duesseldorf: hoelters understood to be in talks with partnersGerman independent Hoelters & Elsing is set to lose another four partners hard on the heels of the defection of two senior lawyers to launch Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson’s local practice.

Duesseldorf-based partners Thomas Oerter (IT), Jens Buchta (corporate), Markus Sondermann (labour law) and Roland Born-hofen (telecommunications) are working on plans to set up their own boutique.