K&L Gates Opens Munich Office

Friday, July 15, 2016

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP is expanding its European presence with the opening of a Munich office, the firm’s third office in Germany (along with Berlin and Frankfurt) and 46th worldwide, with the hire of investment management partner Dr. Hilger von Livonius. Dr. von Livonius is accompanied by two other professionals — Dr. Philipp Riedl and Michael Harris — in his move to K&L Gates from King & Wood Mallesons. K&L Gates’ Munich office is expected to continue to grow in the coming months. More >>

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Corporate Partner Ferdinand Fromholzer Joins Gibson Dunn in Munich

Monday, June 20, 2016

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Dr. Ferdinand Fromholzer will join the firm’s Munich office as a partner. Previously a partner with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Munich, he will continue his corporate law practice, focusing on stock corporation law and corporate governance issues, as well as mergers and acquisitions. More >>

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Corporate Team Led by Achim Herfs Joins Kirkland & Ellis in Munich

Monday, April 11, 2016

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is pleased to announce that Dr. Achim Herfs will join the Firm as a corporate partner in the Munich office. He joins from the Munich office of Hengeler Mueller, together with Counsel Dr. Anna Schwander and Dr. Benjamin Leyendecker-Langner, a former senior associate of Hengeler Mueller. All three join Kirkland as partners. The new partners focus on corporate transactions including private equity, stock corporation and capital markets as well as corporate governance and compliance. More >>

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Leading M&A and Private Equity Partner Will Join Latham & Watkins in Germany

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Rainer Traugott will join the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department of the Munich office. Widely regarded as a leading M&A lawyer, Traugott’s practice focuses on the representation of large German corporates and private equity firms on M&A transactions and a broad range of corporate law matters. More >>

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Orrick Continues Growth in Germany with M&A and Private Equity Partner in Munich

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Orrick announced today that Fabian von Samson-Himmelstjerna has joined the firm’s M&A and Private Equity Group in Munich. Fabian is the second addition to Orrick’s Munich office in the last few weeks following Thomas Schmid, who joined the firm as head of Orrick’s German M&A and Private Equity team from Weil, Gotshal in November 2015. More >>

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