Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to lose one its longest-serving partners when Jan Willisch retires from the firm at the end of this month.

The 57-year-old will remain in legal practice, taking up a new role as a partner at 21-lawyer Berlin firm Lindenpartners, which was formed in 2006 by former lawyers of Clifford Chance, Hengeler Mueller and Haarmann Hemmelrath.