Flick Gocke Schaumburg at 50: Discover the milestones along our 50-year success story.
1972-1988
January 2, 1972
Dr. Hans Flick and Rudolf Gocke open the firm’s first office at Frankenstraße 9 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg.
The leadership team grows
Prof. Dr. Harald Schaumburg joins the firm. He becomes a partner in 1978.
Throughout the 1980s, the firm is named Dr. Flick & Partner.
Dr. Flick & Partner becomes Flick Gocke Schaumburg.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg outgrows the 11 apartments on its premises and moves into a new building: Johanna-Kinkel-Straße 2–4, Bonn. The office is expanded in 2002.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg opens an office in Berlin.
Prof. Dr. Harald Schaumburg and Prof. Dr. Thomas Rödder publish their commentary on reorganization tax law – spurring Flick Gocke Schaumburg to add large companies to its client base.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg opens an office in Frankfurt.
2000-2013
Prof. Dr. Harald Schaumburg succeeds Dr. Hans Flick as the chairman of the partnership.
New managing partner and another new office
Prof. Dr. Thomas Rödder is elected chairman of the partnership (now managing partner), succeeding Harald Schaumburg.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg opens an office in Munich.
Cooperation with LeitnerLeitner in Austria.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg is named JUVE Law Firm of the Year for tax law.
40th anniversary celebrations with clients and colleagues at the Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg is named JUVE Law Firm of the Year.
Expansion and awards
Flick Gocke Schaumburg opens representative offices in Vienna and Zurich.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg is named JUVE Law Firm of the Year for corporate law.
2014-2018
Flick Gocke Schaumburg joins Praxity, a worldwide alliance of leading independent accounting firms.
JUVE Law Firm of the Year for succession/private wealth/foundations.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg joins Taxand, the international network of independent tax advisory firms in over 40 countries.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg opens an office in Hamburg.
FGS Campus
The foundation stone for the new office at Fritz-Schäffer-Straße in Bonn is symbolically laid on October 2, 2014.
November
Relocation to the brand-new FGS Campus in Bonn.
JUVE Law Firm of the Year for succession/private wealth/foundations.
The first FGS app, called Trennungsmanager, is launched. It was developed in cooperation with Kienbaum and Cetonis.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg opens an office in Düsseldorf.
2019-2024
Flick Gocke Schaumburg opens an office in Stuttgart.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg receives the first JUVE award for taxes, being named Law Firm of the Year for corporate tax.
frauen@fgs
Female authors from Flick Gocke Schaumburg publish a compendium on diversity in tax-focused legal advice.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg moves up into the top 10 law firms in Germany in terms of revenue. It takes 8th place with the largest revenue increase among the top 100 law firms in Germany.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg turns 50
We look back on half a century of history.
In 2022 the firm has 85 partners and a total of more than 750 employees.
Flick Gocke Schaumburg named Law Firm of the Year for tax disputes
Flick Gocke Schaumburg has elected Prof. Matthias Rogall as the firm’s new managing partner.