Hans Rolf Koerfer will join A&O’s Duesseldorf arm, which opened in September, after nearly eight years with Shearman. The appointment of a respected corporate lawyer from one of Shearman’s leading European offices will be seen as a boost for the magic circle firm’s German practice, which has been identified as a key investment priority.
Koerfer joins Thomas Austmann, the senior corporate lawyer who joined A&O from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to launch the office last year.
Koerfer’s practice covers international and domestic M&A as well as corporate reorganisation work and his client base including insurance companies and other financial institutions. Before joining Shearman he spent nine years as a partner with Oppenhoff & Radler Linklaters & Alliance.
Cornelius Fischer-Zernin, A&O’s senior partner in
He added that the hire fitted in with the firm’s overall plans to grow both its corporate practice and its German offering.
The appointment underlines a period of high-level recruitment by leading
A&O and Linklaters have both launched in Duesseldorf in recent months with Linklaters axing its
The move also comes amid an expansionary period for A&O with the London-based firm in 2007 launching a branch in
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