Munich skyline Kirkland & Ellis has taken its first step towards rebuilding in Munich following a seven-partner raid by Sidley Austin, with the hire of a private equity partner from Weil Gotshal & Manges.

Volkmar Bruckner is leaving Weil’s Munich office for Kirkland, less than two years after he joined in June 2015 from Latham & Watkins, where he had also been a partner.