Beiten Burkhardt is to pull the plug on its Cologne office and re-house the bulk of the team in its Duesseldorf office, it was announced today (21 February).

The German independent – which is the local ally of top 20 UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner – is closing the office in March. The move follows a management review of the firm’s domestic practice, which concluded that Duesseldorf would be the more profitable location for the team.