McDermott Will & Emery has lost a six-lawyer tax team in Germany.

Four partners – Oliver Kachele, Joachim Giehl, Marcus Roth and Claudia Sendlbeck-Schickor – and two associates left the firm at the end of August after just 18 months with McDermott. They joined in spring 2005 from accountancy giant KPMG.

Their departures leave the firm with five tax lawyers in Germany, led by Dirk Pohl.