For many years, our firm has been recommended as a leading law firm in all relevant rankings across Germany and, more recently, internationally as well:
References
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2025/2026 (JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2025/2026)
JUVE Kanzlei des Jahres für Wirtschafts- und Steuerstrafrecht 2023 (JUVE Law Firm of the Year in White-Collar Crime and Tax Criminal Defense 2023)
Chambers Germany 2026 | Leading Law Firm Germany | White-Collar Crime
The Legal 500 Deutschland 2026 | Führende Kanzlei | Wirtschaftsstrafrecht (The Legal 500 Germany 2026 | Leading Firm | White-Collar Crime)
The Legal 500 EMEA 2026 | Leading Firm | White-Collar Crime
BEST LAW FIRMS | ranked by Best Lawyers Germany 2026 | Criminal Defense
LEADERS LEAGUE – Best law firms 2026 White-Collar Crime
WirtschaftsWoche 2026 – TOP Kanzlei Wirtschaftsstrafrecht (WirtschaftsWoche 2026 – TOP Law Firm for White-Collar Crime)
Handelsblatt Deutschlands Beste Kanzleien 2025 | Wirtschaftsstrafrecht, Steuerstrafrecht, Corporate Gov. and Compliance (Handelsblatt Germany’s Best Law Firms 2025 | White-Collar Crime, Tax Criminal Law, Corporate Governance & Compliance)
brand eins – Beste Wirtschaftskanzleien 2025 (brand eins – Best Commercial Law Firms 2025)
Kanzleimonitor 2025/2026 (German Law Firm Survey / Ranking)
F.A.Z. INSTITUT – TOP ANWALT 2026 – Nikolaos Gazeas (F.A.Z. INSTITUT – Top Lawyer 2026 – Nikolaos Gazeas)
FOCUS – TOP Wirtschaftskanzlei 2025 | Wirtschaftsstrafrecht (FOCUS – TOP Commercial Law Firm 2025 | White-Collar Crime)
FOCUS – TOP Anwalt Strafrecht 2025 – Nikolaos Gazeas (FOCUS – TOP Lawyer in Criminal Law 2025 – Nikolaos Gazeas)
stern – Beste Anwaltskanzleien für Privatmandanten 2025 (stern – Best Law Firms for Private Clients 2025)
Capital – Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2026 | Wirtschaftsstrafrecht (Capital – Germany’s Best Lawyers 2026 | White-Collar Crime)
Capital – Beste Anwaltskanzleien für private Mandanten 2026 | Strafrecht (Capital – Best Law Firms for Private Clients 2026 | Criminal Law)
Individual rankings
WirtschaftsWoche 2026
GAZEAS NEPOMUCK is listed in the current edition as a TOP Law Firm for White-Collar Crime 2026. Dr. Nikolaos Gazeas is additionally highlighted as one of the most renowned lawyers in the field of white-collar crime (TOP Lawyer in White-Collar Crime).
The firm has been continuously recommended as a TOP Law Firm since the first edition of the WirtschaftsWoche ranking.
Further information can be found here.
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JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2025/2026
Since its founding, our firm has been listed in Germany’s most important ranking for commercial law firms, the JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms. In the current edition, published in October 2025, GAZEAS NEPOMUCK has continued to rise and is ranked with three stars in the category “White-Collar Crime: Individual Defence.” We are also recommended in the category “White-Collar Crime: Corporate Advisory.”
In 2023, our firm was named “Law Firm of the Year” in White-Collar Crime and Tax Criminal Defense by JUVE. Further information can be found here.
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Chambers 2026
GAZES NEPOMUCK is recommended in the 2026 edition of the globally leading ranking Chambers in the Germany section under the category “White-Collar Crime: Corporate Advisory.” In addition, Nikolaos Gazeas is individually recommended as a lawyer in the same category.
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The Legal 500 Germany 2026
GAZEAS NEPOMUCK is recommended in the leading ranking The Legal 500 in its 2026 Germany edition both in the categories “White-Collar Crime – Corporate Advisory” and “White-Collar Crime – Individual Defence” as a leading firm. The firm is also recognised in the The Legal 500 EMEA 2026 (Europe, Middle East and Africa) edition, where it is ranked as a “Leading Firm” for the categories “White-Collar Crime – Corporate Advisory” and “White-Collar Crime – Individual Defence”.
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Handelsblatt Germany’s Best Law Firms 2025
In the annually updated ranking of Handelsblatt, in cooperation with the renowned US publisher Best Lawyers, our firm and its name partners Dr. Nikolaos Gazeas and Dr. Lutz Nepomuck are listed among Germany’s Best Law Firms in the areas of
- white-collar crime,
- Tax Criminal Law, and
- Corporate Governance & Compliance.
Further information can be found here.
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brand eins – Best Commercial Law Firms 2025
GAZEAS NEPOMUCK has been listed since the first edition of the annually published ranking by the business magazine brand eins, in cooperation with Statista, among Germany’s best commercial law firms in the field of white-collar crime. According to this ranking, our firm is recommended above average by both peers and clients.
Further information can be found here.
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Kanzleimonitor 2025/2026
GAZEAS NEPOMUCK is also recommended in the current edition of Kanzleimonitor in the field of criminal law. The ranking is published by the German Institute for Legal Departments and In-House Counsel and is based – unlike many other rankings – exclusively on a survey of in-house counsel and general counsel in legal departments.
Further information can be found here.
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F.A.Z. INSTITUT – Top Lawyer 2026
Dr. Nikolaos Gazeas is listed in the ranking of the F.A.Z. Institute, which was published for the first time this year as a special supplement of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on 17 September 2025, as one of Germany’s TOP Lawyers in the field of white-collar crime and tax criminal law.
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FOCUS – TOP Commercial Law Firm 2025
Also in the current FOCUS ranking, the editorial team of FOCUS-Business, based on an independent data survey, lists GAZEAS NEPOMUCK among Germany’s TOP commercial law firms in the field of white-collar crime. According to the ranking, the firm is recommended by fellow lawyers disproportionately often.
Dr. Nikolaos Gazeas is additionally recommended with particular frequency by colleagues as one of the best defence lawyers and is listed as a TOP Lawyer 2025 in the field of criminal law in the ranking.
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stern – Best Law Firms for Private Clients 2025
GAZEAS NEPOMUCK is also listed in the current stern ranking of the best law firms for private clients in the field of criminal law. The survey is conducted in cooperation with Statista. Our firm is recommended nationwide as one of only 19 law firms in criminal law (out of more than 50,000 law firms with over 163,000 lawyers). The recommendation is based on recommendations from other lawyers.
Further information can be found here.