Awards and rankings

Legal 500 Germany Awards 2025
Tax Team of the Year

ITR European Tax Awards
Germany Tax Firm of the Year 2021, 2020, 2016, 2015, 2005
Germany Tax Disputes Firm of the Year 2022, 2021
Germany Indirect Tax Law Firm of the Year 2024

JUVE Tax Handbook 2023
Law Firm of the Year for tax disputes

JUVE Tax Handbook 2022
Law Firm of the Year for corporate tax

Best Lawyers / Handelsblatt
Law Firm of the Year for Succession Planning & Foundations 2023
Law Firm of the Year for Tax Law 2023, 2024

Taxcellence Award 2022
for: Pillar 2 management app

JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms
For many years, Flick Gocke Schaumburg has been ranked in the renowned JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms among the top commercial law firms for tax law, succession/private wealth/foundations, and tax criminal law, and as one of the leading firms for corporate law and M&A. We are also proudly listed for our expertise in labor and employment law, investment funds, antitrust law, mid-cap private equity, and venture capital.

In JUVE’s Top 50 national overview, we are firmly established among Germany’s leading law firms.

JUVE Tax Handbook
In the JUVE Tax Handbook 2023, Flick Gocke Schaumburg is ranked among the leading commercial law firms with five stars for not-for-profit organizations and NPOs, corporate tax (tax structuring and project advice), tax criminal law, tax disputes, and high-net-worth individuals and foundations. We are also highly rated (with four stars) for transaction taxes (tax structuring advice), VAT, and transfer pricing.

Chambers Germany Guide
Flick Gocke Schaumburg has been a leading firm in the field of Tax for many years.
In Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market, we are listed as a recommended law firm.

Chambers High Net Worth Guide
Flick Gocke Schaumburg has occupied a top position in private wealth law for many years.

ITR World Tax 
The World Tax directory, the comprehensive guide to the world’s leading tax firms, regularly awards us a top ranking (tier 1) in Germany for general corporate tax, indirect tax, tax controversy, transactional tax, and transfer pricing.

The Legal 500 
The Legal 500 Germany regularly ranks us among the leading law firms in the areas of private clients and non-profits, tax law and tax criminal law as well as private equity fund structuring. We are also prominently listed in the M&A - small deals category. We are among the recommended law firms in the categories M&A - medium-sized deals, private equity transactions - mid-sized deals as well as in corporate and labour and employment law.