Following the start of Dr. Thomas Gniadek as new co-chair of HOFFMANN EITLE’s patent litigation group on 1 December 2025, the firm is adding another member to its patent litigation capabilities: it’s Jonas Smeets (PICTURED),
Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partners (FGvW) is going to expand in Frankfurt. In December and January, four partners and two local partners from the Frankfurt office of ADVANT Beiten are joining the firm. They
Led by Frankfurt partner Maximilian Broermann (PICTURED), law firm Hogan Lovells advised Aareon Group, a TPG portfolio company and Europe’s provider of SaaS solutions for the real estate industry, on an agreement to acquire
DWF, the integrated provider of legal and business services, is to open a new office in Germany through the arrival of a 16-strong team in Hamburg on 1 January 2026. The team consists of three partners, a
Hengeler Mueller announced that Pascal Brandt (ECM/ Banking & Finance, Frankfurt), Benedikt Hoegen (M&A, Munich), Nicolas Kutscher (Restructuring/M&A, Berlin), Friedrich Steinert (White Collar, Düsseldorf) and Gerrit Tönningsen (Regulatory,
Gleiss Lutz has announced the appointment of nine new partners and four counsel effective 1 January 2026. The new partners are: – Katharina Bein (Düsseldorf) advises national and international clients on all matters of
Software company Rencore has expanded its Series A financing to a total of $15 million. The financing round was led by Hi inov, with continued participation from existing investors UVC Partners and Capnamic Ventures. The Business
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has reinforced its German corporate bench with the arrival of a four-lawyer transactional group led by Michael Prüßner (PICTURED LEFT), who until recently oversaw Norton Rose Fulbright’s corporate, M&
DLA Piper, with a team led by Dr. Nils Krause (PICTURED), has advised Catapult Sports, a global player in sports technology and performance analytics, on its acquisition of IMPECT. IMPECT is a Germany-based company specializing
Dentons, with a multi-jurisdictional team led by partner Axel Schlieter (PICTURED) from the Düsseldorf office, has advised UniCredit as documentation agent in connection with a $1.1 billion revolving credit facility with a borrowing base reference
