Former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer senior partner Konstantin Mettenheimer is leaving the firm to join private banking and asset management group Edmond de Rothschild.

Mettenheimer, who is joining Rothschild as Germany chairman, was Freshfields’ global co-senior partner from 2004 to 2010. He first held the joint role alongside Anthony Salz from 2004 to 2006, and then Guy Morton from 2006 to 2011.