It is one of Germany's largest law firms, with eight offices worldwide in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Brussels and London.

[4] In 1956, Helmuth Lutz joined the firm, shortly after the arrival of Christian Hootz and Martin Hirsch.

Herbert Smith put an end to the alliance in 2011, after Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe refused to enter into merger talks.

[6] Gleiss Lutz works closely with three other independent European law firms (Chiomenti in Italy, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira in Spain and Portugal and Gide Loyrette Nouel in France) within a European Network.

Furthermore, Gleiss Lutz internationally works with firms such as Stibbe (Benelux), Slaughter and May (UK) or Cravath, Swaine & Moore (USA).