A team of real estate lawyers from King & Wood Mallesons has joined DLA Piper in London, Frankfurt and Munich.
William Naunton has joined as co-head of the DLA’s UK real estate group in London along with six other former King & Wood Mallesons partners and their team of associates and support staff – 23 people in total.
Naunton will work alongside Laurence Rogers, DLA Piper’s head of UK real estate.
Former Munich KWM partner Lars Reubekeul will lead the team in Germany.
Olaf Schmidt, co-chair of global real estate team at DLA Piper, said: “The team brings experience and fits into our strategy of providing advice to clients in all areas of law relevant to the real estate industry.”
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