Schwarz is recommended in a total of 12 practice areas. Particularly pleasing are SKW Schwarz's renewed top-tier rankings in the areas of media/entertainment and media/digital content, its inclusion in the media/gaming category (also top-tier ranking) and its rise in the media/press and publishing law category. All other areas were able to maintain their rankings.
We congratulate all 30 lawyers recommended in the ranking:
- Dr. Dorothee Altenburg: intellectual property/trademark law, media/press and publishing law
- Dr. Markus Brock: Intellectual property/trademark law, intellectual property/competition law
- Dr. Karin Deichmann: Public Law/Public Procurement Law
- Dr. Martin Diesbach: Media/Entertainment, Media/Digital Content, Media/Gaming
- Markus von Fuchs: Intellectual property/trademark law
- Dr. Thomas Hausbeck: Litigation/Commercial Litigation
- Dr. Johann Heyde: Media/entertainment, media/digital content, media/gaming, media/press and publishing law
- Dr. Magnus Hirsch: Intellectual property/trademark law
- Dr. Oliver Hornung: Information Technology/Data Protection
- Dr. Jens-Hendrik Kern: Dispute Resolution/Commercial Litigation
- René Kieselmann: Public Law/Public Procurement Law
- Norbert Klingner: Media/Digital Content, Media/Entertainment, Media/Gaming
- Margret Knitter: Intellectual property/trademark law, intellectual property/competition law
- Franziska Ladiges: Information Technology/Data Protection, Information Technology/IT Transactions and Outsourcing, Information Technology/Information Technology and Digitalization, Dispute Resolution/Commercial Litigation
- Moritz Mehner: Media/Digital Content, Media/Entertainment, Media/Gaming
- Dr. Daniel Meßmer: Information Technology/Data Protection, Information Technology/IT Transactions and Outsourcing, Information Technology/Information Technology and Digitalization
- Dr. Rembert Niebel: Intellectual Property / Trademark Law
- Elisabeth Noltenius: Information technology/data protection, information technology/IT transactions and outsourcing, information technology/information technology and digitalization
- Dr. Matthias Orthwein: Information technology/data protection, information technology/IT transactions and outsourcing, information technology/information technology and digitalization
- Dr. Mathias Pajunk: Public Law/Public Procurement Law
- Dr. Andreas Peschel-Mehner: Information Technology/IT Transactions and Outsourcing, Information Technology/Information Technology and Digitization, Media/Entertainment, Media/Digital Content, Media/Gaming
- Dr. Sascha Pres: Intellectual property/trademark law, intellectual property/competition law
- Dr. Ulrich Reber: Litigation/Commercial Litigation
- Sandra Sophia Redeker: Intellectual property/trademark law, intellectual property/competition law
- Martin Schweinoch: Information Technology/Information Technology and Digitalization
- Dr. Oliver Stöckel: Intellectual property/trademark law, intellectual property/competition law
- Alexandra Streichfuss: Media/Entertainment, Media/Digital Content, Media/Gaming
- Arndt Tetzlaff: Litigation/Commercial Litigation
- Dr. Konstantin Wegner: Media/Press and Publishing Law
- Dr. Niels Witt: Commercial and distribution law/trade, distribution and logistics
Special congratulations go to Dr. Martin Diesbach for once again being named in the "Leading Names" category, Dr. Sascha Pres and Dr. Daniel Meßmer in the "Next Generation Names" category and Moritz Mehner in the "Rising Stars" category.
The Legal 500 Germany provides a comprehensive overview of around 400 commercial law firms and 2,700 lawyers in Germany. The evaluation is based on extensive research, law firm interviews and client surveys.