DLA has boosted its German practice with the hire of three partners and a managing associate from Linklaters’ Cologne arm.

Junior partners Markus Beaumart, who specialises in property, Thomas Jansen, who works in technology and communications, and M&A specialist Tobias Entzian have all signed up to DLA’s Cologne office, along with managing associate Bernd Borgmann, who has been appointed as a partner.