Dechert LLP announced today that Norbert Fischbach has joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities group as a national partner in the Frankfurt office. His arrival further strengthens Dechert’s corporate and tax capabilities in Germany. Previously, Fischbach was counsel at Fried Frank, where he worked closely with Sven Schulte-Hillen, a corporate partner in Dechert’s Frankfurt office who joined the firm in March 2012. Prior to that, Fischbach worked for several years in the tax practice of one of the “big four” accountancy firms.

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Kaye Scholer announced that Dr. Annette Bödeker shortly will join as a Partner and head of the Corporate Department in the Firm’s Frankfurt office. An accomplished corporate lawyer with a broad client base covering German and international corporations, Bödeker focuses on corporate governance and compliance matters, cross-border M&A, international joint ventures, reorganizations and restructurings and finance. Representative clients include Citigroup Global Markets, Qioptiq Group, Bosch and Levi Strauss & Co., among others.

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DLA Piper is strengthening its German IP practice with the recruitment of partner Dr Stefan Dittmer (47). On 1 November 2012, at the latest, Dittmer will be reinforcing the team around counsel Dr Annemarie Bloss in the Intellectual Property and Technology (IPT) practice group at the Hamburg location.

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The London office of Sidley Austin LLP has advised Munich Re, the global reinsurer, on its assumption through reinsurance of £300 million of longevity risk from Pension Insurance Corporation.

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International law firm Ince & Co is delighted to announce the return of Dr. Markus Eichhorst (pictured) to the partnership with effect from 1 August 2012.

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Following the recent announcement of two new Finance partners in London, international law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced the appointment of Dr Wolfgang Kotzur as a Finance partner in its Frankfurt office.

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Dechert LLP announced today that Dr. Markus J. Friedl has joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities group as a national partner in the Frankfurt office. Friedl was most recently counsel at SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz.

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The firm has opened its second German office in Hamburg. The 11-lawyer office will focus on intellectual property and antitrust litigation.

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It was recently announced that Willkie client Sachtleben GmbH, a manufacturer of specialty chemical products, has agreed to acquire the titanium dioxide production assets and inventory of crenox GmbH from the company’s insolvency administrator, Mr. Eberhard Stock. Sachtleben, a venture of Rockwood and Kemira, conducted the purchase agreement through its subsidiary Sachtleben Pigment GmbH. Sachtleben manufactures titanium dioxide and functional additives at plants in Duisburg, Germany and Pori Finland. The acquisition will add over 100,000 metric tons of titanium dioxide production, increasing capacity to approximately 340,000 metric tons, enhancing Sachtleben’s position as a leading global supplier of high quality TiO₂ pigments. Closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals in Germany and Austria.

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Ashurst announces the appointment of Benedikt von Schorlemer and Andreas Mauroschat as partners in the corporate and employment practices of its Frankfurt office. Both were formerly at Dewey & LeBoeuf.

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