Flick Gocke Schaumburg will open a notary's office in Berlin. As of November 1, 2018, lawyer and notary Carlos Katins will join the firm as of counsel with lawyers Lennart Schramm and Konstantin von Richthofen, and four notary assistants.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has been named Tax Law Firm of the Year in the “Germany’s Best Lawyers 2018” rating issued by Best Lawyers in cooperation with the German business newspaper Handelsblatt. Prof. Dr. Thomas Rödder is named as one of the “Lawyers of the Year 2018” for tax law. Dr. Christian von Oertzen is one of the “Lawyers of the Year 2018” for trusts and succession planning.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg’s office in Düsseldorf is to welcome a new addition in August: Markus Suchanek (46), who will be coming from Warth & Klein Grant Thornton to join the team as an Of Counsel.

As of January 1, 2018, Flick Gocke Schaumburg has appointed 9 partners and 13 associated partners from its own ranks.