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Dechert puts together team for Frankfurt office relaunch
Dechert has relaunched in Frankfurt after pulling out of the region in 2005, with the US firm making a combination of hires and relocations to staff the new office. Funds partner Achim Putz, who joined the firm in 2010 from SJ Berwin, will serve as...
18 Jan 2012 | 08:13
CC global aerospace and defence head exits for US firm's Frankfurt base
Clifford Chance's (CC) global head of aerospace and defence Georg Linde is leaving to join US firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher in Frankfurt. The Frankfurt-based partner has been at CC since 1999, and made partner in 2005. His practice covers corporate...
11 Oct 2011 | 13:15 | 
Top 50 German law firms post 8% hike in fees in 2010-11 but eurozone fears dampen mood
CMS Hasche Sigle has overtaken Hengeler Mueller to emerge as the largest German law firm by revenue, with the 10 largest firms in the country seeing an average revenue rise of 4% during their last financial year, according to new research. The rank...
06 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
BLP signs up Linklaters partners for double Germany office launch
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is set to launch two offices in Germany with the hire of a four-strong team from Linklaters, marking the firm's first venture into the country. The firm announced today (19 September) that it will open in Berlin and Fr...
19 Sep 2011 | 12:29 |
Linklaters Germany partner opts against move to Mayer Brown
Linklaters competition partner Carsten Grave has decided to remain with the magic circle law firm nearly two months after it was announced that he would join Mayer Brown's practice in Cologne. The news comes after the US law firm last month announc...
02 Sep 2011 | 11:24 |
Hogan Lovells media team joins Bird & Bird's new Hamburg base
Bird & Bird has more than doubled the size of its new Hamburg office with the hire of an 11-lawyer media and telecoms team from Hogan Lovells. The team is led by media and competition partner Stefan Engels, who co-heads Hogan Lovells' international...
30 Aug 2011 | 18:16 |
Olswang, Freshfields among firms on major German real estate deal
Olswang's Berlin office has won a key role on Germany's largest commercial real estate deal so far this year, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer also advising on the €740m (£652m) transaction. The deal, which has handed roles to a raft of law f...
25 Aug 2011 | 12:00 |
German indie Graf von Westphalen seals Turkey office launch
German independent Graf von Westphalen is set to launch an office in Turkey. The firm will open the new office in Istanbul on 1 October through a joint venture with GSI Meridian, a local legal consultancy with five partners and more than 45 lawyers...
23 Aug 2011 | 12:16 |
Hogan Lovells strengthens Berlin corporate with five-lawyer hire
Hogan Lovells has bulked up in Germany with the hire of a five-lawyer corporate team from local outfit Broich Bezzenberger. The team, which is led by partners Karin Arnold and Thomas Keul, joined Hogan Lovells’ Berlin office earlier this week, along...
20 Jul 2011 | 15:49 |
Olswang launches in Munich at request of key client Microsoft
Olswang has launched an office in Munich at the request of technology giant Microsoft. The office, which opened earlier this week (4 July), will focus on intellectual property (IP) work including patent filing, prosecution and enforcement for a ran...
07 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
Taylor Wessing adds four partners in Frankfurt with Linklaters hires
Taylor Wessing has added four partners to its Frankfurt base, including the hire of a capital markets team from Linklaters. Linklaters partner Christoph Vaupel will join Taylor Wessing as an equity partner along with two managing associates, who wi...
05 Jul 2011 | 16:50 |
Seven-strong Hogan Lovells team exits firm's Munich office to join DLA
DLA Piper has bolstered its Munich office with the hire of a team of seven lawyers from Hogan Lovells. International arbitration counsel Thomas Gadtke and commercial and regulatory senior associate Thilo von Bodungen will join DLA as partners, with...
04 Jul 2011 | 10:06 |
Freshfields and Gleiss Lutz advise on Germany’s nuclear shutdown
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Gleiss Lutz have picked up advisory mandates as German energy companies prepare for the Government’s plans to phase out nuclear power plants by 2022. Herbert Smith’s German alliance partner Gleiss Lutz is advi...
30 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
Simmons Germany banking chief joins Kaye Scholer in double partner exit
Simmons & Simmons' Germany banking head is leaving to join Kaye Scholer in a double partner hire for the US firm. Ingrid Kalisch and fellow partner Sandra Pfister will exit Simmons next week to join Kaye Scholer's German banking and finance practic...
23 Jun 2011 | 11:59 |
Long-serving Hogan Lovells partner joins Jones Day in Munich
Jones Day has added to its German technology and media practice with the hire of a long-serving partner from Hogan Lovells. Wolfgang Buchner, who is a partner in Hogan Lovells' Munich intellectual property, media and technology (IPMT) practice grou...
21 Jun 2011 | 10:53 |
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