Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is not the only German firm divided by political infighting this week, with Teutonic M&A boutique P+P Poellath currently wrestling with some weighty internal issues of its own.

While the north-south divide in England is easily explained – you simply move the decimal point a couple of places to the left on the payslip for an associate
based anywhere north of the Watford Gap – things are more political in Germany.