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posted 14 Oct 2008
Allen & Overy opens in Munich
MAGIC-CIRCLE law firm Allen & Overy has opened for business in Munich.
The move follows launches in Düsseldorf and Mannheim in 2007, bringing the firm’s total number of German offices to five.
Germany senior partner Dr Cornelius Fischer-Zernin said the city was “one of the most important locations in the German legal market”. The office will have a corporate and tax focus.
“The integration of our Düsseldorf and Mannheim teams into our German practice and our international network has been extremely successful.
I am convinced that the integration of the Munich office will be just as smooth,” he added.
The office will be headed by tax partner Dr Gottfried E. Breuninger and M&A partner Dr Astrid Krüger – the latter having been hired from the Munich office of Shearman & Sterling, where she was made partner in 2006.
Breuninger was also at Shearman prior to joining A&O, heading its Munich office for three years, as well as being co-head of the tax practice globally.
