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Ex-Withers group launches London office for German tech law firm
Group led by Withers Tech creator James Shaw to open YPOG’s first international office
Simmons adds partner quartet from Goodwin’s Frankfurt office ahead of closure
Real estate team’s hire follows firm adding to practice across Paris and London over the past 18 months
Deutsche Bank lines up Freshfields’ European white-collar crime head as next GC
Simone Kämpfer will replace Friederike Rotsch in September
Powell Gilbert launches in Düsseldorf to grow its UPC practice
Office to be led by renowned patent litigator Andreas Kramer, joining from Vossius
Willkie Farr & Gallagher debuts in Hamburg
US firm opens third German base with recently-hired restructuring and litigation teams
Geradin Partners debuts in Germany with high-profile hires and new offices
Partner-led teams join from Hausfeld and Osborne Clarke to open offices in Berlin and Cologne for competition firm
Goodwin to exit Frankfurt and shutter German real estate business
Move follows Cleary Gottlieb’s announcement in May that it will exit Frankfurt this year
Dentons builds in Germany with DLA Piper duo
Partner Jan Pohle joins in Dusseldorf alongside a senior associate to boost global giant’s tech and data protection offering
German Bar Association strikes first AI partnership to offer tech to its 60,000 members
Leading German legaltech firm Bryter to offer AI productivity tools at discounted rates
Two years on German firms take lead on Unified Patent Court activity
Germany’s dominating on a number of fronts, but UK firms are more than holding their own according to figures drawn up by the European Patent Litigators Association
Cleary to shutter Frankfurt office after 34 years
Closure follows departure of senior partners from shrinking office in recent years
Dentons hires former EY Law head to lead new global solutions group
Cornelius Grossmann to spearhead firm’s efforts to deploy technology as global head of solutions development
Bird & Bird and Addleshaw Goddard unveil their partner promotions
Intake at Addleshaws falls to 17 from 2024’s record high of 26 while cohort at Bird & Bird edges up from 13 to 17
Sullivan & Cromwell, Goodwin Procter guide Merck’s $3.9bn US biotech buy
Wall Street leader acts for longtime client Merck as Goodwin Procter counsels acquisition target SpringWorks
Herbert Smith Freehills promotes 19 lawyers to partnership
Cohort is down significantly compared to 2024 as HSF prepares for US merger
Eversheds Sutherland’s international arm makes up 23 partners
UK network dominates in latest promotion round – a significantly reduced cohort compared to 2024
UK court dismisses appeal in Merck v Merck dispute
Dismissal marks latest round in long-running global dispute between pharma companies Merck KGaA and Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)
WIPO reports return to growth in patents and trademarks filings in 2024
China was the leading country filer for patents and designs, while US took the top spot for trademarks
Covid-19 vaccine battle between Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech heats up in Germany and US
Freshfields leads Moderna to win in German court but pharma company is not so successful in the US
Heuking sees turnover dip in 2024 after record-setting 2023
German firm generates €201.8m in revenue, the second year in a row it has topped €200m