Matthijs van den Broek Lennaert Posch With regard to firm news, the focus was on Germany this month. The newly-merged HSF shored up its continental European presence with the launch of a new office in Frankfurt manned by former Gleiss Lutz partner Ralf Thaeter who focuses on corporate M&A. The launch had been expected for a while following last year's dissolution of the alliance between HSF, Gleiss and Stibbe last year. There was also a significant announcement from Israel in February with the merging of two of the country's largest finance firms: Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwein and Kantor Elhanani Tal & Co. The new firm will be know as MEITAR LIQUORNIK GEVA LESHEM TAL and will have over 200 lawyers.
February 21, 2013