Taylor Wessing hires in-houser for Düsseldorf

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 has 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. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews, 17 April