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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

Norton Rose Fulbright builds in Germany with five-strong real estate team from Simmons & Simmons

Partner Dr Oliver Beyer joins in Munich with three associates as counsel Dr Barbara Heinrich moves over in Frankfurt

Goodwin announces Munich office launch as European private equity push continues

Office is firm’s second in Germany as it doubles down on its global M&A coverage

Noerr celebrates a second year of strong growth as turnover climbs 9.3% to €297m

Top European independent has also had ‘more than strong’ start to 2022 despite market uncertainty

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Freshfields hits gender and racial diversity targets in latest partner promotion round

Women make up 41% of the 27 new partners, hitting its 40% female gender diversity target

FGvW’s co-head quits to help set up Freiburg office for Advant Beiten

Barbara Mayer is departing with 16-strong corporate team including 11 lawyers

Tui names next legal leader as it refocuses on growth following heavy pandemic losses

Dr Nina Scherf's arrival at tourism giant coincides with issuing of sanctions against major shareholder, Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov

Addleshaw Goddard continues European expansion drive with offices in Munich and Frankfurt

UK firm's strategy 'well ahead' of schedule as it follow up on moves into Dublin and Luxembourg

Heuking’s income dips to €185.4m as it adjusts to end of diesel emissions claims boom

German independent reports ‘sound’ performance despite second year of declining revenue after record high

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Clifford Chance and Hengeler Mueller advise on Bayer's sale of pesticide unit to Cinven for $2.6bn

Transatlantic carve out deal sees CC field teams in Germany, the US, UK and France

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Fieldfisher adds Berlin base to launch litigation legaltech unit amid rise in German mass litigations

UK firm plans to grow new Berlin team to include 50 professionals in the coming months

Noerr spins out Moscow office in response to 'altered market conditions'

German independent forges cooperation deal with Arno Legal after local management buy out

Goodwin grows Munich presence with private equity partner hire from Reed Smith

Addition of Florian Hirschmann comes less than a year after US firm entered Munich with Sidley Austin hires

Norton Rose Fulbright appoints 54 partners in North America-focused round

Global giant achieves 40% target for women lawyers for third year running; Reed Smith promotes 31

Jones Day makes up 48 to partner in another bumper round

Latest promotions follow on from last December’s 50-strong crop

Linklaters names German regulatory lawyer as new Europe-wide managing partner

Frankfurt-based Andreas Steck to head up newly combined Western and Eastern Europe business

Hogan Lovells taps Watson Farley & Williams for corporate M&A team in Germany

Hires include WFW Frankfurt office head Torsten Rosenboom and fellow partner Christoph Naumann

Germany’s Hengeler Mueller elevates six to partnership in latest promotion round

The six appointments doubles the number of partner promotions seen in 2020

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