Allen & Overy (A&O) is to launch in Munich next month with the hire of Shearman & Sterling's Munich head Gottfried Breuninger and M&A partner Astrid Krueger. The departures will leave the US firm with only two partners in its Munich office and will heighten market speculation about Shearman's German arm, which saw its Mannheim office split away earlier this year (1 May) to set up independently as Schilling Zutt & Anschuetz.The Munich hires also mark A&O's third raid on Shearman's German practice this year as it brought in Shearman's global co-head of M&A, Hans Rolf Koerfer, and M&A partner Birgit Reese for its Duesseldorf office in January and March respectively.
September 17, 2008 at 07:03 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
Allen & Overy (A&O) is to launch in Munich next month with the hire of Shearman & Sterling’s Munich head Gottfried Breuninger and M&A partner Astrid Krueger.
The departures will leave the US firm with only two partners in its Munich office and will heighten market speculation about Shearman’s German arm, which saw its Mannheim office split away earlier this year (1 May) to set up independently as Schilling Zutt & Anschuetz.
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