Ranking tables
FinTech Legal | FinTech
Germany
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
Bird & Bird 7 Years Ranked
Greenberg Traurig Germany, LLP 4 Years Ranked
lindenpartners 6 Years Ranked
White & Case 7 Years Ranked- Hengeler Mueller
- Jones Day
- YPOG
Band 3
Schalast Law I Tax 6 Years Ranked- Freshfields
- GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB
- Osborne Clarke Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Partnerschaft mbB
Band 4
CMS 4 Years Ranked- Hogan Lovells International LLP 7 Years Ranked
- Clifford Chance
- GSK Stockmann
- Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- Norton Rose Fulbright
Band 1
Carsten Kociok Greenberg Traurig Germany, LLP4 Years Ranked- Christian SchmiesHengeler Mueller
- Matthias TerlauGÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB
Band 2
Michael Jünemann Bird & Bird6 Years Ranked- Eric RombaOsborne Clarke Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Partnerschaft mbB
- Nick WittekJones Day
Band 3
Andreas Walter Schalast Law I Tax5 Years Ranked
Axel Schiemann Latham & Watkins LLP4 Years Ranked
Frank Müller Annerton5 Years Ranked
Jan Schmidt-Seidl lindenpartners3 Years Ranked
Johannes Wirtz Bird & Bird1 Years Ranked
Karsten Wöckener White & Case7 Years Ranked
Markus Krüger Latham & Watkins LLP5 Years Ranked
Susanne Grohé Annerton5 Years Ranked- Andreas DehioLinklaters
- Verena Ritter-DöringTaylor Wessing
Band 4
Brigitta Varadinek lindenpartners3 Years Ranked
Peter Frey Annerton1 Years Ranked- Richard Reimer Hogan Lovells International LLP2 Years Ranked
- Alireza SiadatDeloitte Legal
- Carsten LoesingSZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz
- Christian StorckLinklaters
- Jens KunzNoerr
- Markus BenzingFreshfields
- Rolf KobabeLuther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- Stefanie HellmichLuther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 AnnertonFinTech Legal2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years RankedIndependent firm Annerton has a strong reputation for its payments practice. It has notable clients in the payments, e-commerce and digital banking sectors. The firm also advises major cryptocurrency businesses.
1 Latham & Watkins LLPFinTech Legal2025 | Band 1 | 7 Years RankedLatham & Watkins is considered to be among the top regulatory specialists in the German FinTech market. Latham's lawyers have expertise in blockchain. The team is capable of handling high-value and complex M&A and financing deals.
Band 2
2 Bird & BirdFinTech Legal2025 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedThe FinTech practice at Bird & Bird has solid expertise in financial regulatory work, as well as M&A and capital markets transactional matters. The team is particularly strong on digital payments work and also advises on cryptocurrency and NFT projects.
2 Greenberg Traurig Germany, LLPFinTech Legal2025 | Band 2 | 4 Years RankedGreenberg Traurig's expertise covers payment services, cryptocurrency and blockchain matters, cybersecurity and high-frequency trading. Its lawyers advise startup and established FinTechs as well as tech businesses, retail and consumer brands, fund managers and other investors in FinTech companies.
2 lindenpartnersFinTech Legal2025 | Band 2 | 6 Years RankedLindenpartners has expertise in blockchain and digitalisation projects. It has strong expertise in financial regulation, capital markets, IT and data privacy.2 White & CaseFinTech Legal2025 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedWhite & Case has a strong FinTech M&A transactional practice. Its team also advises on the structuring and regulatory aspects of digital platforms, including those based on blockchain technology.
Band 3
3 Schalast Law I TaxFinTech Legal2025 | Band 3 | 6 Years RankedSchalast Law has specialist expertise in loan platform structuring. It advises growing and established FinTech startups on the regulatory structuring of products such as payment cards, insurance platforms and digital banks.
- Osborne Clarke Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Partnerschaft mbBFinTech Legal2025 | Band 3
Band 4
4 CMSFinTech Legal2025 | Band 4 | 4 Years RankedCMS represents FinTech companies, banks and startups operating in Germany. The team's experts specialise in regulatory and tax issues, and in outsourcing agreements in connection with cryptocurrency and blockchain-based business operations.
4 Hogan Lovells International LLPFinTech Legal2025 | Band 4 | 7 Years RankedGlobal firm Hogan Lovells is a popular choice for financial institutions diversifying their product offerings and has specialist expertise in payments, structured finance and technology regulation.