Watson Farley & Williams to open in Düsseldorf with eight-lawyer Pinsent Masons team
22 December 2020
Fourth German office to house energy team, including partners Thorsten Volz and Torsten Wielsch
Dancingdice; Shutterstock Watson Farley & Williams is set to open a new office in Düsseldorf as the firm seeks to expand its German energy practice. The move follows the arrival of new partners Thorsten Volz and Torsten Wielsch and a team of six other lawyers from Pinsent Masons in Düsseldorf. Volz specialises in regulatory and M&A law in the energy and transport infrastructure sectors, while Wielsch focuses on energy and corporate law from a regulatory perspective. The new office, which opens in January, is the firm’s fourth in Germany.