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Linklaters strengthens German private equity arm with former Clifford Chance heavyweight

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Georgiana Tudor
24 July 2017
Strategic recruitmentEurope

Former Clifford Chance(CC) Germany private equity (PE) head, Christopher Kellett, who retired from the firm’s partnership in April, is understood to be joining Linklaters’ Frankfurt office as the firm strengthens its capabilities.

Kellett joined CC in 1996. The firm appointed him head of PE in Germany in 2015.

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