Global law firm Dentons will open its Munich office tomorrow with a team of nearly 20 lawyers. The Munich office is Dentons’ third in Germany, after Berlin and Frankfurt.
Three new partners will join the Firm – Florian Breitreiner, Matthias Nordmann and Christoph Zieger. This is in addition to partners Alexander von Bergwelt, Michael Malterer and Igsaan Varachia, whose move to Dentons was previously announced in May. The entire team joins from Norton Rose Fulbright.
Florian Breitreiner provides Corporate, M&A and Commercial advice to medium sized companies in the technology and manufacturing sectors. Moreover, he advised repeatedly on the structuring and realization of major sports events. Matthias Nordmann is a Competition lawyer and advises clients on merger control proceedings as well as antitrust and legal proceedings. Additionally, he advises on state aid and has experience representing clients before the EU Commission and European courts – most recently regarding the sale of the German Nürburgring motorsports complex. Christoph Zieger represents his clients in all contentious matters and litigation and advises them, among other things, on all non-contentious commercial and IT law related questions. His clients include mainly companies from the technology and insurance sectors.
Dentons will continue to recruit lawyers and expand its service offering in the Munich office, which is expected to grow to up to 40 lawyers over the next two years.
Andreas Ziegenhagen, Germany Managing Partner, commented: “We are fortunate to have attracted strong leaders and a great team to our new Munich office. Not only are they recommended in the market, they also bring capabilities in practice groups which are of strategic importance to our Firm, including Corporate, M&A, Litigation, Tax, Securities, and Competition.”
Alexander von Bergwelt, Munich Managing Partner, commented: “I am very pleased to be joining Dentons with this tremendous team by my side. With this integration, clients in Munich will benefit from our expertise throughout Germany as well as globally while clients outside of Munich can profit from a team knowing the Munich market including all its potential for growth”.
Tomasz Dąbrowski, CEO Dentons Europe, commented: “Germany is at the heart of Dentons’ global and European strategy, and the opening of our Munich office is an important milestone in implementing that strategy. Our polycentric model attracts top talent to serve our clients’ needs wherever in the world they arise.”
Elliott Portnoy, Global CEO of Dentons, commented: “The opening of our Munich office significantly enhances our offerings to clients in two ways. It connects clients elsewhere in Europe and around the world to a talented team of lawyers with deep experience in this important finance and manufacturing center while also making it easier for clients in Munich to access Dentons’ expertise around the globe.”
Joe Andrew, Global Chair of Dentons, commented: “The establishment of a Dentons office in Munich builds on the tremendous momentum the Firm has created in Europe during the last 12 months with new offices and expanded teams to serve clients in Luxembourg, Milan and Budapest. We continue to seek ways to serve the markets that clients tell us are the most important to their success.”
With the addition of the new team, Dentons now has three offices and more than 120 professionals in Germany. Since January 2015, 12 partners have joined the Berlin and Frankfurt offices in addition to the six new partners in Munich – bringing the total number of partners in Germany to 40.
Source: www.dentons.com
