Clifford Chance’s long-term real estate partners Christian Keilich and Thomas Reischauer are departing at the end of April just months after DLA Piper hired away German real estate partner Gerold Jaeger.

A senior source told Law.com that Clifford Chance real estate was increasingly focused on cross-border transactions and supporting London and the global network, winding down its previously leading real estate practice in Germany. The pressure to clear out the equity partnership is coming from above, they added.