Sidley Austin has sealed the hire of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher capital markets partner Dorothee Fischer-Appelt, who is switching between the City offices of the two US firms.

Fischer-Appelt, who will become the fifth partner in Sidley’s London capital markets team, has a practice focused on US and international capital markets, cross-border M&A, joint ventures and restructurings. As a German speaker, she will lead Sidley’s push into the Central and Eastern European (CEE) corporate and capital markets.