Clifford Chance today announced the hire of Markus Stephanblome, specialist for corporate law and listed companies transactions, to its Corporate team.

Markus is currently a partner at US law firm White & Case. He will join the Clifford Chance partnership in December and will be based in the firm’s Frankfurt office. More >>

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has further expanded its German platform with the addition of a team of five Private Equity and M&A specialists from RoosLegal. More >>

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is pleased to announce Dr. Benedikt Gillessen has joined as partner in the Frankfurt office. His appointment will further enhance the firm’s capital market practice in Frankfurt. Dr. Gillessen specialises in the area of equity capital markets (ECM). More >>

International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of securitisation partner Martin Kaiser in Frankfurt. Martin joins from Baker McKenzie, where he has worked since 2004, most recently as head of the Banking & Finance practice in Germany and Austria. A securitisation specialist, Martin focuses on advising banks and companies, particularly in relation to the securitisation of automobile loans and trade receivables. More >>

Linklaters is pleased to announce that Christopher Kellett is to join its private equity practice as a partner in the Frankfurt office from 1 September 2017. A UK national, Christopher was previously a partner at Clifford Chance, where he was instrumental in establishing its German private equity practice, which he headed for many years. More >>

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has expanded its financial markets practice with the addition of Dr Werner Meier who joins the firm’s London and Frankfurt offices as a partner.* Werner joined Simmons & Simmons on 05 July 2017 from King & Spalding, where he headed the firm’s European restructuring practice.  More >>

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Finn Zeidler will join the firm’s Frankfurt office as a partner. Zeidler, who joins the firm from Latham & Watkins, will continue his dispute resolution and white collar defense practice. More >>

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Oliver K. Hahnelt, LL.M. as partner in the Firm’s Transactions practice group in Frankfurt. Dr. Hahnelt, who joined McDermott on 1 April, is the third partner appointed in Frankfurt this year. Since the beginning of the year, the Firm’s German practice welcomed four partners and two counsel in total. More >>

Global law firm Dentons will strengthen its Banking and Finance practice in Germany with the recruitment of a top tier structured finance and securitization team. Dr. Arne Klüwer will join the Frankfurt office from Clifford Chance and Dr. Matthias Eggert will join the Munich office along with Timo Riester from Baker McKenzie. In addition, as of 1 May, Mortimer Berlet will join as a partner from Clifford Chance where he presently works as a senior associate. More >>

Morgan Lewis has welcomed Dr. Ulrich Korth as a corporate and business transactions partner in Frankfurt, enhancing the firm’s services in mergers and acquisitions and private equity. Before joining Morgan Lewis, he was a corporate lawyer with another global law firm. More >>