Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr has secured a Frankfurt launch with the hire of four high-profile partners from Mayer Brown, including two practice group heads.

The firm has recruited Mayer Brown’s co-head of corporate Ruediger Herrmann, intellectual property (IP) head Reinhart Lange, litigation partner Christofer Eggers and regulatory partner Hans-Georg Kamann and will also relocate Berlin corporate partner Christian Crones for the office launch.