Global law firm Dentons is delighted to confirm that banking regulatory and structured finance expert Michael Huertas will be joining as a partner in the Frankfurt office, effective April 10, 2018. He will strengthen the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets practice areas led by partners Arne Klüwer and Robert Michels. More >>

Covington will open an office in Frankfurt, Germany on April 3 led by eight partners. Frankfurt will be the firm’s third European office and will work closely with the firm’s five offices in the United States, its three offices in Asia, and its offices in the Middle East and Africa. More >>

International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) today (28 March, 2018) announced the appointment of new Partner Dr Bernd Geier to further enhance its financial regulation practice in Germany. Bernd will join BLP’s Frankfurt office on 1 April 2018. More >>

Allen & Overy is to further expand its tax practice, with Dr Michael Ehret joining its Frankfurt office as partner. He will join the from Linklaters, where he has been a partner since 2014. More >>

Dr Timon Grau will join Linklaters’ employment practice as a partner in March. Dr Timon Grau, who previously worked for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, specialises in such work as restructurings, collective employment law, employee data protection and compliance, including internal investigations, and transactional matters. Dr Timon Grau will work from Linklaters’ offices in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt. More >>

Markus Hill joins KWM Europe Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. As a KWM partner he will continue to focus on providing tax advice to German and international clients, particularly in connection with M&A and private equity transactions. More >>

International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Michael Holzhäuser as partner in its competition practice, based in Frankfurt. Michael joins from DLA Piper, where he is managing partner of the firm’s Frankfurt office, having joined there in 2012. Michael has also previously been head of the German antitrust & regulatory practice at Weil Gotshal & Manges. More >>

International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of real estate and asset finance expert Filip Kurkowski to its finance team in Frankfurt as of February. Filip joins from Baker McKenzie where he worked since 2016. Prior to that, Filip was a member of Allen & Overy’s banking and finance practice for more than 15 years. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has strengthened its Global Banking Practice with the addition of Mattias von Buttlar as a partner in the Firm’s Frankfurt office. Von Buttlar joins White & Case from Clifford Chance. More >>

Clifford Chance today announced the hire of Markus Stephanblome, specialist for corporate law and listed companies transactions, to its Corporate team.

Markus is currently a partner at US law firm White & Case. He will join the Clifford Chance partnership in December and will be based in the firm’s Frankfurt office. More >>