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Financials 2014/15: Freshfields PEP down 8% while revenues flatline

The last of the big four City firms to post its results, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has revealed an 8% slump…

Braham wins Freshfields senior partner election with Pugh and Eilers to serve as co-managing partners

After a three-way contest, the front-runners Edward Braham (pictured) and Christopher Pugh have won Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s leadership election with Braham…

Olswang’s entire Berlin office in talks with Freshfields and MoFo alongside other international firms

Legal Business

Following news yesterday (18 June) that 13 equity partners are exiting Olswang’s Berlin outpost, it has emerged that the entire…

Freshfields looks to ruffle New York disputes market with hire of Simpson Thacher’s Martin

Legal Business

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made a significant move to enhance its US practice with the hire of Simpson Thacher &…

Freshfields brings in McKimm as LevFin co-head while Ashurst rejigs Asia management

Jaishree Kalia

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has changed its finance team’s management as it brings in Kirkland & Ellis high-yield heavyweight Ward McKimm…

Freshfields targets US and Asia for two more business service hubs amid plans for 24/7 legal support

Legal Business

After taking the decision to move back-office staff out of its London headquarters to Manchester in a nearshoring exercise, Freshfields…

Eversheds merges with Heisse Kursawe after ‘a very long courtship’ as it plans greater German investment

Legal Business

After a full year of advanced negotiations, Eversheds has merged with its German partner Heisse Kursawe Eversheds, allowing the duo…

Freshfields freezes associate pay bands – move puts firm behind Magic Circle peers’ NQ wages

Legal Business

Within days of Clifford Chance (CC) announcing its pay bands in the associate salary race to match Magic Circle peers,…

Freshfields’ Pugh and Braham form unity ticket as teams assemble in leadership election

Legal Business

After Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer veterans Edward Braham and Christopher Pugh (pictured) canvassed separately and were set to go head-to-head for…

Kirkland exits continue as high-yield heavyweight McKimm set to join Freshfields

Legal Business

Reversing the trend of partners departing Magic Circle firms for US rivals, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, subject to a partnership vote, is…

Defendants shift advisers in favour of Quinn Emanuel in Arcadia $335m oil trading case

Tom Moore

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s Ted Greeno has been brought in to defend ex-Arcadia Petroleum chief executive Peter Bosworth and…

Dealwatch: Freshfields and Mayer Brown win roles on Blackstone’s Centre Parcs sale

Legal Business

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Mayer Brown have won key spots on Blackstone’s sale of a majority stake in Centre Parcs…

Dealwatch: Bakers wins role alongside Slaughters on Equinix’s £2.35bn takeover of Freshfields client Telecity

Tom Moore

Slaughter and May teamed up with a Baker & McKenzie team led out of London to help US data giant Equinix in its…

Significant mandates: JTI turns to Freshfields in latest tobacco challenge to plain cigarette packaging

Legal Business

The latest firm to win work challenging the UK government’s decision to introduce plain cigarette packaging, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Tom…

Moving to Manchester: Freshfields signs lease on Arndale House and appoints centre director

Legal Business

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Anup Kollanethu as centre director for its combined legal and business services centre in Manchester…

A&O, Freshfields and Slaughters land key roles on biggest-ever all-UK deal

Legal Business

Shell offers £47bn for BG Group The proposed £47bn acquisition of BG Group by fellow energy major Shell saw a…

Competing moves: Mayer Brown hires BLP’s competition head as CMA recruits from Freshfields

Legal Business

Mayer Brown has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) head of EU and competition, David Harrison, ten years after he joined…

Leadership: Freshfields veterans Braham and Pugh set to go head-to-head in senior partner elections

Legal Business

A contest between the firm’s disputes and corporate partners is set as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s former disputes and corporate heads…

Freshfields veterans Braham and Pugh set to go head-to-head in senior partner elections

Legal Business

Jaishree Kalia follows the contest between the firm’s disputes and corporate partners Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s former disputes and corporate heads…

A £47bn deal: Slaughters and Freshfields win key roles on Shell’s acquisition of BG Group

Kathryn McCann

Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have both won key roles advising on Royal Dutch Shell’s £47bn acquisition of…