London technology leader Bird & Bird has taken a team of one partner and six lawyers from Andersen Legal’s legacy Dutch arm, Wouters Advocaten & Notarissen, to bolster its fast-growing local law arm.

Former Andersen Legal corporate partner, Steven van der Waal joined Bird & Bird’s office in The Hague with six assistant on 1 June, pushing the firm’s total number of fee earners in the country to 40.