- Best Lawyers / Handelsblatt 2026: “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in arbitration and mediation, international arbitration, litigation and corporate law
- JUVE 2025/26: Frequently recommended for corporate law and arbitration; again listed among Germany’s leading arbitrators
- Best Lawyers 2025: “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in arbitration and mediation, corporate law, international arbitration and litigation
- Leaders League 2024: Recommended for international arbitration
Dr. Gert Brandner
- Partner
- Lawyer
“I am proud of my very high success rate in court. The keys to this: integrity, strategy and resilience.”
Gert Brandner represents international companies across a range of industries before state courts and in arbitration proceedings. He has successfully defended claims with a value in dispute exceeding one billion euros on several occasions for renowned companies and has enforced claims in the hundreds of millions for his clients. Gert Brandner consistently leads cases with a comprehensive overview and a highly experienced, efficient team.MORE
For many years, Gert Brandner has also acted as an arbitrator in national and international arbitration proceedings, some involving very high amounts in dispute. In a current arbitration, the amount in dispute is close to 300 million euros; in a previous case, it exceeded one billion euros. His role as an arbitrator provides valuable perspective for his work as counsel.
Gert Brandner has been a partner of the firm since 2005 and heads the Arbitration practice group.
He advises in German and English.
About me.
“My great passions are tennis and philosophy. I still regularly play at and for Tennisclub Weissenhof, of which I was long-serving President. What I value about tennis is that there is always room for improvement – mentally, technically and tactically. My favourite philosophers are Schopenhauer and Kant, the latter having had a lasting influence on our legal system through his concept of human dignity.”
+49 711 22744-23
nb@haver-mailaender.de
- Brandner/Kläger, A Victory over (or for) the System of Sports Arbitration: Commentary on the Pechstein Decision of the Munich Higher Regional Court, SchiedsVZ 2015, p. 112
- Brandner, Liability Risks, in: Mailänder/Mühl, The GmbH – A Legal Form for Medium-Sized Businesses, 2012
- Brandner, The Over-Implementation of Directives, 2002
- Brandner, Admissibility of Gap-Filling under the CISG, 1999
- “incredibly experienced and tactically astute” (competitor, JUVE)
- “technically outstanding; advocates strongly yet fairly for his clients’ interests” (competitor, JUVE)
- “dives deeply into cases and is extremely committed” (co-arbitrator, JUVE)