Rainer Eichholz has resigned as a partner in acquisition and structured finance at the Frankfurt office of Ashurst Morris Crisp, the UK law firm, just six months after leaving Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW).

The loss of Eichholz, who was recruited in June and was previously a managing director in the global debt origination group at DrKW, comes as a blow to Ashurst's ambitions to build up its German practice, particularly in structured finance.