Noerr is “Law firm of the Year”
With the opening of offices in London and in Brussels, Noerr impressively underlined its advance to become one of the top European law firms, is how the jury justified the awards. The law firm continuously improved access to renowned major companies and the corporate practice was prominent in high-profile transactions. The successes are the result of early strategic adjustments such as concentration on the regulated industries.
“We have consistently advanced the expansion of our strategic business areas and the integrated advice by practice groups in recent years“, emphasised Dr. Tobias Bürgers, Co-Speaker of the law firm. Bürgers accepted the award at a festive gala in the Alte Oper.
The Juve Award as “Law firm of the Year for M&A” is the second award in this category. In 2010, Juve Verlag honoured Noerr for outstanding services in transaction advice. This year, Noerr has already been nominated at the international level as “German Legal Adviser of the Year” in the Mergermarket European M&A Awards.
“Noerr has made the breakthrough in the international transaction business” commented the Juve jury on the achievements of the transaction practice and emphasised the representation of Telekom in the takeover of GTS Central Europe. Foreign investors also increasingly avail of the law firm’s services in M&A transactions. Noerr has also consistently and successfully established a sector concentration on the financial sector. An example is advising ABN Amro on the purchase of the German private banking business of Credit Suisse.
“Together with major international cases, our M&A practice is characterised by transactions in the regulated industries“, said Dr. Alexander Hirsch, Co-Head of the Practice Group Corporate/M&A. He accepted the award at the event. Alexander Hirsch stressed that “the strength of inter-departmental cooperation at Noerr is illustrated by the example of our excellent standing in the real estate sector “
Noerr was also honoured with the award in the category “Frankfurt and Hessen“. The law firm was also nominated in the categories “Law firm of the Year for Employment Law” and “Law firm of the Year for Tax Law”.
Noerr is regularly selected by the German and international specialist press for the successful progress of the law firm and the quality of its departments. Only recently, the British publisher Legalease selected the law firm in the “Legal Business Awards” as “International Firm of the Year 2014”. At the Juve Awards 2013, Noerr received, inter alia, the award as “Law firm of the Year for IT“. Currently, Noerr is nominated in the category “European Law Firm of the Year” at the British Legal Awards.
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