Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, is pleased to announce that vangard, a part of Littler’s global platform, has opened a new office in Frankfurt, its fifth location in Germany. The new office will be headed by partners Christoph Crisolli and Peter Hoppenstaedt, who will be joined by partner Dr. Frank Zaumseil and associates Dr. Antje Peterhänsel, Dr. Stefanie Reiche, Ulrike Schulke, and Stephanie Koch. More >>

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Tim Wybitul will join the Frankfurt office as a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department and member of the Data Privacy & Security Practice. Wybitul’s practice focuses on advising domestic and multinational clients on a variety of complex data privacy and employment law matters, with a particular focus on GDPR compliance, employee data privacy, internal investigations, and data protection litigation and regulatory proceedings. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day continues to expand its European Banking, Finance & Securities Practice with the addition of Dr. Michael Fischer, who joins the Firm in its Frankfurt Office. More >>

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright further strengthens its German real estate practice with the hire of Dr. Hendrik Theismann. He joins the Frankfurt office as partner on August 1. Dr. Hendrik Theismann is joined by of counsel Michael Mehler. The firm also expands its regulatory team as of counsel Dr. Jan-Willem Jensen, primarily based in the Hamburg office, effective July 1. Before joining Norton Rose Fulbright he worked as “Head of Regulations & Taxes“ at PATRIZIA Immobilien AG. More >>

Leading international law firm McDermott Will & Emery is continuing to strengthen its Transactions practice in Frankfurt and is pleased to announce that renowned corporate life sciences partner Rüdiger Herrmann and his team of three lawyers – Jochen Eimer, Alicia Hong and Monika E. Richter – have joined the firm as of 16 April 2018. The addition of Rüdiger’s team bolsters the firm’s top-ranked German practice and its robust international life sciences offering.
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Global law firm Dentons has further strengthened its Frankfurt office with the recruitment of partner Petra Brenner and counsel Verena Etzel. Both will be part of the renowned Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice team, headed by Andreas Ziegenhagen. Furthermore they will work closely with the Banking and Capital Markets teams, led by Dr Arne Klüwer and Robert Michels, on capital structuring issues. More >>

Global law firm Dentons is delighted to confirm that banking regulatory and structured finance expert Michael Huertas will be joining as a partner in the Frankfurt office, effective April 10, 2018. He will strengthen the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets practice areas led by partners Arne Klüwer and Robert Michels. More >>

Covington will open an office in Frankfurt, Germany on April 3 led by eight partners. Frankfurt will be the firm’s third European office and will work closely with the firm’s five offices in the United States, its three offices in Asia, and its offices in the Middle East and Africa. More >>