In the Kanzleimonitor ranking for 2025/2026, which is based on recommendations from legal departments and inhouse lawyers, COMMEO has sucessfully defended its second place in the list of the leading law firms for antitrust law in Germany.

The four COMMEO partners Dominique Wagener, Stephanie Pautke, Johanna Kübler, and Isabel Oest have once again been recognized by Lexology as “Thought Leaders” for antitrust law. As in previous years, Dominique Wagener, Stephanie Pautke, and Johanna Kübler are also named “Thought Leaders – Global Elite 2026” and thus hold their position among the top 5% of all antitrust lawyers listed in the Lexology Index.

For the first time, the F.A.Z. Institute and QuantiQuest are honoring outstanding lawyers in Germany. COMMEO partner Stephanie Pautke is listed as “Top Lawyer 2026” for antitrust and competition law in the ranking.

COMMEO has been recognized in this year’s FOCUS ranking in the category “Top Commercial Law Firm 2025” for the area of antitrust and competition. We are grateful for the recommendations from colleagues and clients that have led to this top ranking.

Teamwork makes the dreamwork: COMMEO has once again been ranked by Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers as one of “Germany’s best law firms” for antitrust and competition law in 2025. A special award goes to COMMEO partner Stephanie Pautke as “Lawyer of the Year 2025” for antitrust and competition law. As in previous years, Johanna Kübler, Dominique Wagener, and Isabel Oest are also listed as “Best Lawyers 2025” whereas Christoph Weinert is listed as “Ones to Watch”.

“TOP Law Firm” and “TOP Lawyer”:
German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche ranks COMMEO as well as our four female partners Dominique Wagener, Stephanie Pautke, Johanna Kübler and Isabel Oest in the field of competition law in Germany.

“You have the feeling the lawyers all love working on competition”. In the current Chambers Global ranking COMMEO is once again ranked in Band 3. Our partners Dominique Wagener (Band 3), Stephanie Pautke (Band 4), Johanna Kübler (Band 5) and Isabel Oest (Band 5) are also individually recommended as competition law experts. Stephanie Pautke is praised as a “brilliant lawyer at the intersection of IP and antitrust” and Dominique Wagener finds “practical solutions for intractable problems”. Johanna Kübler is “always two steps ahead of others” and Isabel Oest an “excellent choice for any legal issue”.

COMMEO is once again ranked in Tier 3 in the current Legal 500 ranking. Stephanie Pautke is considered an “excellent and pragmatic expert” and Isabel Oest offers “excellent advice” and is “highly professional and empathetic at the same time”.  The “litigation specialist” Dominique Wagener and Stephanie Pautke are listed as “Leading names”. In addition, Johanna Kübler, Isabel Oest and Christoph Weinert “who is well-versed in antitrust dispute resolution” are recommended as antitrust experts.

We are delighted that our partners have received multiple awards: Dominique Wagener, Stephanie Pautke, Johanna Kübler and Isabel Oest are again among Germany’s leading antitrust lawyers as “Thought Leaders”. Dominique Wagener, Stephanie Pautke and Johanna Kübler are also honoured as “Thought Leaders – Global Elite 2025″.

(survey among Germany’s corporate counsel)

COMMEO is delighted to be ranked second among the leading law firms for competition law in this year’s kanzleimonitor.de ranking. Stephanie Pautke is one of the 100 leading lawyers in Germany across all areas of law and, together with Dominique Wagener, is listed as a antitrust expert.