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Milbank hires equity capital markets trio from Clifford Chance in Frankfurt

Team is led by partner Philipp Klöckner as US firm seeks to grow its German ECM practice

Eversheds Sutherland secures PwC Legal's Germany head for Frankfurt launch

Office will be firm's fifth in Germany; more partners expected to join ahead of January opening

Latham targets real estate German PE deals with Linklaters partner hire

Carsten Loll moves across after five years at Linklaters as LA firm earmarks 'key market for global investors'

Goodwin Procter grows Munich presence with private equity partner hire from Shearman & Sterling

Winfried Carli joins three months after office opened following hires from raft of top firms including Sidley Austin and Reed Smith

Europe’s share of litigation funding market set to grow as ESG and human rights fuel cases, report finds

UK and Europe will take 16% slice of $18bn global market according to research by funder Deminor

Gleiss Lutz advises VW on dramatic exit of CEO Herbert Diess

Diess is stepping down three years ahead of schedule to make way for Porsche head Oliver Blume

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Gleiss Lutz opens office in the Metaverse

Virtual venture will be led by Stuttgart partner Eric Wagner and target new opportunities in the largely unregulated digital environment

European class action claims hit new record in 2021, according to CMS study

UK accounts for 54% of total class action activity in Europe, fuelled by surge in litigation funding

Ropes & Gray, White & Case and Hengeler Mueller lead on NielsenIQ and GfK combination

BakerHosteler, Squire Patton Boggs and Simpson Thacher also work on merger set to create a leading global provider of consumer analytics

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King & Spalding names new managing partners in Singapore and Frankfurt

Dual appointments reaffirm commitment to international practice growth post-pandemic

Hogan Lovells creates new global leadership roles for growth and sectors

Phoebe Wilkinson and Patrick Ayad are named managing partners for growth and sectors respectively

BCLP secures real estate and insolvency partner quartet in Frankfurt from DLA Piper

German practice grows to 60 lawyers as firm targets further expansion in key market Germany

Nine judiciaries launch global network to promote alternative dispute resolution

US, UK, Singapore, and Germany among those to sign up to Judicial Dispute Resolution Network

Willkie launches capital markets practice in Frankfurt with double partner hire from McDermott

Arrival of Simon Weiss and Joseph Marx brings US firm's lawyer headcount in Germany to 54

Quinn Emanuel sets out plans for fifth German office in Berlin

Recruitment market and client proximity cited as key drivers for firm's first foray in eastern Germany

Germany's Hengeler Mueller names next co-managing partners

Real estate specialist Thomas Müller and M&A lawyer Bernd Wirbel set to take the reins in July

European law firm association Advant launches international secondment programme for associates

Initiative intended to offer junior lawyers ‘exciting professional and personal development opportunities’ in a competitive market

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BASF announces global programme to boost diversity among its panel firm lawyers

Initiative follows similar scheme in North America that has seen a doubling of diverse relationship partners

Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance refreshes global antitrust leadership team

Marc Besen is named global co-chair while Richard Blewett will lead the Brussels competition practice

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