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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.
Skadden Arps loses two private equity partners in Germany
Bird & Bird in Frankfurt has recruited Peter Veranneman while Taylor Wessing in Munich has become the new home of Walter Henle.
CC escapes £130m German negligence claim
JP Morgan and German transport organisation BVG have settled their legal dispute, with the side effect that Clifford Chance no longer faces a related negligence claim.
Hengeler Mueller and Gleiss Lutz searched over Deutsche Bank case
The Munich prosecutors' office has searched the German offices of law firms Hengeler Mueller and Gleiss Lutz as part of an investigation over a lawsuit.
Noerr opens in Brussels
German law firm Noerr has expanded its European presence by launching a Brussels office.
Former F1 lawyer faces Germany corruption case
Stephen Mullens, former lawyer in the Formula One empire, looks set to face a trial on corruption charges in Germany with his one-time boss Bernie Ecclestone.
Deutsche compliance head joins Herbert Smith
Andrew Procter, global head of compliance at Deutsche Bank, is to join Herbert Smith Freehills in June and will probably be replaced by two people in a split role.