Raue

What Raue does

Raue is a Berlin-based commercial law firm (Wirtschaftskanzlei) structured as a German partnership under the legal name "Raue Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Rechtsanwältinnen mbB." The firm operates a single headquarters at Potsdamer Platz 1, 10785 Berlin, with 80 lawyers and notaries, and traces its lineage to predecessor firms including Hogan & Hartson Raue LLP and Clifford Chance LLP, with continuity dating through 2010 when the current firm was constituted. Dr. Markus Plesser serves as Managing Partner (Geschäftsführender Partner).

The firm delivers legal advisory services across corporate/M&A, healthcare & life sciences, real estate & infrastructure, public law and procurement, compliance, antitrust, labor, intellectual property, media & telecommunications, energy & climate change, and private equity/venture capital, alongside notarial services. Its healthcare practice is the standout vertical — Band 1 Chambers Germany, Legal 500 TOP TIER, FOCUS Spezial top Wirtschaftskanzlei for Health & Pharmacy, and JUVE Law Firm of the Year for Healthcare 2024 — built on mandates spanning hospital financing, pharmaceutical pricing (e.g., representation of DocMorris at the BGH), and diagnostics M&A (e.g., Sonic Healthcare's acquisition of LADR).

Revenue is generated through professional services billing on a per-mandate basis, negotiated with corporate, institutional, and enterprise clients including hospitals, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, private equity and venture capital firms, energy and infrastructure operators, media companies, associations, and foundations. Client acquisition is partner-led and depends on legal directory recognition (Chambers, JUVE, Legal 500, Best Lawyers, FOCUS, brand eins), peer referrals, and thought leadership rather than formal sales channels. The firm has no proprietary technology platform, no disclosed funding, and no external investors; ownership rests with its partners under the standard German mbB model.

Name

Raue

Legal name

Raue Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Rechtsanwältinnen mbB

Website

https://raue.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Raue is a Berlin-based German commercial law firm (Wirtschaftskanzlei) with 80 lawyers and notaries serving corporate, healthcare, energy, and financial-investor clients across practice areas including corporate/M&A, healthcare & life sciences, real estate, and public law.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB)

Keywords

• Commercial law services
• Healthcare legal advisory
• Corporate M&A law
• Real estate law
• Notarial services

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory and Notarial Services: Raue generates revenue through professional legal services rendered to corporate and institutional clients, including corporate law, M&A, healthcare law, public law, litigation, real estate, energy law, media law, compliance, and labor law. Fees are likely billed on a time-cost or fixed-fee basis typical of German law firms, including mandate-based billing for transactions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Raue is a Berlin-based Wirtschaftskanzlei (commercial law firm) delivering full-service legal advisory and notarial services to corporate and institutional clients. Practice areas span Corporate/M&A/Finance, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Real Estate & Infrastructure, Public Law, Compliance & Antitrust, Labor & Employment, Intellectual Property/IT, Media & Telecommunications, Energy & Climate Change, and Private Equity & Venture Capital. The firm combines sector-specialized regulatory expertise (notably Band 1 Chambers ranking in Healthcare) with a notarial office for corporate and transactional matters.

Product overview

Raue is a German commercial law firm (Wirtschaftskanzlei) headquartered in Berlin offering legal services across multiple practice areas, including Corporate/M&A/Finance, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Real Estate & Infrastructure, Public Law, Compliance, Antitrust Law, Labor & Employment Law, Intellectual Property, Media & Telecommunications, Energy & Climate Change, and Private Equity & Venture Capital. The firm also provides notarial services. Rather than a software product, Raue's offering consists of legal advisory services delivered by attorneys and notaries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Peter Raue Preis: A 10,000 euro annual award for social, civic, or cultural engagement, first awarded in 2021.

Products and services

• Healthcare & Life Sciences Legal Advisory Regulatory, transactional and litigation advice for hospitals, clinic groups, MVZs, pharma companies, biotech firms, medical device manufacturers and senior-living operators, covering hospital financing, contract physician law, pharmaceutical price binding, market authorization and healthcare M&A.
• Corporate, M&A and Finance Advice on company establishment, capital measures, M&A, private equity and venture capital financing, corporate finance, restructuring and corporate governance for enterprises, shareholders and financial investors.
• Private Equity & Venture Capital Advisory and transactional support for private equity firms, venture capital investors and their portfolio companies, including buy-side and sell-side mandates, fund formation and PE/VC financings.
• Real Estate and Infrastructure Legal support for real-estate transactions, infrastructure and energy projects, public-private partnerships and related public-law matters.
• Energy and Climate Change Transactional and regulatory advice for energy-sector clients, including renewable-energy project M&A and conventional energy matters.
• Public Law and Procurement (Vergaberecht) Administrative-law, public-procurement (Vergaberecht) and regulatory advice, including representation before the Bundesverwaltungsgericht and other administrative courts.
• Compliance and Antitrust Compliance programs, antitrust/competition advice and integrated governance support embedded across all of Raue's sector practices.
• Labor and Employment Law Employment-law advisory for corporate and institutional clients, integrated into the firm's broader commercial practice.
• Intellectual Property, IT and Distribution IP, copyright, unfair competition, IT and distribution-law advice led by Dr. Markus Plesser (Fachanwalt für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz since 2006).
• Media and Telecommunications Regulatory, content and platform advice for media and telecommunications clients, including representation in landmark public-law and platform-transparency matters.
• Notarial Services In-house notarial services (Notariat) for corporate and real-estate transactions, including certifications, deeds and notarial transactions for clients and the firm's own corporate practice.
• Corporate Disputes, Litigation and Arbitration Civil-law litigation, arbitration, D&O liability and shareholder disputes for corporate clients.
• Associations and Foundations (Vereins- und Stiftungsrecht) Governance, structuring and ongoing legal advice for associations, foundations and non-profit organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Band 1 ranking in Chambers Germany for Healthcare & Life Sciences (first-time inclusion)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hengeler Mueller: Top-tier German commercial law firm with a dominant corporate/M&A and regulatory practice. Competes with Raue for premium German corporate mandates, particularly in healthcare and regulated industries, though typically at the high end of the market.
• Linklaters Germany: Global magic circle firm with a substantial Frankfurt office and notable German healthcare, M&A, and capital markets practices. Competes with Raue on cross-border healthcare and corporate transactions where international reach matters.
• Clifford Chance Germany: Global law firm with a major Frankfurt office and broad German corporate, finance, and regulatory capabilities. Notably, Dr. Justus Schmidt-Ott (Raue partner) previously worked at Clifford Chance before 2001, indicating historical and ongoing competition for talent and mandates.
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Global elite law firm with major presence in Germany through its Frankfurt and Berlin offices. Competes with Raue on the high end of German corporate, healthcare M&A, and regulatory mandates where cross-border capability and international bench depth are required.

Direct peers

• Gleiss Lutz: Top-tier German commercial law firm headquartered in Stuttgart with offices in Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, and Brussels. Comparable as a TOP 50 Wirtschaftskanzlei serving corporate clients across healthcare, M&A, real estate, and regulated sectors, though substantially larger (300+ lawyers) than Raue.
• Noerr: German commercial law firm of comparable size and positioning, with notable strength in healthcare, regulatory, and corporate/M&A mandates. Competes for many of the same mid-market enterprise clients and sector-driven mandates as Raue in Berlin and beyond.
• Bird & Bird Germany: International law firm with German offices and notable strength in healthcare, life sciences, technology, and regulated industries. Direct competitor for healthcare/life sciences mandates where Raue holds its Band 1 Chambers position.
• Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek: Large German full-service commercial law firm with comparable practice area breadth including corporate, healthcare, real estate, and public law. Competes with Raue for mid-market enterprise mandates and talent in Berlin and other German cities.
• Taylor Wessing Germany: International commercial law firm with a strong German practice (Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg). Competes in mid-market corporate, healthcare/life sciences, and PE/VC mandates, serving similar institutional and growth-stage clients as Raue.
• CMS Germany (CMS Hasche Sigle): Major German commercial law firm with broad corporate, healthcare, and regulatory practices and a deep partner-led model. Direct competitor in the German Wirtschaftskanzlei category with a multi-office footprint serving similar institutional and corporate clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/raue-llp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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