Jöhnke & Reichow Rechtsanwälte in Partnerschaft

What Jöhnke & Reichow Rechtsanwälte in Partnerschaft does

Jöhnke & Reichow Rechtsanwälte in Partnerschaft mbB is a Hamburg-headquartered German boutique law firm specializing in insurance law (Versicherungsrecht), with a primary focus on policyholder-side representation in occupational disability insurance (Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung) disputes. The firm operates as a Partnerschaft mbB, a German professional partnership structure with limited professional liability, and is led by two co-founding partners — Björn Thorben M. Jöhnke (Fachanwalt für Versicherungsrecht since 2017) and Jens Reichow — alongside three employed lawyers: Bernhard Gramlich (Fachanwalt für Versicherungsrecht since 2020), Jan Hendrik Schrape, and Isabel Schymura. Headcount totals approximately six including support staff.

The firm's service portfolio spans twelve insurance verticals listed on its website: occupational disability, service disability, Dread-Disease, general earning inability, building, Grundfähigkeit, household, Krankentagegeld, Loss of Licence, nursing care, private health, and accident insurance. Two additional practice areas — commercial agency law (Handelsvertreterrecht) and competition law (Wettbewerbsrecht) — round out the offering. Service delivery relies on a standard German boutique law practice technology stack — case management, document management, and an online client portal (Online-Akte) — with no proprietary technology disclosed. Geographic coverage is national: the Hamburg office represents clients before all German courts including Amtsgerichte, Landgerichte, and Oberlandesgerichte, supported by an extensive SEO and content-marketing apparatus comprising a categorized blog (by condition, profession, and insurance type), city-specific landing pages, a bi-monthly newsletter, and a YouTube channel explaining claim-filing pitfalls and appeals.

Revenue is generated entirely through professional services fees: statutory fees under the German Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (RVG) for court proceedings, plus hourly-rate agreements for advisory work. The firm operates a sales-led, direct-to-client go-to-market with a free initial consultation (kostenfreier Erstkontakt) and acquires clients through organic search, content marketing, and referrals. The client base is highly fragmented — individual policyholders, self-employed professionals, tradespeople, and insurance intermediaries across all German states — with no enterprise anchor accounts.

Name

Jöhnke & Reichow Rechtsanwälte in Partnerschaft

Legal name

Jöhnke & Reichow Rechtsanwälte in Partnerschaft mbB

Website

https://joehnke-reichow.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Jöhnke & Reichow Rechtsanwälte is a Hamburg-headquartered German boutique law firm specializing in insurance law, representing individual policyholders, self-employed professionals, and tradespeople nationwide in occupational disability, health, accident, and related insurance disputes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Insurance Law Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty Insurance Brokerage (Marine, Aviation, Cyber, Professional Lines) (FSAEADAJ), Professional Liability (Errors & Omissions) (FSAJADAB)

Keywords

• Insurance law services
• Disability insurance disputes
• Occupational disability claims
• Commercial agency law
• Competition law advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services (Professional Services): The firm generates revenue through billable legal services rendered to clients in insurance law, commercial agent law, and competition law. Fee structures follow German legal fee schedules (Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz / RVG) for court proceedings, with additional hourly-rate agreements for out-of-court advisory work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hamburg-based German law firm specializing in Versicherungsrecht (insurance law), with a core focus on representing policyholders in occupational disability insurance (Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung) disputes. The firm provides full-cycle legal services: assistance with initial Leistungsantrag filings, preparation of detailed work-activity descriptions, out-of-court negotiations, Nachprüfungsverfahren (review procedures), and litigation before Amtsgerichte, Landgerichte, and Oberlandesgerichte nationwide. Adjacent practice areas include commercial agency law and competition law for insurance intermediaries.

Product overview

Jöhnke & Reichow Rechtsanwälte in Partnerschaft mbB is a Hamburg-based law firm specializing in insurance law (Versicherungsrecht) with a particular focus on occupational disability insurance (Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung). The firm offers legal representation and advisory services to policyholders seeking to claim benefits from various insurance types. Their service portfolio centers on Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung as the core offering, supported by related practice areas including Dienstunfähigkeitsversicherung (service disability insurance), private Krankenversicherung (private health insurance), Unfallversicherung (accident insurance), and Pflegetagegeldversicherung (nursing care insurance). The firm also handles property insurance matters such as Gebäudeversicherung (building insurance) and Hausratversicherung (household insurance). Additionally, they practice Handelsvertreterrecht (commercial agency law) and Wettbewerbsrecht (competition law). The services are delivered nationwide through their Hamburg office, representing clients before all levels of German courts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung (Occupational Disability Insurance) Legal Services End-to-end legal representation for policyholders in disputes with occupational disability insurers — assistance with Leistungsantrag filings, work-activity descriptions, out-of-court negotiations, and litigation before all German courts. Includes Nachprüfungsverfahren when insurers attempt to reverse prior benefit recognitions.
• Dienstunfähigkeitsversicherung (Service Disability Insurance) Legal Services Legal support for civil servants and public employees seeking service disability benefits from private insurers.
• Dread-Disease Insurance Legal Services Legal representation for policyholders pursuing claims under dread-disease insurance policies covering critical illness events.
• Erwerbsunfähigkeitsversicherung (General Disability Insurance) Legal Services Legal assistance for policyholders in disputes over general (non-occupational) disability insurance benefits.
• Gebäudeversicherung (Building Insurance) Legal Services Legal assistance for property owners in disputes with building insurers, including claims following theft or damage.
• Grundfähigkeitsversicherung (Basic Abilities Insurance) Legal Services Legal support for policyholders pursuing claims under basic-abilities insurance, which covers loss of fundamental daily-life capabilities independent of occupation.
• Hausratversicherung (Household Contents Insurance) Legal Services Legal representation for policyholders in household contents insurance claims and disputes.
• Krankentagegeldversicherung (Daily Hospital Benefit Insurance) Legal Services Legal assistance in disputes over daily sickness allowance insurance benefits.
• Loss of Licence Insurance Legal Services Legal representation for policyholders (typically pilots and other licensed professionals) claiming benefits under loss-of-licence insurance.
• Pflegetagegeldversicherung (Nursing Care Daily Benefit Insurance) Legal Services Legal support for individuals seeking nursing care daily benefit payments from insurers.
• Private Krankenversicherung (Private Health Insurance) Legal Services Legal assistance for disputes with private health insurers regarding coverage, reimbursement, and benefit entitlement.
• Unfallversicherung (Accident Insurance) Legal Services Legal representation for policyholders pursuing claims under private accident insurance policies.
• Handelsvertreterrecht (Commercial Agency Law) Legal advice and representation for insurance brokers and commercial agents in matters of commission recovery, wrongful contract termination, post-contractual non-compete clauses, and liability for advisory errors.
• Wettbewerbsrecht (Competition Law) Legal services related to competition and unfair competition matters, including enforcement and defense of claims under German competition law.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• ARAG SE: ARAG is Germany's largest legal-expense insurer and operates its own legal-services subsidiary that refers and serves policyholders in disputes. ARAG's vertical integration overlaps with Jöhnke & Reichow's BU dispute work because ARAG-funded claimants often need specialist counsel — making ARAG both a potential partner and indirect competitor for similar cases.
• ADVOCARD Rechtsschutzversicherung AG: ADVOCARD is a German legal-expense insurer (part of the Generali Group) that funds policyholder disputes including insurance cases against carriers. Its insured base can be a source of case referrals, but its approval-based counsel network can also redirect demand away from independent specialists like Jöhnke & Reichow.
• Roland Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs AG: Roland is a major German legal-expense insurer. While it does not litigate directly, its insured-policyholder base overlaps with Jähnke & Reichow's target market and could refer or compete for the same BU dispute caseload. Its growing digital intake creates an emerging front-of-funnel dependency that mirrors the SEO/content motion used by Jöhnke & Reichow.

Broad incumbents

• Funk Gruppe: Funk Gruppe is Germany's largest independent insurance and risk-consulting broker. While Funk's primary business is broking, not litigation, it overlaps operationally by serving corporate clients whose insurance disputes overlap with Jöhnke & Reichow's BU/health practice. It is a much larger, incumbent player in the German insurance ecosystem.
• CMS Hasche Sigle: CMS Germany is a top-tier full-service law firm with a recognized insurance regulatory and transactional practice. It typically represents carriers and corporates rather than individual claimants, making it a broad incumbent rather than direct competitor, but its insurance practice is the relevant category benchmark for specialization depth in Germany.
• Osborne Clarke Germany: Osborne Clarke has a German insurance practice serving InsurTechs, brokers, and carriers. It is a broader international incumbent that touches the same regulatory and product-side of insurance law that Jöhnke & Reichow covers from the policyholder side.
• Taylor Wessing Germany: Taylor Wessing's German practice includes insurance regulatory and disputes work as part of a broader international portfolio. It serves carriers and corporate insureds rather than individual policyholders, but operates in the same legal category and competes for insurance-law talent in Germany.

Others

• Wolters Kluwer Deutschland (Otto Schmidt / Carl Heymanns Verlag): Wolters Kluwer's German legal publishing and information business (Otto Schmidt, Carl Heymanns) provides the statutes, commentaries, and case databases that specialist insurance lawyers — including Jöhnke & Reichow — rely on. It is an enabling ecosystem participant, not a competitor, but a structural supplier to the practice.

Direct peers

• Gansel Rechtsanwälte: Gansel Rechtsanwälte is a German law firm focused on insurance law and bank liability cases, representing policyholders and consumers against financial institutions and insurers. Like Jöhnke & Reichow, it is a specialized boutique with deep expertise in disability and life insurance disputes, and competes for similar policyholder clients nationally in Germany.
• BLD Bach Langheid Dallmayr Rechtsanwälte: BLD is Germany's largest specialist insurance law firm and the most direct peer. Both firms concentrate on insurance law disputes and represent clients (or carriers) in disability, liability, and casualty matters across German courts. The distinction is that BLD primarily represents insurance carriers while Jöhnke & Reichow represents policyholders — but the operational shape (specialist focus, nationwide court coverage, Fachanwalt credentials) is closely aligned.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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