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‘Strategic guidance’: Freshfields widens leadership pool with three new sector heads

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed three new sector group leaders in London, New York and Brussels as part of a…

Corporates sign up to female equality in arbitration pledge launched by Boies Schiller and Freshfields partners

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Energy giants BP, ConocoPhillips and Shell are among the first corporates to sign up to a pledge for gender equality…

Freshfields loses another Paris partner as Norton Rose Fulbright takes tax specialist

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Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has made a key appointment with tax partner Antoine Colonna d’lstria from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer moving…

Bumper pay hike for newly qualifieds at Freshfields as firm folds bonus into salary

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Newly qualified solicitors at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have an extra £17,500 in their pay packets this year after the firm…

News in brief – May 2016

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FRESHFIELDS PLANS VANCOUVER HUB After launching a nearshoring office in Manchester, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is planning to open another outpost…

Freshfields fee fallout: Government to consider capped fee contracts after Eurostar controversy

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The UK government will explore the use of capped fee contracts for legal work following a report into the £2.8m…

Revolving Doors: Freshfields, Dentons and Pinsents make key hires as Uber and Callcredit build in-house teams

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Following a string of seven recent hires to its Advanced Manufacturing and Technology (AMT) sector, Pinsent Masons has boosted its…

Report hits out at Freshfields and SRA involvement in ScottishPower scandal

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have been criticised in a parliamentary report into ScottishPower’s ‘cashback guarantee’…

Freshfields and Gibson Dunn lead on $1.4bn Canadian miner battle with Venezuela

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Ranked as seasoned players on the most lucrative cases, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher have landed key…

Freshfields European exits continue as four partner Paris team gears up to join Orrick

Jaishree Kalia

Partners from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer continue to exit the firm’s European offices as a four partner team is about to…

Freshfields and Linklaters advise as competition issues threaten stock exchange merger

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Börse/LSE tie-up raises regulatory concerns As Europe’s two largest financial market operators, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Deutsche Börse,…

Canada bound: Freshfields prepares to launch second legal services hub in Vancouver

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A year after launching a nearshoring office in Manchester, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken its plans to hive off low-level…

Freshfields and Linklaters take the lead as Glencore disposes of $2.5bn stake in agricultural arm

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are advising on Glencore’s $2.5bn sale of a 40% stake in Glencore Agricultural Products to…

Glencore picks Freshfields as mining giant sues Colombia over coal deal

Tom Moore

Mining and commodities giant Glencore has instructed Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to sue Colombia over claims the government…

Freshfields the latest to post reduced retention rate with 82% of trainees kept on

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the last Magic Circle firm to post its trainee retention rate this spring, posted a reduced figure,…

Freshfields disputes veteran Terry heads to the Bar

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer disputes veteran Ian Terry is leaving the Magic Circle firm after 38 years and heading to the…

Freshfields makes key competition hire as Clifford Chance City partner to relocate to lead Hong Kong practice

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Clifford Chance’s Alastair Mordaunt to become the new competition head of its Hong Kong practice.

Life during law: Avril Martindale

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I had no intention of doing law. My father was a detective in the Scottish flying squad. I wanted to…

Partner promotions: Freshfields drops round to 16 following steady increases since 2013

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced 16 lawyers will make the cut to partnership this year, one less than last year…

Kirkland & Ellis suffers London mass exit as seven partners walk out in less than a week

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Kirkland & Ellis has lost capital markets partner Andrew Hagan to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, within days of the firm losing…