Correction, 5/7/2014, 12:00 p.m. EDT: An earlier version of this article misstated the number of lawyers in the Frankfurt and Munich offices of King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin as 100; the number is actually 70. The second paragraph of this article has been changed to reflect this correction. We regret the error.

In most European countries, when an international firm decides to set up shop, it’s fairly obvious where the office should be based. In the United Kingdom, you go to London. In France, you go to Paris.