McDermott, Will & Emery, the US-based law firm, will open its second German office in Düsseldorf next month, in a bid to capture a larger share of mergers and acquisitions and capital markets work.

The office will open on September 2, founded by four partners who join from Menold & Aulinger, the German law firm set to merge with Andersen Luther, the legal arm of beleaguered accounting firm Arthur Andersen.