Mirko Benesch & Marcus Röll

Mirko Benesch and Marcus Röll are partners at Benesch & Partner mbB, a German law firm advising businesses and private clients across commercial, business and administrative law. At the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025, the firm was recognised as Gambling Law Firm of the Year in Germany, an award that reflects its specialist expertise in Glücksspielrecht and its standing among the country's advisers to the gaming and gambling sector.

Benesch & Partner mbB operates from a network of offices in Freiburg, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Munich and Frankfurt am Main, giving it a substantial presence across southern and western Germany. The firm characterises its approach through the qualities of ambition, operational readiness and acumen, emphasising an assertive and strategic style aimed at achieving its clients' objectives. This combination of geographic reach and a determined, goal-oriented outlook allows the practice to serve clients on complex and sensitive matters across a broad range of legal disciplines.

Mirko Benesch, the firm's managing partner, is a lawyer and mediator whose practice focuses on commercial law, with particular emphasis on gambling law alongside catering and hospitality law and wider corporate and commercial matters. Gambling law in Germany is a demanding and closely regulated field, shaped by the interplay of federal and state rules governing licensing, advertising, online and land-based operations and the evolving regulatory framework introduced in recent years. Advising in this area requires a firm grasp of both the administrative regime and the commercial realities of the sector, and it is here that the firm has built the reputation recognised by this award.

Marcus Röll, who heads the firm's Heidelberg office, is a lawyer and specialist in administrative law, and also serves as a data-protection supervisor. His expertise in commercial administrative law, criminal law and the law of administrative offences complements the firm's gambling practice, since gambling regulation sits squarely within the domain of administrative law and frequently intersects with questions of compliance, licensing conditions and potential sanctions. The pairing of Mr Benesch's commercial and gambling focus with Mr Röll's administrative-law depth gives the firm a rounded capability well suited to the regulatory challenges the sector presents.

Beyond gambling law, Benesch & Partner mbB maintains a broad practice spanning construction and real-estate law, employment law, inheritance law, mergers and acquisitions, compliance and data protection. This breadth allows the firm to support clients not only on specialist regulatory questions but also on the wider legal needs of their businesses, offering a single point of contact across many of the disciplines that commercial enterprises encounter. The firm's philosophy of assertive, strategic representation runs through all of this work, whatever the subject matter.

The Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025 recognition as Gambling Law Firm of the Year in Germany affirms the standing that Mirko Benesch, Marcus Röll and their colleagues have established in this highly regulated field. For operators, suppliers and other participants in the German gaming and gambling market navigating licensing, advertising, compliance and administrative proceedings, the firm offers experienced, strategically minded counsel that pairs specialist knowledge of gambling law with strong foundations in administrative and commercial practice. Supported by its multi-office presence and its assertive, results-focused ethos, Benesch & Partner mbB continues to serve clients confronting some of the sector's most complex legal and regulatory questions. By combining specialist gambling expertise with strengths in administrative, commercial and data-protection law, the firm is able to advise operators on both the regulatory framework and the practical conduct of their businesses.