In the 2026 edition of the Best Lawyers ranking, published in cooperation with Handelsblatt, 40 patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law from Grünecker have been recognized as leading experts in their respective fields.
This distinction honors outstanding legal expertise and a strong professional reputation. The ranking is based on an independent peer-review survey, in which legal professionals are asked to recommend the most accomplished colleagues in their practice areas.
The following individuals are included in this year’s ranking:
- Martin Ahr
- Bernd Allekotte
- Oscar Alvarez Alvarez
- Bernd Bartelsen
- Elvira Bertram
- Rainer Bertram
- Ulrich Blumenröder
- Björn-Alexander Bockelmann
- Nicola Busch
- Sebastian Clotten
- Martin Dropmann
- Michael Döring
- Thomas Eickelkamp
- Patrick P. Erk
- Valerie Faessler
- Holger Gauss
- Sabine Gebhardt
- Holger Glaeske
- Markus Grammel
- Michael Heise
- Yilin Jin
- Felix Kahr
- Dr. Maximilian Kinkeldey
- Matthias Knapp
- Reinhard Knauer
- Jens Koch
- Thomas Kronberger
- Thomas W. Laubenthal
- Victor Lopes Aguiar
- Petra Lübbe
- Gero Maatz-Jansen
- Christian Meisinger
- Olivia Nemethova
- Sebastian Ochs
- Mark Peters
- Tino Rumpold
- Cornelia Schmitt
- Dorothea Vaihinger-Frey
- Heike Vogelsang-Wenke
- Udo Weigelt
Further information about the ranking can be found here.