The Legal 500 recently published The Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2019, with the best results ever for AKD.

AKD has tier-1 rankings in four categories: Construction, Environment & Planning, Transport, and Industry Focus: Food, as well as tier-2 to tier-4 rankings in sixteen other practice areas. Forty-six of our lawyers, civil-law notaries and tax advisers are 'recommended lawyers' and six lawyers are 'leading individuals'. Two of our lawyers have been included in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame: Haco van der Houven van Oordt and Jos van der Velden. In Luxembourg, our firm has a strong position in Private Equity with a tier-3 ranking, and in Belgium, clients see our counsel Pol Cools as a 'Next Generation Lawyer'.

The rankings are based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market.

Our lawyers are praised for being "'hands-on, solution driven, and tough negotiators' who will nonetheless 'close fast and achieve results'".

We thank our clients for providing feedback to The Legal 500, and congratulate our 450 lawyers, civil-law notaries, tax advisers and staff on this great achievement.

Click here for the full overview of AKD's results in The Legal 500 2019.