German banking giant WestLB has finished its review of legal advisers, appointing nine firms to its new centralised global panel.

The investment bank has named Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, CMS Cameron McKenna, Denton Wilde Sapte, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Lovells, Shearman & Sterling and Hengeler Mueller on the newly-created roster.