Awards and Recommendations

GLNS is proud to receive awards and recommendations in national and international publications:

JUVE Awards
2015 Founders’ Award (Gründerzeit)
2015 Law Firm of the Year South

JUVE Handbook of Business Law Firms since 2013
Recommended law firm for
Munich: " ... The team with its partner-centred approach to consulting is praised as "extremely powerful" and has "the right balance between specialist areas and a much broader focus of the individual consultants".
Private Equity / Venture Capital: "... Every year more and more mid-cap private equity funds rely on GLNS."
M & A: "... The Munich law firm is firmly positioned in the private equity and venture capital scene, making it a regular advisor to numerous, mainly Munich based PE houses and mature start-ups.  At the same time, GLNS regularly advises well-known corporates, both in their VC activities and in classic M&A transactions."
Corporate law: "... GLNS is considered by its clients as the address for top-quality advice on an international level apart from the list of established big law firms.

JUVE Handbook Tax since 2018
"Five years (as of 2018) after its foundation, the Munich transaction boutique has acquired a reputation as a small but recognized unit for all tax matters in connection with transactions. The basis for this is its extremely good network in the private equity and venture capital scene, which has earned it a number of transactions".

Focus Law Firm List
2020 Top Commercial Law Firm Corporate Law
2020 Top Commercial Law Firm M&A
2019 Top Commercial Law Firm Corporate Law
2019 Top Commercial Law Firm M&A
2018 Top Commercial Law Firm Corporate Law
2018 Top Commercial Law Firm M&A
2018 Top Commercial Law Firm Private Equity
2016 Top Commercial Law Firm Private Equity / Venture Capital
2016 Top Commercial Law Firm Corporate Law
2016 Top Commercial Law Firm M&A

IFLR1000
2016 Recognised Firm Financial and Corporate
2015 Recognised Firm Financial and Corporate
"GLNS is an excellent law firm, very qualified, yet commercially astute lawyers that understand the position of the client and add real value. Law advice is no commodity when working with GLNS."

Azur100
2020 Top Employer Bavaria
2019 Top Employer Bavaria
2016 Top Employer Bavaria

Chambers Europe
Ranked in Corporate/M&A Mid-Market Department:
Broad clientele in mid-market corporate and M&A work spanning technology, automotive companies and investors. Routinely advises start-ups and their founders, often active on cross-border deals. Corporate expertise covers topics including corporate governance and reorganisations.
"I really liked that they stayed calm in every situation and provided advice which helped us to do the transaction in a very efficient and quick manner," says one satisfied client.
Clients appreciate the team's strategic approach to transactions. One interviewee reports: "For difficult matters, they looked for a solution that was pragmatic and in tune with the main risks and dangers."

WirtschaftsWoche
TOP law firm M&A 2021
TOP law firm Corporate law 2020
TOP law firm Corporate law 2019

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Leading law firm 2021 in the fields of Corporate law, M&A, Private Equity / Venture Capital
Leading law firm 2020 in the fields of Corporate law, M&A, Private Equity / Venture Capital