Taylor Wessing has hired CEA Capital Partners investment director Ernst-Albrecht von Beauvais as a partner in its Düsseldorf office.

Von Beauvais is a media specialist who previously worked for Bertelsmann Group; he also worked as head of business development at German pay-TV station Premiere.

At Taylor Wessing he will concentrate on international M&A and leveraged buyouts, with a particular focus on media and telecommunications.