The renewed interest in Germany’s legal market continues apace with US firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to launch in Frankfurt after hiring Latham & Watkins corporate partners Dirk Oberbracht and Wilhelm Reinhardt.
Cited as a leading individual in Germany’s private equity market by The Legal 500, Oberbracht served as head of Latham’s Frankfurt office where the firm houses a tier one practice for transactions. Reinhardt was a partner in the corporate department and also chaired its industrials and manufacturing industry group.