S&C Wins ‘Capital Markets: Team of the Year’ and Carsten Berrar Wins ‘Corporate/M&A: Lawyer of the Year’ at Legal 500 Germany Awards 2026

S&C won “Capital Markets: Team of the Year” and Carsten Berrar was named “Corporate and M&A: Lawyer of the Year” at the Legal 500 Germany Awards 2026.

The firm was also shortlisted for “International Law Firm of the Year,” “Deal of the Year,” “Corporate and M&A: Team of the Year” with Clemens Rechberger shortlisted for “Capital Markets: Lawyer of the Year” and Carsten Berrar shortlisted for “Senior Partner of the Year” and “Capital Markets: Lawyer of the Year”.

S&C’s Frankfurt office provides sophisticated legal counsel in Germany and across the broader European market. The team includes German, U.S. and dual-qualified lawyers with deep experience in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, as well as financing and restructuring matters. Recent transactions led by the Frankfurt-based teams have included advising:

• Bosch in its $8 billion acquisition of residential and light commercial HVAC business from Johnson Controls and Hitachi;
• a syndicate of banks in Thyssenkrupp’s completed spin-off and listing of its naval defense arm, TKMS;
• Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, on its $4 billion notes offering;
• Zalando on the voluntary public takeover offer for ABOUT YOU and the subsequent cash merger squeeze-out; and
• Merck KGaA on the acquisition of SpringWorks Therapeutics.