We are delighted to announce a double award: Our law firm HÄRTING has been recognised by the Handelsblatt Research Institute (HRI) as TOP LAW FIRM 2025 in the areas of IT law and data protection law. In addition, Prof Niko Härting (data protection law) and Marlene Schreiber (IT law) received the award as Top Lawyers 2025.
The rankings were published by WirtschaftsWoche and emphasise our leading position in digital legal advice.
The award is based on an extensive HRI survey of over 1,600 lawyers from around 200 law firms. The colleagues surveyed named the most renowned lawyers and law firms in their specialism. The result: HÄRTING is once again one of the absolute leaders in data protection and IT law.
HÄRTING as TOP LAW FIRM 2025 for IT and data protection law
HÄRTING has been an established name in digital legal advice for many years. Our experts advise companies of all sizes – from start-ups to international corporations – in a practical and legally sound manner on topics such as data protection compliance, GDPR, AI regulation, IT contract law and platform regulation. The current award confirms our continuous work on excellent, solution-orientated legal advice.
Prof Niko Härting as TOP Lawyer 2025 in data protection law
Prof Niko Härting is one of the leading figures in German data protection law. For many years, he has been advising clients with in-depth expertise on GDPR, state surveillance, data processing and fundamental rights in the digital space.
He is editor of the journal Privacy in Germany (PinG), chairman of the Information Law Committee of the German Bar Association and regularly publishes in leading specialist journals. As an honorary professor at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, he combines academic depth with practical legal advice.
The award as TOP Lawyer 2025 by WirtschaftsWoche recognises his many years of expertise and his formative contribution to the development of data protection law in Germany.
Marlene Schreiber as TOP Lawyer 2025 in IT law
Marlene Schreiber has been a lawyer since 2012 and a specialist lawyer for IT law since 2019. She advises companies on innovative technologies – in particular artificial intelligence -, on data protection and IT law compliance and on the drafting of complex technology contracts and platform regulations.
She is Vice Chair of the Technology Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA), spokesperson for the Berlin Bar Association and co-editor of the Journal for the Law of the Digital Economy (ZdiW). As co-organiser of specialist legal formats such as the “IT-Juristinnentag” and the “KI-Tag” and as a speaker and lecturer on the legally compliant use of AI, she is widely networked in specialist circles.
WirtschaftsWoche has now honoured her with the TOP Lawyer 2025 award in IT law.
We would like to thank all our colleagues who have recommended us and our clients for the trust they have placed in us.