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• Dewey continues to lose talent

  May 04 2012 Dewey & LeBoeuf continues to hemorrhage its lawyer base, with the Moscow team jumping ship to open a Russia base for Morgan Lewis & Bockius, while London banking and... more

• Bird & Bird promotes 12 to partnership

  Apr 11 2012 Bird & Bird has promoted 12 lawyers to the partnership this year, a dramatic increase on last year’s figures, when only two lawyers were made up. CEO David Kerr... 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

• Clifford Chance elects two to partnership council

  Mar 01 2012 Clifford Chance has elected two new partners to its partnership council, elevating Italy banking head Giuseppe De Palma and Dubai banking partner Robin Abraham to... more

• Skadden set to launch German capital markets practice after double hire

  Feb 08 2012 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is set to launch a capital markets practice in Germany after the hire a two-partner team from Shearman & Sterling. Shearman's... more

• King & Spalding hires international arbitration expert in Frankfurt

  Jan 02 2012 King & Spalding has boosted its international arbitration practice in the Frankfurt office with the hire of Jan K. Schaefer of Allen & Overy. Schaefer’s practice... more

• US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges promotes 11 to partnership

  Dec 28 2011 US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges has elevated eleven lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round. The promotions take place across the New York,... more

• US firm White & Case promotes 21 to global partnership

  Dec 03 2011 US firm White & Case has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round. All promotions are effective as of 1 January 2012. London managing... more

• Vogel & Vogel teams up with Truman Hoyle in European-Australian alliance

  Nov 15 2011 Australian law firm Truman Hoyle has announced an alliance with competition law firm Vogel & Vogel, which offices in Paris, Brussels and Frankfurt. The link between... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner to launch two German offices

  Sep 19 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner is set to make a strong entry into the German legal services market with the opening of two new offices – one in Berlin and one in Frankfurt.... more

• Salans makes lateral hires in Paris and Frankfurt

  Sep 15 2011 Salans has hired three partners across its France and Germany practices. The firm raided Bird & Bird for talent, scooping up the co-head of the firm’s French IP... 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

• Ashurst makes up 12 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 15 2011 Ashurst has promoted 12 lawyers to its partnership, up from 11 last year. The corporate practice saw the most promotions in this round, with five new partners. Two... more

• Linklaters promotes 18 to partnership globally

  Apr 12 2011 Linklaters has promoted 18 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from 14 last year. In a statement, senior partner David Cheyne said:... more

• Allens promotes 21 to partnership globally

  Apr 04 2011 Allen & Overy has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from 18 last year. Managing partner Wim Dejonghe said: "Our partner... 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

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership globally

  Mar 10 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the promotion of 20 lawyers to the partnership in a new promotions round. Nine of the new partners will join the... more

• Alliance for German firm Heuking and Brazilian firm Veirano

  Feb 11 2011 German firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek has announced the formation of an alliance with Brazilian firm Veirano Advogados. The non-exclusive alliance will allow the... more

• Former SJ Berwin Senior Partner David Harrel to be the Chairman of CPA Global

  Feb 10 2011 Legal Processing Outsourcing Company CPA Global has appointed David Harrel as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Harrel, former Senior Partner at SJ Berwin, succeeds... more

• Orrick acquires Munich branch of Holme Roberts & Owen

  Jan 11 2011 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has acquired the Munich branch of US firm Holme Roberts & Owen. The acquisition marks the end of Holme Roberts & Owen’s German presence,... more

• Ashurst boosts European equity capital markets practice with Dewey hire

  Nov 15 2010 Ashurst has boosted its European equity capital markets team with the hire of Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Matthias Von Oppen in Frankfurt. Von Oppen is a corporate... more

• Head of German banking practice at Hogan Lovells jumps ship

  Sep 28 2010 Hogan Lovells has lost its head of German banking practice to German independent firm Noerr. Olaf Grabowski will join Noerr’s corporate finance practice as a... more

• Cleary and Freshfields take lead on €9.8bn Deutsche Bank deal

  Sep 17 2010 Deutsche Bank has called upon Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton to advise on its project of raising €9.8 billion to bolster the balance sheet and complete the proposed... more

• Baker & McKenzie loses Frankfurt anti-trust team

  Jul 20 2010 The Frankfurt antitrust practice at Baker & McKenzie will take a blow as a team of partners leave the firm to launch a new competition boutique called Commeo. The... more

• Freshfields and Arnold & Porter advise on $3.8 billion chemicals deal

  Jun 24 2010 The world's largest chemical company – the Germany company BASF – has agreed to acquire Cognis Holding GmbH, a German producer of food and cosmetics ingredients, in a... 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

• Watson Farley & Williams hires partner from Weil Gotshal & Manges

  Jun 17 2010 UK firm Watson Farley & Williams has given a boost to its Munich office with the hire of Dirk Janssen, formerly the Frankfurt head of corporate and M&A at Weil Gotshal... more

• Norton Rose promotes 23 to counsel

  May 17 2010 Norton Rose has promoted 23 lawyers to counsel in the firm’s first round of counsel promotions since the merger with Australia's Deacons. Of the 23, five lawyers have... more

• Clifford Chance promotes 22 lawyers to partnership

  May 04 2010 Clifford Chance has announced this year’s promotions, making up 22 new partners across the London, New York, Dubai, Moscow, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Duesseldorf,... more

• Linklaters promotes 14 to partnership

  Apr 26 2010 Linklaters has announced the promotion of 14 lawyers to the partnership. This year’s promotions round is a little lighter than the 2009 round, when 18 lawyers were... more

• Freshfiields and Herbert Smith lead £1.59bn Deutsche Bahn - Arriva deal

  Apr 22 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Herbert Smith have scored key roles advising on the £1.59bn acquisition by Deutsche Bahn of European public transport services... more

• SJ Berwin promotes seven to partnership

  Apr 20 2010 SJ Berwin has tapped seven associates for promotion to the partnership in the annual promotions round. The figure is slightly higher than last year, when six new... more

• Allen & Overy hires three new partners in Germany

  Apr 16 2010 Allen & Overy has boosted its German practice with the hire of three partners from Lovells and Dewey & LeBoeuf. Litigation partner Daniel Busse will leave the... more

• Allen & Overy make up 18 new partners in the 2010 round

  Mar 31 2010 Allen & Overy has made up 18 lawyers to its partnership across 13 countries, with the majority joining non-UK offices. The number is two less than that of 2009. The... more

• Freshfields adds 18 to the partnership

  Mar 30 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the results of this year’s promotions round, making up 18 new partners. The round saw four more promotions than last... more

• Salans hires Ashurst restructuring partner Dietmar Schulz

  Jan 08 2010 Salans LLP has hired Ashurst restructuring and finance partner Dietmar Schulz as a partner in its Frankfurt office. Schulz will add to Salans’ existing corporate... more

• Allen & Overy ordered to re-employ German associate

  Sep 29 2009 Allen & Overy has been ordered to rehire an associate in Frankfurt who had been laid off earlier this year. A German labour court ruled that the dismissal did not... more

• Allen & Overy, Linklaters lead on €12bn Schaeffler debt restructuring

  Aug 21 2009 Allen & Overy and Linklaters have taken key roles on the €12bn debt restructuring of German ball-bearing manufacturer Schaeffler, clearing the way for the company to... more

• Allen & Overy sued by former Frankfurt associate

  Aug 17 2009 Allen & Overy confirmed that at least one former associate in Germany still has a case pending against the firm, with the unfair dismissal dispute relating to... more

• DLA Piper hires corporate crime team from Clifford Chance

  Aug 14 2009 DLA Piper has hired a three-lawyer corporate crime team from Clifford Chance in Frankfurt, including partner Jürgen Taschke and two associates, reports legalweek.... more

• Simmons hires German private equity expert Jan Wildberger

  Aug 10 2009 Simmons & Simmons has bolstered its Frankfurt office with the addition of Jan Wildberger, founding partner of German private equity boutique Haarmann. more

• Squire Sanders hires Faegre trio in Frankfurt

  Jul 22 2009 Squire Sanders & Dempsey has strengthened its Frankfurt practice with a three-lawyer team from Faegre & Benson. Faegre corporate partner Karl Walter, banking... more

• Clifford Chance loses restructuring star Kolja von Bismarck to Linklaters

  Jul 17 2009 German corporate restructuring expert Kolja von Bismarck has been appointed as a partner at Linklaters' Berlin office. Von Bismarck was a partner at Clifford Chance... more

• Davis Polk to close Frankfurt office

  Jun 11 2009 Davis Polk & Wardwell will close its German office in Frankfurt as partner Patrick Kenadjian retires at the end of August. According to managing partner John... more

• Corporate Partner Junius leaves Dechert's Frankfurt office

  Mar 25 2009 Corporate partner Andreas Junius of Dechert's Frankfurt office departed the firm last week to work full-time with an independent German firm. The departure might... more

• K&L Gates combines with Chicago law firm Bell Boyd

  Jan 31 2009 K&L Gates and Bell, Boyd & Lloyd partners voted today to combine the law firms, effective March 1. The combined firm will have approximately 1,900 lawyers in 31... more

• Lovells Europe head Harald Seisler steps down

  Nov 26 2008 Lovells Continental Europe head Harald Seisler has stepped down from the role after running an unsuccessful campaign to become firmwide managing partner. Seisler will... more

• Graf von Westphalen hires Gleiss Lutz employment partner Malte Evers

  Nov 07 2008 German firm Graf von Westphalen has hired employment expert Malte Evers from local rival Gleiss Lutz in Frankfurt. more

• Freshfields advises German Government on rescue fund

  Oct 25 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised the German Government on the set-up of a €500bn rescue fund, established earlier this week. The magic circle firm’s team was led... more

• King & Spalding opens eight offices in 18 months

  Sep 11 2008 Between 2000 and 2006, King & Spalding more than doubled the number of lawyers in its New York and Houston offices, the American Lawyer reports. Beginning with... more

• Salans hires partner duo for Frankfurt launch

  Jun 17 2008 Salans will launch an office in Frankfurt next month (1 July) after announcing the hire of two partners from local independent Aderhold Gassner. Litigation partner... more

• Ashurst Frankfurt hires White & Case acquisition finance partner Anne Force

  May 22 2008 Ashurst’s Frankfurt office has hired White & Case local acquisition finance partner Anne Force. She will start at Ashurst as a partner and is qualified in German,... more

• Freshfields advises Deutsche Bahn on IPO

  May 02 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising state-owned Deutsche Bahn, the leading railway and logistics company in Germany, on the initial public offering (IPO) of its... more

• Ashurst makes rare Hengeler hire

  Jan 27 2008 Ashurst Germany has enticed a corporate counsel away from Hengeler Mueller, Slaughter & May’s German best friend. Claudia Junker will join Ashurst’s equity partnership... more

• Skadden snares German Shearman partner

  Dec 23 2007 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has strengthened its German offering with the hire of banking partner Johannes Kremer, who joins from US rival Shearman & Sterling.... more

• Freshfields Frankfurt partner defects to Bakers

  Dec 13 2007 A further corporate partner from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's German operation has left the magic circle firm, surfacing at Baker & McKenzie. Frankfurt-based... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf Expands Frankfurt Office

  Dec 10 2007 New York's Dewey & LeBoeuf has expanded its Frankfurt office by adding Bela Jansen, a qualified lawyer and tax adviser. Jansen will join as partner in January. His... more

• Mayer Brown reshuffles management in Germany

  Nov 25 2007 Mayer Brown has appointed a new managing partner in Germany, with banking and finance partner Jörg Wulfken taking control of the firm’s offices in Frankfurt, Berlin... more