Press releases

The German news magazine Focus has published its rankings of top commercial law firms for 2016. The rankings are based on the recommendations of almost 9,500 lawyers and around 3,400 inhouse counsels surveyed by the Hamburg-based statistics company Statista on behalf of Focus. Statista then drew up recommendation lists in 24 categories. Firms with the most lawyer recommendations across all categories were placed on the list of “Germany’s top commercial law firms”.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg was honored as “German Tax Law Firm of the Year” and “German Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year” at the ITR European Tax Awards 2016. Partners Prof. Hubertus Baumhoff and Dr. Xaver Ditz accepted the awards on behalf of the firm on May 26.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg was selected as “Law Firm of the Year: Germany” at The Lawyer European Awards 2016. The awards were presented at a gala in London on March 9, 2016. Partners Dr. Xaver Ditz, Bonn, and Dr. Markus Mick, Frankfurt, accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

Professor Hans Fleisch has joined the Berlin office of Flick Gocke Schaumburg as an Of Counsel. The 57-year-old lawyer and expert in foundations has many years of experience with the establishment, strategic positioning, and organization of foundations. He will be part of the firm’s succession, foundation, and NPO practice.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has appointed Dr. Jörg Stalleiken, who is a tax lawyer and an expert in succession, private wealth and foundations, as an equity partner as of January 1, 2016. Six new associated partners have also been named.