Freshfields promotes 40 to executive assistant but will recruit more in support staff review Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted around 40 of its personal assistants (PAs) to executive assistant after about 80 applied for…
Supermarket sweep: Freshfields and Clifford Chance line up on Tesco takeover of Booker Madeleine Farman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance are advising on Tesco’s £3.7bn merger with Booker Group, the UK’s biggest food wholesaler.
Freshfields loses another New York heavyweight as securities litigator Fishman moves to Goodwin Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has lost a member of its US partnership with Goodwin Procter hiring securities and commercial litigation partner…
More leadership changes at Freshfields as Embley and Herman made M&A co-heads Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has rejigged the leadership of its heavyweight M&A practice, appointing London-based Bruce Embley and New York-based Matthew…
Freshfields tops European deal tables as M&A figures drop from record highs Legal Business Global M&A volume dropped for 2016 following its record high the year before, and with it Magic Circle firms Linklaters…
Efficiency drive: Freshfields shakes up London secretarial staff roles Legal Business Personal assistants at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London have been offered voluntary redundancy or the chance to apply for a…
‘Additional depth’: Kirkland recruits from Freshfields again for real estate finance partner Birks Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has returned to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for another finance recruit, taking Jonathan Birks.
Another Freshfields heavyweight moves into banking as former senior partner Lawes joins Lazard Legal Business Former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer senior partner Will Lawes is the latest heavyweight from the Magic Circle firm move into investment…
Turning Japanese: Freshfields and A&O act as Asahi makes €7.3bn play for five AB InBev beer brands Madeleine Farman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Hogan Lovells have all advised as Asahi Group Holdings buys a group…
Cinven returns to Freshfields for €1.69bn sale of HEG to GoDaddy Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised private equity firm Cinven’s €1.69bn sale of Host Europe Group (HEG) to GoDaddy.
Doubling up: Freshfields scores roles on Europe’s largest real estate transactions this year Legal Business First-time instruction for Kirkland in €2.4bn purchase Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised on two of the largest European real estate…
UK projects teams earn their stripes as MoD makes key changes to army deal Madeleine Farman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and CMS Cameron McKenna reprised their advisory roles as the Ministry of Defence (MoD) made a £1.1bn…
Freshfields and Linklaters last of the big four to match US associate bonuses Legal Business The remaining Magic Circle firms with a US presence have now matched Cravath, Swain & Moore‘s associate bonus payouts with…
Freshfields, Eversheds and Slaughters lead the pack as Brexit vote sparks record-breaking admissions to Irish roll Legal Business The number of solicitors added to Ireland’s law society roll has increased by 275% to 1,347 solicitors over the past…
News in brief – December 2016 Legal Business PARTNERSHIPS AT RISK IN AUTUMN STATEMENT Chancellor Philip Hammond signalled a change to partnership taxation in November’s Autumn Statement, which…
Private equity: Weil and Freshfields act as OMERS sells V.Group to Advent Legal Business Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won roles on OMERS Private Equity’s first European exit as it…
Q&A: Latham’s Lacovara on litigation, Trump and leaving Freshfields Legal Business Legal Business catches up with Latham & Watkins litigation partner and former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer executive partner Michael Lacovara about…
Freshfields latest to bulk up in the US with Cadwalader corporate hire Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its US platform, taking corporate partner Aly El Hamamsy from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
Freshfields and Hengeler act as Blackstone inks largest European real estate deal this year Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hengeler Mueller have won spots advising as Blackstone Group purchased a portfolio of offices from IVG…
Freshfields PE heavyweight Higgins to stand down as head of GFI group Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer private equity head Adrian Maguire is to become head of the firm’s global financial investors (GFI) sector…
