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Tribunal finds against Freshfields partner in high-profile misconduct case

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer restructuring partner Ryan Beckwith engaged in sexual activity with a junior female colleague in circumstances in which…

Financial centre: Three Crowns chooses Middle East for first office since launch

Muna Abdi

Boutique arbitration firm Three Crowns has opened a Middle Eastern office in Bahrain, its first expansion since being founded five…

A&O adds NY capability in London as Freshfields lures Linklaters Paris partner

Nathalie Tidman

A double Magic Circle hire today (17 September) has seen Allen & Overy (A&O) hiring financial services regulation counsel Knox…

Dealwatch: Slaughters leads on Hong Kong’s £32bn LSE bid as US firms tap into mid-market

Muna Abdi

Strategic deals have continued into September after a busy summer, with firms rallying to get deals over the line before…

A&O’s Mansell to appear before SDT in December as #MeToo fallout promises busy winter

Marco Cillario

Allen & Overy (A&O) employment partner Mark Mansell is to face his first Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) hearing on Wednesday…

Freshfields denies wrongdoing in tax advice amid €50m settlement payout

Nathalie Tidman

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has brought to an end a lawsuit brought against the firm by the liquidator of the insolvent…

Disputes heavyweights weigh in as Burford Capital alleges ‘illegal manipulation’ of shares after Muddy Waters attack

Thomas Alan

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Morrison & Foester have all been enlisted by litigation funder Burford Capital…

The Global 100: The devil you know – The two visions for Freshfields

Nathalie Tidman

‘Some of the management are dinosaurs. They don’t understand how important this is.’ So speaks one loyalist Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer…

Private equity provides the pace as Freshfields posts second year of steady growth while net profits edge up

Nathalie Tidman

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the second of the Magic Circle to reveal 2019 results, posting a 6% uptick in…

Freshfields partner fails to block SDT sexual misconduct tribunal

Nathalie Tidman

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has thrown out an application by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Ryan Beckwith to dismiss its prosecution…

Paywars III – City elite caught between rock and hard place

Alex Novarese

The news last month that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer was to push through the highest real-terms pay rises by a major…

Associate pay war, anyone? Freshfields sets new Magic Circle standard by raising NQ pay to £100k

Marco Cillario

Marco Cillario assesses the City-wide implications of Freshfields’ decision to dramatically hike associate salaries A decade after leading the way…

Deal watch: Seats at the table for Travers, Skadden and Gateley as Pret acquires EAT and Oliver’s chain collapses

Marco Cillario

Two opposite developments in the UK high street have seen City and US firms advise as food chain Pret A…

City paywars: a history lesson – Freshfields hikes hark back to era of Magic Circle domination

Alex Novarese

The news this week that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer was to push through the highest real-terms pay rises by a major…

Shades of 2007: Freshfields sends NQ salaries soaring above £100k to head off talent threat from US rivals

Nathalie Tidman

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is fighting the war for talent by becoming the first Magic Circle firm to raise its pay…

SRA releases full allegations against Freshfields partner Beckwith

Hamish McNicol

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has today (3 May) published the full list of its allegations against Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer…

Freshfields partner on indefinite leave ahead of disciplinary tribunal hearing

Nathalie Tidman

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Ryan Beckwith is set to appear before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) next week having been placed…

Apollo hamstrung as Freshfields helps Berry complete eleventh-hour bid for UK plastics group

Thomas Alan

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer successfully advised US manufacturing company Berry Global as it completed a late bid for UK-headquartered RPC Group,…

Life during law: Claire Wills

Nathalie Tidman

I’ve been 27 years at Freshfields. I’m not sure where the time has gone. It’s International Women’s Day on Friday…

Freshfields mints eight partners in the City in renewed 22-strong global promotion round

Thomas Alan

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted 22 lawyers to partner, including eight in London, amid a stronger promotion round for the…