Friedrich Graf von Westphalen snagged six partners from ADVANT Beiten's Frankfurt crew, with three landing this month and the other three showing up after the holidays. Gerritt Ponath is the big name after spending 18 years at ADVANT doing private client stuff for rich families dealing with inheritance and tax planning. The other five bring corporate, real estate, and tax expertise, with Detlef Koch handling M&A after 15 years at his old shop.
The firm already promoted five people internally and grabbed two real estate partners from Reed Smith back in October, so they're stacking their German roster pretty hard. ADVANT Beiten used to be called Beiten Burkhardt before it merged with some European firms, and they just promoted their own batch of partners across Germany right before losing this Frankfurt group.
The firm already promoted five people internally and grabbed two real estate partners from Reed Smith back in October, so they're stacking their German roster pretty hard. ADVANT Beiten used to be called Beiten Burkhardt before it merged with some European firms, and they just promoted their own batch of partners across Germany right before losing this Frankfurt group.
