White & Case has moved to rebuild its corporate offering in Berlin with the hire of a three-lawyer team from Clifford Chance (CC). Duesseldorfbased corporate partner Joerg Kraffel – who headed up CC’s Berlin office until its closure in 2004 – joins the US giant as a local partner together with corporate counsel Carsten Rodemann and an associate.

First reported on legalweek.com (27 September).