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Top 25 Big 4 law firms based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 3,839 big 4 law firms headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 49,849 professional contacts across them, including 21,143 with verified work emails and 1,259 with mobile numbers. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers big 4 law firms headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 23, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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3,839Companies
49,849Contacts tracked
21,143Verified emails
1,259Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest big 4 law firms based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 3,839 big 4 law firms based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 23, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to big 4 law firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 20261,001-5,0001,576 contacts →

Partial evidence

“BDO is the leading entrepreneurial driven provider for audit and audit-related services, tax and business law consulting as well as advisory services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
2Indirect evidenceNurnberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 20265,001-10,0001,301 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As attorneys, tax advisers, management and IT consultants and auditors, we are present with 110 own offices in around 50 countries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
3Partial evidenceDüsseldorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 20261,001-5,0001,057 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
4Partial evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 20261,001-5,000911 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Noerr is one of the top European law firms with 500 professionals in Germany, Europe and the USA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
5Partial evidenceKöln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026501-1,000831 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Luther is a leading German commercial law firm that offers comprehensive legal and tax services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
6Partial evidenceStuttgart, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026501-1,000808 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gleiss Lutz is one of the leading full-service law firms in Germany.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
7Indirect evidenceDüsseldorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 20261,001-5,000745 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With employees in 146 countries, Baker Tilly provides a broad range of innovative and individual consulting services in the areas of Audit & Advisory, Tax, Legal and Consulting…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
8Indirect evidenceBonn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026501-1,000651 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Flick Gocke Schaumburg is an independent partnership of lawyers, tax advisors and auditors working with more than 320 professionals from offices in Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
9Indirect evidenceDüsseldorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 20261,001-5,000620 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“HEUKING is a partnership consisting of about 450 lawyers, tax advisors, and notaries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
10Partial evidenceStuttgart, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026201-500567 contacts →

Partial evidence

“KPMG Law is a law practice defined by dynamic growth, international orientation and multidisciplinary scope.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
11Partial evidenceKöln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 20261,001-5,000528 contacts →

Partial evidence

“GÖRG is one of Germany's leading business law firms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
12Indirect evidenceBonn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 20261,001-5,000460 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As an interdisciplinary medium-sized tax audit, accountancy and legal advice service we guarantee all-round high-quality consultation combined with a personal component.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
13Partial evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026501-1,000415 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in 1990, ADVANT Beiten is an independent commercial law firm with around 250 lawyers, tax advisers, auditors, and accountants working from six German offices, as well…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
14Partial evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026501-1,000409 contacts →

Partial evidence

“GSK Stockmann is a leading independent European corporate law firm with over 250 professionals across our offices in Germany, Luxembourg and London.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
15Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026501-1,000369 contacts →

Partial evidence

“GvW Graf von Westphalen is a general partnership of attorneys at law and tax advisors with over 230 legal professionals.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
16Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 20261,001-5,000319 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wir bei Ecovis sind Steuerberater, Wirtschaftsprüfer, Rechtsanwälte und Unternehmensberater.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
17Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026201-500281 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“YPOG stands for You + Partners of Gamechangers – forward-thinking legal and tax advice.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
18Partial evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026201-500279 contacts →

Partial evidence

“POELLATH is a leading German law firm with an international reach, specializing in business and tax law.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
19Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 202610001+273 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die ETL-Gruppe ist in Deutschland mit über 970 Kanzleien vertreten und darüber hinaus in mehr als 60 Ländern weltweit mit über 1.470 Standorten präsent und erwirtschaftet einen…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
20Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026201-500249 contacts →

Partial evidence

“KSP has been active in civil and commercial law for over 50 years and specialises in debt collections management by lawyers as well as advice and litigation in general commercial…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
21Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026201-500232 contacts →

Partial evidence

“MÖHRLE HAPP LUTHER is a multidisciplinary law firm in which auditors, tax advisors and attorneys work hand in hand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
22Indirect evidenceMönchengladbach, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026201-500232 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Kapellmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB ist eine der führenden deutschen Kanzleien, hoch spezialisiert im Baurecht, Immobilienrecht sowie Vergaberecht.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
23Indirect evidenceAugsburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026501-1,000210 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Multidisziplinäre Wirtschaftskanzlei von Wirtschaftsprüfern, Steuerberatern und Rechtsanwälten mit Standorten in Augsburg, München, Frankfurt a.M, Ulm und Nürnberg.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
24Partial evidenceStuttgart, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026201-500199 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Menold Bezler is an independent business law firm based in Stuttgart.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026
25Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 23, 2026201-500196 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“BRL ist eine international ausgerichtete Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten, Wirtschaftsprüfern und Steuerberatern, die im Jahr 2006 gegründet wurde.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 23, 2026

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Big 4 law firms based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 23, 2026
42.4%Verified-email coverage
2.5%Mobile-number coverage
13.0Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
6.4%Largest-city concentration · Berlin
Sep 23, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
1,897
11-50
1,276
51-200
409
201-500
62
501-1,000
22
1,001-5,000
21
5,001-10,000
10
10001+
4

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails were verified and the company information checked

Email last verified

Median 26.0d

Company record updated

Median 67.0d

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among big 4 law firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “big 4 law firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names big 4 law firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among big 4 law firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 21,143 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 23, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names big 4 law firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many big 4 law firms are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 3,839 big 4 law firms headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

BDO Germany, headquartered in Hamburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most big 4 law firms?

Berlin leads with 247 headquartered companies, followed by Hamburg (240) and Munchen (221).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 21,143 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,839 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 23, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.