Willkie to Establish Capital Markets Practice in Frankfurt with Addition of Partners Simon Weiss and Joseph Marx

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that leading capital markets lawyers Simon Weiss and Joseph Marx will join the Firm as partners, based in the Firm’s Frankfurt office. Their addition will extend the Firm’s global capital markets platform and establish a Frankfurt- based practice, continuing the Firm’s investment and expansion in the German market. Their move to Willkie will follow more than ten prominent Frankfurt partner and counsel hires in recent years, including partners Anne Kleffmann this year and Jens-Olrik Murach in 2021, as well as internal promotions. Simon and Joe will join the Firm from McDermott Will & Emery.

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Hogan Lovells Strengthens Corporate & Finance Practice in Frankfurt With Leading Team Hire

Global law firm Hogan Lovells has announced today that it is strengthening its Corporate practice in Frankfurt with the hire of two leading M&A specialists, Dr Christoph Naumann (joins 1 December 2021) and Dr Torsten Rosenboom (joins 1 January 2022) from Watson Farley & Williams. They will also be bringing with them a team of four associates and business lawyers.

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K&L Gates Strengthens Real Estate Practice with Addition of Nine-Lawyer Team Across Munich and Frankfurt Offices

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has strengthened its real estate practice with the addition of nine lawyers to the firm’s Munich and Frankfurt offices. Led by Munich partners Philipp Turnwald and Dr. Nicolas Mähner, the team joins K&L Gates from Eversheds Sutherland and also includes counsels Jennifer Hock, Dominik Sailer, and Dr. Andrew Stanka and associates Patrick Glück and Laura Mayr in Munich, as well as counsel Julian-Claudius Götz and senior associate Stefan Koch in Frankfurt.

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Senior Partner Hire for Ashurst in Germany Signals Growth Ambitions

Global law firm Ashurst has appointed Florian Drinhausen as partner in the corporate team in Germany, based in Frankfurt. Florian was previously General Counsel at Deutsche Bank, a role he has held from 2018-2020. He had worked at Deutsche Bank since 2014 in a number of senior positions including Chief Governance Office and Head of Global Governance. Prior to this, Florian was Frankfurt head of corporate at Linklaters.
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