Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce a significant expansion of its Investigations + White Collar Defense and Corporate Governance practices with the additions of Dr. Roland Steinmeyer and Mr. Patrick Späth from WilmerHale in Berlin, who join the firm as partners. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Florian Ehrich has joined the firm’s Berlin office as a partner in its Real Estate practice. Mr. Ehrich comes to Morrison & Foerster from Noerr. He joins the firm as Head of Real Estate for Germany and brings significant expertise in complex real estate transactions, large-volume commercial lease agreements and real estate project development. More >>

The Berlin office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Alexander Kollmorgen and Klaus Schubert as partners in the corporate/transactional and litigation practices, respectively. They join K&L Gates from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, and are accompanied in their move by four other lawyers: counsels Dr. Julia Goetz (intellectual property) and Dr. Michael Melber (litigation) and associates Dr. Mario Starre (litigation) and Dr. Ramona Ruf (corporate). More >>

Eversheds has appointed partner Manfred Hack to its international employment and labour law practice in its Berlin office. More >>

Two months after establishing an office in Munich, the firm’s third in Germany, global law firm K&L Gates LLP is continuing to strengthen its German practice with the addition of Dr. Thilo Winkeler as a partner in the Berlin office. Winkeler joins K&L Gates from Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Angela Kerek has joined the firm’s Berlin office as partner in its Finance Department. Ms. Kerek comes to Morrison & Foerster from Linklaters’ Frankfurt office. She brings to the firm a rare skillset and quality of experience, covering corporate finance, syndicated lending, leveraged buyouts, acquisition finance, real estate finance and alternative credit providers, and debt restructuring. More >>

Renowned global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP today opens its 38th office in Berlin with the whole team of the former Berlin office of Olswang. Operating as Greenberg Traurig Germany, the 55 lawyers intend to further develop their transactional practice focusing on the real estate and the technology industry and continue their growth strategy. More >>

Dentons is pleased to announce the expansion of its German team with Thomas Schubert, who will join its Corporate practice as partner in Berlin on October 1. He joins from Olswang, where he was partner. More >>