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KWM latest: K&L Gates and Orrick take Munich partners as Covington poised to take top litigator Pollack and team

KWM latest: K&L Gates and Orrick take Munich partners as Covington poised to take top litigator Pollack and team
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19 December 2016
Strategic recruitmentGermany

US firms K&L Gates, Covington & Burling and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe are the latest to take on partners from the beleaguered European practice of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM).

K&L Gates has hired corporate partner Franz Schaefer, alongside counsel Martina Ortner and associate Christoph Kuster from KWM’s Munich office.

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