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BILANZ ranking: Lex Futura ranked top law firm 2021 in four categories incl. new top ranking in the area of "Private Equity and Venture Capital"

Anina Groh
Anina Groh

Lex Futura achieves the highest rating in the areas of "international law", "technology and telecommunications law" and "private equity and venture capital" and the second highest rating in the area of "compliance".

The renowned business magazine BILANZ has published its ranking of the best law firms in 2021. After Lex Futura was already ranked first in the areas of "international law" and "technology and telecommunication law" last year, we were able to confirm these rankings in 2021 as well as additionally achieving the best rating in the area of "private equity and venture capital" and the second best rating in the area of "compliance".

The four rankings in the top categories (three of them with the highest score) reflect Lex Futura's steady growth and the ever-increasing successes we are able to celebrate together with our exciting and innovative clients. We would like to thank our clients as well as our colleagues for their recommendations and we are looking forward to further interesting cooperation.

 

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