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• Taylor Wessing shakes up leadership

  May 16 2012 Taylor Wessing has overhauled its management structure in an effort to introduce younger partners into the firm’s leadership. The firm’s trademark, copyright and... more

• German firm Glade Michel Wirtz adds two Shearman & Sterling partners to the team

  Apr 17 2012 German corporate and competition boutique Glade Michel Wirtz has made a couple of high profile lateral hires, bringing two partners across from US firm Shearman &... more

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership

  Mar 29 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted 20 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, the same number as were promoted last year. This year’s... more

• Mayer Brown reconfigures German practice around Düsseldorf

  Aug 19 2011 Mayer Brown has announced plans to close its Berlin and Cologne offices, shifting their operations to a new office in Düesseldorf, which is set to open at the start of... more

• Four firms lead e3.2 billion auto acquisition by Daimler and Rolls Royce

  Mar 23 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hengeler Mueller, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell have taken leading roles a e3.2 billion joint takeover offer of engine-maker... more

• Howrey set to launch office in Düsseldorf

  Jul 12 2010 US firm Howrey is set to launch an office in Düsseldorf hiring partner Christoph Lenz from one of Germany’s top IP boutiques. Lenz leaves his post as head of the... more

• Germany's Hengeler Mueller elects new managing partners

  Jun 22 2010 Hengeler Mueller has elected two new co-managing partners, Daniela Favoccia, from the Frankfurt office and Matthias Hentzen based out of Düsseldorf. They will replace... more

• Clifford Chance advises on sale of Sony Center in Berlin

  Jun 04 2010 Clifford Chance advised The John Buck Company on the sale of the Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin to the National Pension Service of Korea (NPS). The... more

• Shearman & Sterling rebuilds Brussels office with German team

  Sep 23 2009 Shearman & Sterling has relocated a four-lawyer team from Düsseldorf -- partner Hans Meyer-Lindemann and three associates -- to Brussels in a bid to rebuild its... more

• Clifford Chance hires energy industry veteran Jürgen Kroneberg

  Sep 16 2009 Dr. Jürgen Kroneberg, former member of the management board of RWE Energy AG, will join the magic circle firm's Düsseldorf office as 'of counsel'. Kroneberg held... more

• Clifford Chance, Norton Rose advise on T-Mobile/Orange UK merger

  Sep 09 2009 Clifford Chance and Norton Rose are advising on the potential tie-up of T-Mobile UK and Orange UK in a deal that would create the largest mobile phone operator in the UK. more

• Clifford Chance fights redundancy claim from former partners

  Aug 24 2009 Allen & Overy's problems with its former Frankfurt associates are as nothing compared with Clifford Chance's German woes, writes RollOnFriday. At least two... more

• A&O scoops Shearman global M&A chief Rolf Koerfer

  Jan 11 2008 Allen & Overy has raided Shearman & Sterling for its global co-head of M&A for its Düsseldorf office in the latest high-profile move in the German market. Hans Rolf... more

• Linklaters nears Cologne closure as partners Peter Klappich and Stephan Müller exit

  Jan 04 2008 Linklaters’ Cologne office is a step nearer to closing with the departure of two more partners to breakaway firm Oppenhoff & Partner. Litigation partner Peter Klappich... more

• Partners Negotiate Future as Linklaters Axes Cologne Arm

  Oct 03 2007 Linklaters is to axe its Cologne, Germany, office following the Magic Circle firm's decision to launch in Duesseldorf, the firm announced Tuesday. Only 10 of the... more

• Linklaters Raids Freshfields for Düsseldorf Launch

  Sep 28 2007 Linklaters has carried out a daring raid on Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to open an office in Düsseldorf. Two of Freshfields’ most renowned corporate partners in... more