Fidal has taken a 13-lawyer property team – including four partners – from troubled accountancy-tied rival Landwell as the French giant reinforces its domestic practice following the breakdown of KPMG’s KLegal network.

The team, headed up by senior real estate partner Mark Crette and including partners Michele Braun, Frank Lagorce and Laurent Leclerca, joined Fidal on 1 March along with nine associates.