Hengeler Mueller is moving partner Christoph Stadler from Düsseldorf to Brussels in a bid to boost its European competition practice. Stadler will continue to work on German transactions, but said the growing number of large cross-border deals made the Brussels antitrust practice a priority for the firm. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews 5 February
Ashursts scoops GIB work
Ashurst Morris Crisp has won its first mandate from Gulf International Bank UK (GIB UK), on a collateralised debt obligation (CDO) transaction Ashursts beat off competition from a number of firms including Slaughter and May, which is already on the bank’s legal panel, and Weil Gotshal & Manges, which missed out due to a conflict. […]