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…
International hires: A&O makes first lateral in South Africa as Freshfields bulks up in Hong Kong with Links partner Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) has bolstered its project finance offering in its sub-Saharan practice with its first lateral partner hire…
Significant mandates: Freshfields acts for the Bank of England as SFO investigates money-market auctions Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is representing the Bank of England (BoE) as the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) launches an investigation regarding…
Three in London: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer makes up 17 in 2015 promotions round Legal Business In its latest partner promotions, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made up its fewest number of partners in the City since 2009,…
Freshfields’ northshoring planned on radical scale as City leader repositions for changing law market Legal Business Internal worries as firm’s new low-cost hub could affect up to 800 roles Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s decision to jump on…
Freshfields plans Manchester hub on radical scale as City leader repositions for changing law market Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s decision to jump on the near-shoring wagon with its first low-cost services hub in Manchester is on…
A £4.3bn deal: Skadden and Freshfields take lead roles on Rexam takeover Legal Business Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised two of the world’s largest beverage can makers…
Nearshoring: Freshfields plans Manchester low-cost hub Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the latest law firm to plan the launch of a low-cost services hub in Manchester…
Taking Manhattan: Freshfields continues New York expansion with Kirkland & Ellis hire Kathryn McCann Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has bolstered its US offering again, this time enhancing its employment capability with the…
Dealwatch: Freshfields, A&O and Travers act as Asia’s richest man buys UK rail group for £2.5bn Jaishree Kalia Travers Smith, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy (A&O) have won roles advising on the sale of UK’s leading…
