Mayer Brown expands its German Private Equity Practice with the addition of partner Dr. Octávio de Sousa in Frankfurt. He is expected to join the team in June 2025, after spending the last years as a partner in Reed Smith, where he also served as the office managing partner since 2022. De Sousa counts leading […]
Baker McKenzie is continuing the expansion of its global M&A and Private Equity capabilities with the appointment of Jan Schubert (PICTURED) as a partner in its Frankfurt office, effective June 1, 2025. Schubert’s practice
Portuguese law firm Proença de Carvalho announces the launch of its German Desk, with the integration of Anne Vogdt (PICTURED) as of counsel. Born in Germany, Vogdt moved to Portugal as a teenager. She
Luther is strengthening its arbitration practice: Georg Scherpf (PICTURED) joined the firm’s Hamburg office on 1 April 2025 as a new partner after four years at Clyde & Co Europe LLP to take on a key
Willkie Farr & Gallagher is strengthening its German presence by bringing on board an antitrust team from competitor Gibson Dunn, as part of its ongoing expansion efforts in the country. According to sources with knowledge
Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Florian Schmidt-Bogatzky (PICTURED) as a partner in its Intellectual Property (IP) practice based in the firm’s Disputes group in Düsseldorf. Schmidt-Bogatzky is a German and Unified Patent Court (
Lars Bollensen (PICTURED) joined the real estate and construction law team at Luther‘s Hamburg office. Bollensen was previously a partner at GSK Stockmann in Hamburg for many years, where he helped build up the
After recruiting an entire team of 11 from Latham & Watkins in June 2024 and after David Huthmacher’s addition from Hogan Lovells in 2025, the US law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher continues to strengthen its German
Norton Rose Fulbright has strengthened its German tax practice with the appointment of Simon Weppner (PICTURED), who joins the firm as a partner in its Düsseldorf office. As a lawyer and tax advisor, Simon
Hogan Lovells is expanding its Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects team with a Senior Counsel and a Counsel at the Dusseldorf office. Dr Florian-Alexander Wesche will join the practice in February 2025; Katharina Rath will move
