Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Thomas Weitkamp will join the Munich office as a partner in the Banking Practice. Weitkamp’s practice focuses on advising financial institutions and private equity firms on a variety of complex domestic and cross-border leveraged finance, corporate lending, and financial restructuring transactions. Weitkamp will join Latham & Watkins from Clifford Chance in Munich. More >>

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has today strengthened its corporate and commercial practice with the addition of Robert Alan Heym, who joins the firm’s Munich office as a partner.* Robert joins the firm from CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP. More >>

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is pleased to announce that Volkmar Bruckner has joined the Firm’s Munich office in the Corporate Practice Group. Mr Bruckner focuses his practice on private equity and M&A. Volkmar Bruckner joins Kirkland from the Munich office of Weil Gotshal & Manges where the 46-year old has been a partner since 2015. Prior to Weil, he was a partner at Latham & Watkins for eight years. He is admitted to practice both in Germany and in New York. More >>

Global law firm Reed Smith welcomes the arrival of Dr Andreas Splittgerber as a partner in the IP, Information and Innovation group in Munich. Previously a partner at Olswang, Andreas will be accompanied by two associates and a secretary. Reed Smith has embarked upon a strategic expansion of its German practice in recent years, and Andreas’ arrival will further enhance the offering to clients in the jurisdiction. More >>

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has enhanced its operations in Munich with the addition of corporate lawyers Dr. Franz Schaefer (partner), Dr. Martina Ortner (counsel), and Christoph Küster (associate). A team for many years, the lawyers join K&L Gates from King & Wood Mallesons, following the July addition of colleague Dr. Hilger von Livonius from the same firm as a founding partner in K&L Gates’ Munich office. More >>

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has expanded its international intellectual property group in Germany this week with the addition of Michael Knospe, who joins the firm’s Munich office today as a partner.* More >>

Global law firm Dentons will strengthen its Corporate and M&A, Private Equity and Capital Markets practices with the addition of three lawyers as of October 1, 2016. Partner Thomas Strassner, Dipl.-Kfm., will join Dentons along with Counsel Christopher Mayston and Associate Michael Rebholz, LLM. The Munich office, which opened in July 2016 with a team led by Office Managing Partner Dr. Alexander von Bergwelt, will hence grow to more than 20 lawyers. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced its continued expansion in Germany with the addition of Christian Trenkel, who joins the Firm as a real estate partner in Munich. More >>

Clifford Chance has boosted its investment funds team with a high-profile lateral hire. Sonya Pauls, a market leader in advising on private equity fund-raisings, joins Clifford Chance from King & Wood Mallesons as of 1 October 2016. More >>