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 of the matter, Willkie has now successfully recruited Gibson Dunn antitrust partner Georg Weidenbach and counsel Jan Vollkammer (PICTURED, LEFT […]
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
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig is opening a new office at Promenadeplatz 12 in Munich on February 1, 2025. This will be Greenberg Traurig’s second location in Germany and its 49th office globally. The team fomr McDemott
Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced several strategic hires in Germany boosting its global Private Equity practice as of January 1, 2025. Partners Dr. Jan Philipp Feigen and Dr. Maximilian Menges (PICTURED, LEFT AND RIGHT), both from
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has significantly expanded its German practice with the addition of a ten-member legal team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. The team includes three prominent partners and will be integrated into HSF’
A significant shift is occurring in the German legal landscape as prominent employment law expert Thomas Ubber (pictured) plans to depart A&O Shearman after more than 14 years to establish his own specialized practice,
