Addleshaws launches first European base in Hamburg with five-partner BCLP hire
Addleshaw Goddard will open its first continental European office in Hamburg with the hire of a five-partner team from Bryan…
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Covington continues European expansion with Frankfurt private equity launch
Global 100 player Covington & Burling is taking a shot at the German private equity market, launching an office in…
Covington strengthens in Europe with Frankfurt launch as Dentons takes chunk of ailing Australia player
Covington & Burling is to deepen its European footprint with the opening of a new office in Frankfurt – the firm’s…
Letter from… Frankfurt: Where political deadlock is fine for business… but not all lawyers
What a difference a few hundred miles can make: an election not resulting in a clear majority; a government polling…
As rivals retrench Linklaters retains expansive German form as A&O veteran becomes third lateral of 2017
Linklaters is following up on its recent investment in Germany by strengthening its finance practice with a lateral from Magic…
Eversheds opens fourth German office in Düsseldorf
Eversheds Sutherland expanded in Germany in August, opening its fourth office in the country after acquiring Düsseldorf-based firm Grooterhorst &…
OC team sets up boutique as Andersen launches in Cologne
Six lawyers from Osborne Clarke’s (OC) procurement team have left to establish a new law firm in Cologne, named Esch Bahner…
DLA to close Berlin as sole partner moves to launch DWF offering
DLA Piper is to close its Berlin office as its sole partner moves, alongside an of counsel, to launch DWF‘s…
Gowlings relocates partner to Stuttgart to launch second Germany office
In its first European office opening since its 2016 merger, Gowling WLG has launched a second German outpost in Stuttgart.
‘Nobody left’: KWM expected to close Munich as lease ends
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is expected to close its Munich office after failing to find support to recapitalise its…
Hogan Lovells’ Hamburg head resigns amid spying investigation
Hogan Lovells‘ Hamburg office managing partner Eckard Schwarz has resigned over claims of illegal surveillance by an employee of former…
‘An important step’: K&L Gates launches in Munich through King & Wood hires
K&L Gates has opened its third German office by launching in Munich, with a three-lawyer hire from King & Wood…
‘Deepening ties’: Clyde & Co enters Germany with Düsseldorf hires
Just two months after announcing it will open an office in Miami, Clyde & Co has revealed it will open…
Gibson Dunn continues Germany push, launching in Frankfurt with double Latham hire
The renewed interest in Germany’s legal market continues apace with US firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to launch in Frankfurt…
DWF opens in Germany through local acquisition while Pinsents strengthens Munich with four-partner team
Just a week after launching its first office in continental Europe in Brussels, DWF has acquired the four-partner German arm…
‘Challenging to maintain’: German market has volatile November
Germany saw a flurry of activity last month, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and White & Case pulling out of several…
Hausfeld to open Berlin office with €30m investment from litigation funder Burford
Third party litigation funder Burford Capital is investing €30m in US competition law boutique Hausfeld so it can open in…
Olswang’s new German focus, Munich, sees team of five exit for US IP firm
Olswang’s German offering has been served a further blow after losing its entire Berlin office, with intellectual property (IP) partner…
Greenberg Traurig lands Olswang’s Berlin office to open in Germany
Greenberg Traurig has launched its first office in Germany with the mass hire of Olswang’s 50-strong lawyer team in Berlin.
Olswang to lose Berlin team in strategy reversal
Freshfields among firms in talks to take over the office The last 12 months have been quite a whirlwind at…