30. September 2024

The US publisher Best Lawyers has for the first time ranked Germany's best commercial law firms for Handelsblatt. ARQIS is one of the leading law firms in Germany in the following areas:

• Corporate Law
• Data Security and Privacy Law
• Labor and Employment Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law 
• and Litigation.

ARQIS received further top regional awards (Tier 1) for North Rhine-Westphalia in the following legal practices: 

• Capital Markets Law
• Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice
• Corporate Law
• Data Security and Privacy Law
• Labor and Employment Law
• Litigation
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Regulatory Practice
• and for Bavaria in the practice of Mergers and Acquisitions Law.

ARQIS was also honored in further regional rankings in Tier 2 and Tier 3:

• Regional Tier 2
  North Rhine-Westphalia: Arbitration and Mediation, Employee Benefits Law, Private Equity Law
  Bavaria: Corporate Law
• Regional Tier 3
  North Rhine-Westphalia: Insurance Law
  Bavaria: Intellectual Property Law, Litigation

The Best Lawyers Special ranks law firms in 60 legal practice areas according to the number of recommendations, divided into a national and a regional ranking. In addition, the ‘Law Firm of the Year’ award is granted in 23 legal practice areas considered to be particularly important according to Best Lawyers. For the evaluation, Best Lawyers uses a peer review survey in which lawyers vote for those colleagues they consider especially recommendable.

The complete list and a detailed list of all award-winning law firms can be accessed in the Handelsblatt Best Lawyers Special.