Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw has hired Linklaters Cologne-based partner Carsten Flasshoff as the firm looks to expand its German operation. Flasshoff, a junior partner who had been at Linklaters since 1998, joined Mayer Brown’s Cologne office on 15 May. He focuses on corporate and M&A work, which are the main practice areas at the US firm’s four-partner Cologne office.

First reported on legalweek.com (1 June).