News in brief – March 2017 Legal Business FRESHFIELDS SIGNS 20-YEAR LEASE ON NEW HQ Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has signed a pre-let agreement on a 20-year lease in…
Freshfields and Linklaters take spots as GIC and Hellman win bid for Allfunds Bank Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Ropes & Gray, Linklaters and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have all won roles advising on the €1.8bn…
Freshfields, Slaughters and Maclays act as Standard Life absorbs rival for £3.8bn Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Slaughter and May and Maclay Murray & Spens have won roles on Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset…
Freshfields, Mishcon and White & Case up for the top prize as shortlist unveiled for 20th Legal Business Awards Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Mishcon de Reya and White & Case are among the firms competing to be named Law Firm…
Stepping in: Freshfields corporate partner Richards moves to Rio Tinto legal team Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner Philip Richards has been seconded to head up Rio Tinto’s legal team following the axing…
Revolving doors: DLA Piper pensions partners exit as Freshfields loses Paris real estate head Legal Business In a big week for lateral recruitment, a two partner pensions team has quit DLA Piper‘s Leeds office, while Freshfields…
Goodwin returns to Freshfields for New York litigation hires Legal Business Goodwin Procter has returned to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer‘s New York offering for the second time this year, taking on financial…
Magic moves – Freshfields signs 20-year lease with Bishopsgate move set for 2021 Legal Business With the exception of Clifford Chance recently rearranging its deckchairs in Canary Wharf, it has been years since one of…
Update: Freshfields targets Ashurst for five-partner private team as legal elite tightens grip on premium funds clients Madeleine Farman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is to punch a major hole in Ashurst’s European private equity practice with the City giant voting on…
Magic Circle duo to take home £102m in fees from mega stock exchange merger Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are expected to take home £102m in fees as they advise on the London Stock…
Freshfields LLPs reveal revenue £40m short of previously stated turnover Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer‘s Companies House filings state turnover as £40m lower than its previously reported revenue figures for 2015/16, with…
Quinn, Freshfields and HSF in drivers’ seat for firms defending truck cartel claims Legal Business Partners at a raft of firms including Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are gearing up for…
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…
