Freshfields appoints senior partner

November 09 2003

Konstantin Mettenheimer, a tax lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, was appointed joint senior partner on November 7 2003. Mettenheimer will take up the position in the Frankfurt office from May 1 2004.

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