Noerr is expanding its private equity practice in Germany with partner hires from international rival Mayer Brown and local rival Gleiss Lutz.

Julian Lemor is joining Noerr as an equity partner on May 1, specialising in private equity transactions and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He joins from Mayer Brown, where he had been a partner since 2016. Most recently, he headed the firm’s German corporate practice as well as its private equity group.