DLA Piper
About DLA Piper
DLA Piper is a leading law firm with 125 lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers across 33 practice areas. The firm's tenure with Best Lawyers began in 2009. Having lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers' Purely Peer Review® emphasizes the lawyers’ credibility and reputation for their practice amongst peers in their practice areas and regions. It displays professional validation of the legal talent that DLA Piper has on its team. The firm has lawyers recognized in practice areas including: Advertising Law, Arbitration and Mediation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Project Finance and Development Practice, and Public Law.
DLA Piper also appears in Best Law Firms® accolades. The Best Law Firms rankings are founded on a time-tested and transparent research process that has remained consistent since Best Lawyers launched it in 2010. DLA Piper has 101 rankings in practice areas including: Energy Law, European Union Law, Insurance Law, Public Law, and Tax Law, echoing their Best Lawyers awards and team of top legal talent.
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These honors come directly from peer feedback, reflecting the strong regard other leading attorneys have for DLA Piper's skill, advocacy, and commitment to clients.
Office Locations:
- Cologne, Germany
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- Hamburg, Germany
- Munich, Germany
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Recognized Lawyers at DLA Piper
Jörn Manhart is Partner at DLA Piper's Dusseldorf office and member of the Labour & Employment Law practice group. His area of activity comprises in particular the advising of national and international clients with regard to the structuring, the reorganisation and the modification of occupational pension schemes and systems. In this context Jörn Manhart assists both employers and product providers with labour and insurance supervisory law-related issues concerning the occupatio...
Christian Frhr. von Buddenbrock is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT‘s Dusseldorf office and member of the Labour & Employment Law practice group. In his area of expertise, which comprises labour and employment law as well as restructuring and insolvency law, he specialises in advising and representing companies in matters relating to company pension schemes.
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