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CMS makes up 54 in latest partner promotions round
Majority-female round focuses on Europe and corporate practice
HSF Kramer and Taylor Wessing secure IP partner hires in Germany and London
DLA Piper partner joins HSF Kramer in Düsseldorf as Priestley arrives at Taylor Wessing from London media specialist Russells
Freshfields and Gibson Dunn advise on Axel Springer’s £575m Telegraph acquisition
Deal scuppers rival deal from the owner of the Daily Mail, advised by Slaughter and May
Freshfields rebuilds Germany PE bench with Kirkland partner hire, promotions
UK firm hires Florian Sippel and promotes three to partner just weeks after four senior private equity partners defected to Latham & Watkins
The Global Legal Post launches live webinar on future of legal drafting
Panel of experts will explore how top European law firms are using Gen AI to enhance the power of enterprise knowledge
Disputes firm Hausfeld promotes five to partner in 2026 promotions round
Latest intake matches last year’s round, though the number of female promotions falls by half to two
Latham hires four-partner private equity team from Freshfields in Germany
Defecting team includes Freshfields’ former continental Europe managing partner, Markus Paul
‘It’s a win win’ – how top European law firms are using Gen AI to streamline legal drafting
GLP report produced in association with LexisNexis is based on interviews with senior law firm partners and executives
FGvW adds six-strong partner team from ADVANT Beiten in Frankfurt
Incoming group includes private client partner Gerritt Ponath and M&A lawyer Detlef Koch
DWF debuts in Hamburg with 11-lawyer team
Transport and marine group joins from German boutiques as DWF points to planned further growth of global marine offering
Gleiss Lutz appoints nine new partners in latest promotions round
Round includes a prevalence of lawyers in cross-border practice with a further four made up to counsel
Orrick adds M&A and private equity quartet from Norton Rose Fulbright in Munich
Team includes NRF’s German corporate, M&A and securities practice group head Michael Prüssner
Gibson Dunn, Cooley advise on Merck’s $9.2bn purchase of flu drug-maker Cidara
Gibson Dunn also advised Merck on its $10bn acquisition of Verona Pharma earlier this year
Clifford Chance hits White & Case for 15-lawyer class actions team in Frankfurt
Move follows recent partner hires in CC’s disputes practice in Australia, Spain, Italy and US
Trio of firms guide Carlyle’s €7.7bn acquisition of majority stake in BASF’s coating unit
Freshfields acts for Germany’s BASF as Milbank and Latham counsel Carlyle
Weil adds six PE lawyers in Germany from Latham & Watkins
Partners Sebastian Pauls and Susanne Decker join with four team members as Weil moves to build pan-European PE powerhouse
Reed Smith, A&O Shearman see trio of German partners exit Big Law for independent practice
FGvW gains two real estate partners from Reed Smith in Frankfurt, while A&O loses arbitration partner to newly minted disputes boutique in Hamburg
Kirkland, Freshfields called in for drugmaker Zentiva’s €4.1bn sale to GTCR
Kirkland advises buyer as Freshfields guides seller Advent
HSF Kramer adds former Interpol secretary general as legal adviser
Firm’s third EMEA hire this month sees Jürgen Stock join in Frankfurt to advise on white-collar crime and complex investigations
Geradin Partners makes double partner hire in Brussels and adds former Tory MP in London
Firm also officially opens new offices in Berlin and Cologne as part of German expansion