Our expertise in key areas of insurance law, such as group restructuring and advising management board members in matters relating to BaFin, has been particularly highlighted: last year, BLD acted as adviser on insurance supervision, contract, data protection and distribution law matters in connection with, amongst other things, the merger of Barmenia and Gothaer. Our lawyers are also regularly sought after when it comes to occupational pensions, distribution law, as well as in the field of compliance.
Furthermore, JUVE states that BLD is consistently consulted by other law firms on specialist issues relating to M&A in the insurance sector and praises the law firm's work in the area of product development, to which BLD devotes significantly more attention than most of its competitors. JUVE also takes a positive view of the opening of our eighth office in Leipzig at the start of the year, noting that "the contacts established there in the area of litigation are likely to have an impact on the law firm's contract law advisory practice in the medium term".
Clients praise BLD's "very efficient, high-quality work". In general terms, JUVE praises the law firm's "market-leading insurance litigation practice", its excellent network within the German insurance industry, and the fact that BLD is active across an "unrivalled range of products and areas".
Our managing partner, Dr Joachim Grote, and partner Dr Martin Schaaf are frequently recommended and specifically highlighted by JUVE. One competitor describes Grote as "an absolute leading authority on insurance law, who single-handedly has as profound a knowledge of the various specialist areas as half a dozen lawyers elsewhere put together". We would like to congratulate the lawyers who have been personally recognised and thank all the BLD teams as well as our clients and colleagues for their support.
