#Press Releases

October 30, 2023

GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ has once again been singled out as "Law Firm of the Year for Corporate Law" by JUVE Verlag. The JUVE Awards are considered one of the most important industry awards in the German legal market.

JUVE is impressed: "Glade Michel Wirtz has impressively succeeded in continuously expanding its top-class client base. Today, the firm assists the who's who of the German corporate landscape. Former client Daimler has given rise to two new heavyweight clients, Daimler Truck and Mercedes-Benz, who rely on the Düsseldorf firm's expertise. These were recently joined by Deutsche Wohnen as well as Scania, which belongs to VW, and Hella. In particular, Dr Marco Sustmann and Dr Andreas Merkner are in demand as highly regarded corporate, stock corporation and capital markets lawyers when it comes to the legal high ground. It is therefore hardly surprising that the supervisory board of ProSiebenSat.1 brought Glade Michel Wirtz on board for advice on capital markets law in the context of the internal investigation into the Jochen Schweizer investment. However, the fact that the firm is also well positioned for the future is demonstrated by the two younger partners, Dr Alexander Retsch and Dr Friedrich Schulenburg, who regularly act in tandem with the more senior partners on high-profile mandates, thus gaining experience and profile." (translated from German)

The JUVE Awards honor law firms or teams that have stood out as particularly dynamic due to their work and market position over the past twelve months – both young, promising entities and long-established players.

For the corporate practice of GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ, this is already the second award as "Firm of the Year for Corporate Law". GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ has also won the categories "Law Firm of the Year for Antitrust Law" and "Law Firm of the West" in the past.

GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ currently has around 25 lawyers and a total of approximately 50 legal and non-legal staff, specializing in the fields of corporate and competition. In these fields, the firm has made a name for itself for litigation and compliance in addition to its traditional advisory services. As a focused boutique law firm, GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ advises companies listed on the DAX, MDAX or TecDAX, medium-sized companies, as well as foreign, globally active groups and investors nationally and internationally on corporate and partnership law, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and reorganization, antitrust fine and merger control proceedings, as well as compliance issues. In the area of litigation, the focus is on the resolution of conflicts under corporate law, capital markets law and antitrust law.

You can download the press release here: GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ honored with JUVE Award as "Law Firm of the Year for Corporate Law"