Guest post: ‘Chasing short term profits is the enemy of long-term success’ – A conversation with Freshfields’ Ted Burke Legal Business I recently had the chance to sit down with Ted Burke, outgoing managing partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. I’ve known…
UK IPO uptick forecast for 2014 as Freshfields secures Poundland float Legal Business Partners are forecasting a further uptick in UK initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2014 with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer emerging as the…
Freshfields claims victory for DB in defending $8bn claim as global institutions continue to fight fires Legal Business A week ago Deutsche Bank announced it was setting aside a €1.2bn provision to cover its legal costs but in…
Homeward bound: Burke hands Freshfields’ reins to Aitman as he leaves for Boston-based ArcLight Capital Legal Business ‘I’ve held a number of management roles in the firm, which, together with having recently chaired our supervisory body, should…
Bind and drive: Freshfields’ Tim Jones to join England Rugby 2015 as GC Sarah Downey Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner and former City head Tim Jones has been hired as general counsel to England Rugby…
Sailing for Boston – Freshfields’ managing partner quits to join US buyout house Legal Business One of the most respected law firm leaders in the City has called it a day ahead of time with…
Close to the wire: Freshfields and Herbert Smith settle £142m London Underground negligence claim Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Herbert Smith Freehills have reached an eleventh hour settlement of the £142m professional negligence claim brought…
Barclays £5.8bn rights issue sees Clifford Chance, Sullivan & Cromwell and Freshfields in the lead Legal Business Barclays has begun the biggest capital raising by a UK bank since 2009 under which Clifford Chance (CC), Sullivan & Cromwell and Freshfields…
First limb of Lloyds privatisation sees Slaughters and Freshfields win lead roles Legal Business Five years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won the leading roles on…
Line up, line up: Twitter, Royal Mail and Foxtons go to market Legal Business After a flurry of initial public offerings (IPOs) earlier in the year, with Esure, Countrywide and Partnership Assurance among the…
LB100 – The top 25: The age of turbulence Legal Business It’s been a bumpy ride for many of the UK’s largest firms, fighting battered profits with consolidation and increased global…
Life during law: Mark Rawlinson Legal Business I was in the first ever gender-mixed year at my college in 1976. I got on very well with one…
Private equity: CVC gifts Clifford Chance and Cleary Gottlieb with two major European mandates David Stevenson Followers of the tussle between UK and US private equity practices for European mandates were this week rewarded with an…
Deal Watch: Dentons & King & Spalding act on HR Owen hostile takeover bid as Freshfields and Skadden secure Asian M&A roles David Stevenson While the traditional August lull in corporate work may have seen Asia relax, the giant is far from asleep and…
Freshfields and Linklaters take the lead on Schneider Electric’s £3.3bn Invensys bid Legal Business Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have landed the leading roles on a takeover bid by France’s Schneider Electric for UK…
India calling: Freshfields and Linklaters make key India hires as Amarchand opens up its partnership Jaishree Kalia The periodic excitement over the liberalisation of the Indian legal market may currently be reduced to background chatter but the…
Clifford Chance underperforms Magic Circle with 9% drop in PEP Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has underperformed its Magic Circle rivals in its 2012/13 results as the firm today announced a 2.5% decline…
Reporting season floodgates open as four major City firms reveal 2012/13 revenues Jaishree Kalia Reporting season has opened in earnest in the City as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer today (5 July) reveals it has bucked…
Financial results round-up: Freshfields tops UK elite firms Legal Business Magic Circle firm shines with 7% revenue spike in flat market Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has led the Magic Circle for…
Corporate: Alibaba and Kabel Deutschland deals land roles for Freshfields, Linklaters and Hengeler Mueller Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have landed two major corporate mandates advising Alibaba on what Reuters describes as ‘the most…
