Germany’s Gleiss Lutz will launch a new Dusseldorf office in August, headed by corporate partner Thomas Menke, last of Baker & McKenzie.
Menke handles international mergers & acquisitions and real estate transactions.
He will work with an unnamed associate, formerly of Freshfields’ Dusseldorf office.
Gleiss Lutz is a German law firm founded in Stuttgart in 1949 by Alfred Gleiss. It is one of the biggest independent full-service law firms in Germany, and advises companies and groups in Germany and abroad, as well as public authorities.