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German companies switch to e-discovery methods
Two-thirds of in-house counsel in German companies are using e-discovery in domestic litigation even though there is no legal requirement for discovery.
Reed Smith opens in Frankfurt after raiding other US firms
Reed Smith opens its second office in Germany on 1 June - with seven partners who come from Mayer Brown, Orrick, Wilkie Farr and Jones Day.
Orrick closes in Frankfurt and Berlin, offering relocation to 18 lawyers
The five partners and 13 associates are being offered relocation by the 950-lawyer firm to either of the other two German offices which will remain open, in Dusseldorf and Munich.
Nine partners expected to leave CC in Germany
The flow of partners out of Clifford Chance is continuing as a capital markets partner leaves the Frankfurt office - meaning that four partners have left in 13 weeks, half the total of the German practice's strategic review target of nine exits.
Tax specialist Flick Gocke opens fifth office in Hamburg
The 104-partner German practice Flicke Gocke Schaumburg is to open a Hamburg office in the summer, servicing it with a team of 20, some of whom will work part-time in the new base.
CC loses third German partner in a month as ex-corporate boss joins Milbank
The departure of ex-corporate chief Arndt Stengel for Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy in Frankfurt follows on the heels of two partner losses in February to Latham & Watkins.
Latham recruits corporate duo from CC in Germany
Latham & Waktins has recruited the head of Clifford Chance's corporate group in Germany, Oliver Felsenstein, and another corporate and private equity specialist, Burc Hesse, to help it bulk up its well-known private equity practice.
Deutsche Bank surprises analysts with low legal provisions
Deutsche Bank has surprised the market by both going into profit in Q4 and by posting legal provisions of €207 - about a quarter of what had been expected.
Bird & Bird to face €130m negligence suit from German property funds
A group of about 30 real estate funds is suing the firm in connection with the criminal trial of a former client of the Hamburg office who faces embezzlement charges, The Lawyer reports.
Bird & Bird duo called as witnesses as client charged with embezzlement
A recently retired German partner in Bird & Bird and a lawyer in the firm have refused to answer questions in relation to a head of a client business who is on trial on embezzlement charges of €147m.
Bond Dickinson and Redeker Sellner form partnership
National UK law firm Bond Dickinson has signed a partnership agreement with Redecker Sellner Dahs of Germany, Belgium and London to help clients with interests in the UK and Germany.
Deutsche board reshaped to focus on legal
Deutsche Bank is expanding and rejigging its board partly with the aim of tackling the legal and regulatory issues it faces.
Deutsche Bank shares fall on legal provision reports
A report in Spiegel magazine, citing unnamed sources, has claimed that the bank might need to increase its legal provisions by 30 per cent.
Dusseldorf firm secures agreement for Bernie Ecclestone
Sven Thomas, a specialist in investigations and business crime defence in a small Dusseldorf law practice, was the main person negotiating Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone's settlement with a German court over the last week.
UBS settles German tax evasion case
UBS has disclosed that it has settled with the German authorities for €403m over an investigation that it had helped German clients evade taxes.
ACC fights to protect German corporate counsel independence
The Association of Corporate Counsel has made a stand on the independence of in-house counsel in Germany.
Hengeler Mueller votes in new management
The German law firm has replaced its team with two partners from banking and corporate.
Lawyer to support Ecclestone at F1
Sacha Woodward-Hill, Formula 1's chief legal officer, is expected to act as the right arm of Bernie Ecclestone, the chief executive, when his German corruption trial starts this week.
UK government to legalise some forms of pirating
In a series of changes to update the obsolete UK copyright law, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is planning to legalise DVD and CD 'ripping.'
German energy reform to slow price hike
Chancellor Angela Merkel's main cause is to increase renewable energy in Germany, and a law controlling the rise in electricity costs will help Merkel's coalition accomplish the task.