What FPS does

FPS Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG is a leading independent German commercial law firm (Wirtschaftskanzlei) founded in 1846 in Hamburg and headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. The firm employs more than 300 people, including 140+ qualified attorneys, and operates from five offices across Germany's primary economic centers: Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Munich. FPS offers comprehensive legal counsel across 16 practice areas — including Corporate/M&A, Real Estate and Construction, IT and Data Protection, Banking and Finance, Employment, Antitrust, Litigation, Restructuring and Insolvency, Tax, Public Procurement, Energy, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, and Public/Regulatory Law — alongside specialized notarial services in Berlin and Frankfurt. It also operates an Israel Desk and holds membership in the GGI Global Alliance to support cross-border mandates.

The firm's revenue model is built on traditional professional services: billable hours and project-based fees charged to corporate, public-sector, and mid-cap clients across diverse verticals. Client acquisition is partner-led and supported by an active content marketing engine, including the FPS-Blog, a public-sector legal newsletter, regular press publications in outlets such as Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Börsen-Zeitung, and a calendar of events and webinars. Long-tenured client relationships are central to the model, with documented mandates exceeding eleven years (e.g., healthcare real estate investor Aedifica) and multi-year project engagements (e.g., Fraport's Terminal 3 development).

FPS's technology footprint is modest and consistent with a professional services firm: the firm has no proprietary AI/ML platform or product suite, and its most visible digital asset is FPS-KI-Check, a self-service online tool that helps clients classify their AI systems and identify obligations under the EU AI Act. The firm is privately held under a German limited partnership structure (GmbH & Co. KG) and is owned by its partners, with no external private equity or venture capital investors disclosed.

Name

FPS

Legal name

FPS Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

Website

https://fps-law.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1846

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

FPS Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft is an independent German commercial law firm founded in 1846, employing 140+ lawyers across five offices (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich) and serving corporate, real estate, healthcare, and public-sector clients with full-service legal counsel across 16 practice areas plus notarial services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Professional legal services billed to corporate clients. The firm provides advice across all business law matters including corporate law, M&A, real estate, employment, IT law, and more. Revenue is generated through client engagements, typically on hourly rates or fixed project fees for legal consulting.
2. Notarial Services: Notarial advisory services provided at Berlin and Frankfurt offices, covering real estate transactions, corporate formations, inheritance and gift matters, and family law.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

FPS is a full-service independent German commercial law firm delivering legal advisory services across all areas of business law — including Corporate/M&A, Real Estate and Construction, Employment, Banking and Finance, IT/Data Protection, Antitrust, IP, Tax, Public Procurement, Litigation, and Restructuring/Insolvency — to corporate, public-sector and institutional clients. The firm also provides notarial services at its Berlin and Frankfurt offices and offers the FPS-KI-Check digital tool for EU AI Act compliance orientation.

Product overview

FPS is a leading independent German commercial law firm providing comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm offers 16 core legal service areas (Rechtsgebiete) covering employment, banking, corporate/M&A, healthcare, real estate, intellectual property, IT/data protection, antitrust, litigation, public law, restructuring, tax, and public procurement. Additionally, FPS provides notary services and a specialized AI compliance tool called FPS-KI-Check. The firm operates from five German offices (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich) and serves clients through more than 135 lawyers and 300+ employees. FPS also maintains international alliances including GGI membership and an Israel Desk for cross-border transactions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FPS-KI-Check: AI compliance check tool helping clients understand AI regulation requirements, system classification, and obligations under the EU AI Act.

Products and services

• Gesellschaftsrecht / M&A (Corporate Law / M&A)
• Immobilien- und Baurecht (Real Estate and Construction Law)
• Arbeitsrecht (Employment Law)
• IT-Recht und Datenschutz (IT Law and Data Protection)
• Bank- und Finanzrecht (Banking and Financial Law)

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GGI Global AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFPS is an independent member of GGI Global Alliance, providing access to a worldwide network of leading law firms for cross-border transactions. This alliance enables FPS to support clients with international legal matters through trusted partner firms globally.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CMS Germany: CMS is one of the largest full-service law firms in Germany with offices in multiple German cities. It is a direct peer to FPS given comparable breadth of practice areas (real estate, corporate, employment, IT, antitrust) and similar target client base of German corporates and mid-market enterprises.
• Noerr: Noerr is a leading German-origin full-service commercial law firm with offices in Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, and Berlin. It is a direct peer to FPS as both firms are independent German partnerships of comparable scale covering M&A, real estate, IT, regulatory, and corporate matters.
• Linklaters: Linklaters operates major German offices in Frankfurt and Munich and competes directly with FPS on corporate, M&A, banking, and capital markets mandates for German and international clients. Both firms target similar mid-to-large corporate clients with cross-border needs.
• Clifford Chance: Clifford Chance is a global law firm with strong German operations in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, and Munich. It directly competes with FPS on banking, finance, corporate/M&A, and real estate mandates for major German corporates, with overlapping practice coverage in regulated industries.
• Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft: Luther is one of Germany's leading independent commercial law firms with offices in major German cities. It is a direct peer to FPS given comparable full-service business law coverage, independent partnership model, and similar focus on German mid-market and corporate clients.
• Hengeler Mueller: Hengeler Mueller is one of Germany's leading independent commercial law firms with offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, and Munich. It is a direct peer to FPS given comparable full-service business law coverage, similar independent partnership model, and identical German geographic footprint in the major economic centers.
• Bird & Bird Germany: Bird & Bird is an international law firm with strong German offices in Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg, specializing in technology, IP, and regulated industries. It is a direct peer to FPS given comparable IT law, data protection, and corporate practice offerings.
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Freshfields is a global law firm with significant German operations headquartered in Frankfurt and offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Munich. It is a direct peer to FPS because both firms serve German corporate clients across M&A, corporate, antitrust, and finance matters at comparable scale.
• Taylor Wessing: Taylor Wessing is a leading international law firm with substantial German operations in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Munich. It directly competes with FPS on technology, IP, real estate, and corporate matters, sharing an identical five-city German footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Dentons Germany: Dentons is one of the world's largest law firms with substantial German operations in Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, and Düsseldorf. It competes broadly with FPS across corporate, real estate, employment, and regulatory mandates but as part of a much larger global platform rather than an independent German firm.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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