Thummel Schutze

What Thummel Schutze does

Thümmel Schütze is a German commercial law firm headquartered in Stuttgart, founded in 1973 and organized as a Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB under German civil law. The firm advises large and medium-sized enterprises — including listed corporates, family-owned businesses, and public/municipal bodies — across five core practice areas: Real Estate, Worldwide Conflict Resolution (international arbitration and ADR), Liability & Insurance (including D&O), Banking & Finance, and Corporate & Commercial. It employs more than 50 lawyers across six offices in Stuttgart, Berlin, Frankfurt, Dresden, München, and Singapore, with the Singapore entity (Thümmel, Schütze & Partners LLP) operating under a separate 2005 LLP registration and a wholly-owned service vehicle TSP Corporate Services Pte Ltd (est. 1999). The firm holds the distinction of being the first German law firm licensed as a foreign law firm in Singapore (1982).

The firm's revenue model is purely professional services: fees are charged according to its General Terms and Conditions of Mandate with individual client arrangements possible, billed under multi-year contracts for ongoing mandates. Go-to-market is partner-led sales augmented by industry rankings (Kanzleimonitor Top 100, Handelsblatt Best Lawyers, WirtschaftsWoche TOP Lawyer, JUVE Handbook, Focus Magazine), referrals via the TerraLex global legal network, an intensified 2024 cooperation with Singapore-based Tang Thomas, content marketing through the Banken-Times SPEZIAL newsletter, and partner-led academic lectures. Recent strategic moves include the August 2023 opening of the Munich office and the 50th anniversary in October 2023; named clients to date include HUBER+SUHNER AG (cross-border M&A mandate). The firm has no disclosed proprietary technology platform and no AI/ML product capabilities.

Name

Thummel Schutze

Legal name

Thümmel, Schütze & Partner Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB

Website

https://www.tsp-law.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Thümmel Schütze is a Stuttgart-headquartered German commercial law firm (founded 1973) with 50+ lawyers across six offices in Germany and Singapore, advising large and medium-sized enterprises on real estate, banking, insurance, corporate, and international arbitration matters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB), Real Estate & Construction Law (BPAHAAAE), Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency Law (BPAHAAAH)

Keywords

• Commercial law advisory
• Corporate legal services
• Banking and finance law
• Real estate legal counsel
• International arbitration

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Thümmel Schütze generates revenue through providing legal advisory services to corporate clients across its five competence areas. Fees are charged according to the General Terms and Conditions of Mandate, with the possibility of individual fee arrangements with clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Thümmel Schütze is a German commercial law firm that advises companies on corporate, banking, insurance, real estate and international dispute resolution. The firm delivers legal counsel across five core competence areas — Real Estate, Worldwide Conflict Resolution, Liability & Insurance, Banking & Finance, and Corporate & Commercial — serving large and medium-sized enterprises including listed companies, family-owned businesses and public bodies. It operates six offices across Germany and Singapore and employs more than 50 lawyers.

Product overview

Thümmel Schütze is a German commercial law firm offering legal services through five core practice areas: Real Estate, Worldwide Conflict Resolution, Liability & Insurance, Banking & Finance, and Corporate & Commercial. The firm operates six offices (Stuttgart, Singapore, München, Frankfurt, Dresden, Berlin) and employs over 50 lawyers. The firm is a partnership under German Civil Law (Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB) founded in 1973, providing comprehensive legal counselling to large and medium-sized enterprises with particular expertise in banking law, corporate law, D&O liability, insurance law, labour law, real estate law, insolvency law, and data protection.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Real Estate Legal Services Comprehensive legal counsel in real estate including project development, property transactions, construction projects and property utilisation, covering structuring, public authorisations and contract design.
• Worldwide Conflict Resolution Cross-border legal counselling and dispute resolution including international arbitration (ICC, DIS, VIAC, LCIA, CIETAC, SIAC, AAA) and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) for commercial disputes.
• Liability & Insurance Legal advice on all types of insurance including D&O liability, professional indemnity, fidelity damage and cyber insurance, plus settlement of complex claims for insurers and insured parties.
• Banking & Finance Advisory services for credit institutions, savings banks and financial services companies on banking law, capital markets, banking supervisory law and capital investment law, including litigation.
• Corporate & Commercial Full-service corporate legal counsel covering stock corporation law, M&A transactions, labour law, industrial property rights, public law, corporate succession and foreign investment advisory.

Quantifiable outcome

• Ranked among Germany's Top 100 law firms on Kanzleimonitor 2025/2026 with 9 recommended practice areas.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tang ThomascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 February 2024Thümmel Schütze and Tang Thomas law firm in Singapore intensified their cooperation in February 2024, building on a partnership that has existed for several years. The cooperation enables both firms to pool expertise and resources, offering comprehensive legal advisory services to clients in Singapore and Germany. Focus areas include M&A, financing, commercial law, labour law and dispute resolution. The Singapore office was also involved in advising on the HUBER+SUHNER acquisition of the Ingun Group's Asian subsidiaries.
• TSP Corporate Services Pte LtdminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1999Established in 1999, TSP Corporate Services Pte Ltd renders supplementary services in the area of corporate secretarial matters and acts as trustee, particularly in cases requiring the direct participation of a local partner. This is a wholly-owned service entity supporting the Singapore office of Thümmel Schütze.
• TerraLexcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThümmel Schütze is a member of TerraLex, a worldwide lawyer network providing access to partner firms globally. This membership enables the firm to serve clients across all economically significant regions of the world and facilitates cross-border legal referrals and collaborations.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hengeler Mueller: Premier German commercial law firm with comparable practice areas in corporate/M&A, banking, arbitration, and insurance. Closest direct competitor to Thümmel Schütze in the German enterprise legal market, operating at a significantly larger scale.
• Gleiss Lutz: Leading German full-service law firm with strong practices in corporate, banking & finance, and dispute resolution. Direct competitor to Thümmel Schütze in the German mid-market and large-cap enterprise segment.
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Global Magic Circle firm with major German offices in Frankfurt, Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Munich. Direct competitor for cross-border M&A, banking, and arbitration mandates, with materially greater scale.
• Linklaters: Global Magic Circle firm with a strong German practice covering corporate, banking, capital markets, and dispute resolution. Competes for the same large-enterprise mandates as Thümmel Schütze's international clients.
• Clifford Chance: Global Magic Circle firm with a major Frankfurt office serving German and international clients on banking, finance, corporate, and arbitration work—the latter overlapping directly with Thümmel Schütze's Worldwide Conflict Resolution practice.
• Noerr: Leading German full-service firm with comparable practice areas in corporate, banking, real estate, and dispute resolution. Headquartered in Munich with offices across Germany and Eastern Europe, directly competing for mid-market German enterprise mandates.
• CMS Germany: Major European full-service law firm with strong German presence in corporate, banking, real estate, and insurance law. Competes with Thümmel Schütze across multiple German offices and serves similar enterprise client segments.
• Allen & Overy (A&O Shearman): Global law firm with major German banking and capital markets practice in Frankfurt. Direct competitor in cross-border banking, finance, and capital markets work served from the same German legal market.
• White & Case: Global law firm with a substantial Frankfurt office and strong banking, finance, and international arbitration practices. Competes for cross-border mandates where Thümmel Schütze's banking and Worldwide Conflict Resolution groups are positioned.

Broad incumbents

• Latham & Watkins: Global law firm with a major Frankfurt office and strong cross-border M&A, banking, and arbitration practices. Competes for the largest enterprise and international mandates that Thümmel Schütze supports through its Singapore office and TerraLex network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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