It is not just Premier League clubs that have been busy in the transfer market this summer. Top law firms have been strengthening their benches too, with recent big moves including DLA Piper’s hire of two leveraged finance partners in London; Kirkland & Ellis’s addition of a five-partner enforcement team from Ropes & Gray in London, Hong Kong and Chicago; and Dentons’ hire of a four-lawyer tax team from Baker McKenzie in Amsterdam.
Other recent standout moves include Ashurst’s hire of a three-lawyer team from Baker McKenzie in Germany, led by the firm’s Frankfurt banking and finance head Martin Kaiser. He focuses on advising banks and companies, particularly in relation to the securitisation of automobile loans and trade receivables. He is joined in the move by two associates.
