Willkie Farr & Gallagher has hired five lawyers from Clifford Chance’s Frankfurt office. The private equity group consists of counsels Andreas Hautkappe and Rolf Hünermann, who join Willkie as salaried partners, and associates Stefan Joergens, Ole Oldenburg and Ingo Bednarz, who also join as partners. Other recent hires in Germany for the firm include private equity partner Mario Schmidt last December and former PricewaterhouseCoopers tax partner Patrick Meiisel, who joined Willkie last month.
Source: www.legalweek.com