Clifford Chance’s (CC) Munich intellectual property (IP) head, Marc Holtorf, has left for Pinsent Masons in the latest departure from the magic circle firm’s German practice.

Holtorf, who was also co-head of CC’s China desk in Germany and has led the firm’s Munich IP practice for eight years, leaves the firm amid a restructuring in the country that will see up to nine partners exit before the end of the year.