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„Peers regard Hengeler Mueller not only as a heavy-weight domestically, but also as a potent force in the global market through its integrated team approach with other leading international firms.“
(Chambers Global)

„Through its integrated team concept, Hengeler Mueller provides a global service of the highest quality.“
(Legal Business)

„Undoubtedly, the best friends occupy a luxurious position. The quality of advice they offer, the client base they serve and the respect held for them in the market shout volumes. Even among the international players there is a sense that individually they provide the benchmark against which others must measure their success.“ (Global Counsel)

„Referral allies or global one-stop-shop?
Supporters of the best friends point to three major advantages of that model over its one-stop-shop rival. Firstly, it respects and preserves prevailing legal cultures. Secondly, the model is superior in terms of quality control. Lastly, the best friends are co-ordinated by a non-exclusive network without an integrated conflict system.
The elite ‘group of five’ continues to defy the multinational legal corporates. At its core, the group brought together Slaughter and May, Bredin Prat from France, Italy’s Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, the Germans Hengeler Mueller and Spanish firm Uría Menéndez. A unique coalition of top-tier names, a sort of legal “G5”“
(TopLegalInternational)

„Can independents compete globally?
On one level, independent firms of sufficient quality working together internationally should, at least in theory, be able to achieve a greater consistency of quality across different practice areas simply by virtue of the fact that no law firm has yet achieved global coverage with their own offices. And most multi-office firms will acknowledge that not all their offices are at the same stage of development or have a narrow focus and expertise.“
(Legal Week)

„Circle of Friends
What is striking about an M&A-focused deal table of independent law firms in Europe is the dominance of the best friends network.“
(Legal Week)

„A ‘best friends’ network, which includes some of the world’s most prestigious law firms, has ensured a premier service…integrated team approach with other leading independent and international law firms ‘works splendidly’…key destination for clients involved in large-scale international deals.“
(Chambers Global)

„Some large multi-national corporations prefer to shop locally. They say bigness equals blandness, and that branch offices vary in quality and the calibre of partners is not consistent. These critics favour the ‘best friends’ arrangement where top domestic firms in different countries work together closely to give the client the best local service.“
(Financial Times)