Mayer Brown has announced the arrival of Robert John (40) as a partner in the firm's Corporate / Private Equity practice in Frankfurt. Robert John joins Mayer Brown from Clifford Chance, where he worked for many years.

Robert John is a corporate lawyer with considerable experience advising private equity investors and strategic investors on national and cross-border M&A transactions. He also advises on corporate law, management participations, public takeovers, restructurings and joint ventures.

Julian Lemor, head of the firm's German Corporate practice as well as the Private Equity Group, said: ""We are delighted to welcome Robert on board. He is another important addition to our Private Equity team in Germany and adds further capabilities enabling us to grow our share in the market substantially.""

""Robert John, who is experienced and well-known in the market, is a perfect fit to our strategy to expand our corporate business in Germany and demonstrates once more Mayer Brown's ability to attract and engage young and highly talented partners."", adds Guido Zeppenfeld, Managing Partner Germany.

Robert John said: ""I am really looking forward to strengthening Mayer Brown's Private Equity team and to contributing to its internationally renowned corporate practice. Due to its distinguished relationships with a large number of major private equity clients, its corporate culture and international footprint, Mayer Brown offers an excellent platform to implement my ambitions.""

Mayer Brown’s global M&A practice is among the largest and most sophisticated in the world, with extensive experience advising clients on a variety of complex, cross-border and high-profile strategic transactions.