Litigation partner Peter Klappich and environmental law specialist Stephan Mueller are the latest to join Oppenhoff, which launched at the beginning of this year.
The arrival of the pair means the new firm now has around 40 lawyers in total, including 21 partners, among them founding partner Michael Oppenhoff and seven former Linklaters managing associates.
Oppenhoff, which is currently operating from the Linklaters’ office space, was created following Linklaters’ announcement in October that it would be axing its
At the time Linklaters said a number of partners based at the
Other firms to pull out of
Oppenhoff co-founding partner Michael Abels told Legal Week: “The firm is now fully operational. The objective now is to deliver premium service to clients on a very personalised basis. Most of the work will be done by partners who want to work directly with clients.”
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