For the first time in collaboration with the US publishing house Best Lawyers, Handelsblatt has compiled a ranking of the best law firms in Germany in 2024 (print edition of September 30, 2024, pages 34-37 and online at The best law firms in Germany 2024 (handelsblatt.com)). SNP has been recognized in a total of eleven legal fields:
• Labor law
• Construction law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Corporate Law
• Real Estate Law
• IT Law
• Dispute Resolution
• Private Equity
• Restructuring and Insolvency Law
• Tax Law
• Venture Capital
The best law firms were selected by the US publishing house Best Lawyers. The publishing house evaluates the law firms according to the frequency with which lawyers from a law firm are recommended in a particular field of law. The publisher uses the peer-to-peer principle, in which lawyers vote for colleagues whom they consider worthy of recommendation.
The ranking covers the recommended law firms in 60 legal fields. There are three different categories in total, including a national and a regional ranking. The ranking is weighted according to the frequency of recommendations. Details on the methodology can be found at Best Law Firms Germany 2025: Top-Ranked German Law Firms