Dewey Ballantine, the law firm, has strengthened its German mergers and acquisitions and capital markets capabilities with the hire of Philipp von Ilberg as a partner in its Frankfurt office.

The addition of Von Ilberg will bring the number of lawyers working in Dewey Ballantine's German practice to 10 when he joins on October 1. He previously worked as a partner at Clifford Chance Pünder, the German arm of the international law firm.