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Freshfields ushers in sweeping reforms to ditch heritage as lockstep shop in hugely symbolic move

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has pushed through a wholesale overhaul of its partnership structure that will see top earners bringing home…

Comment: What ails Freshfields? Time is running out for ‘The Last Champions’

Madeleine Farman

The headline of the last lengthy piece Legal Business carried on Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer said it all: The Last Champions.…

Freshfields and Kirkland land roles in biggest ever UK airline collapse

Marco Cillario

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Kirkland & Ellis have won advisory roles as Monarch Airlines filed for administration in the early…

Deal watch: Magic Circle firms in busy start to autumn as Freshfields and CC take leading roles in global buyouts

Marco Cillario

Global 100 firms have taken the lead on a trio of multibillion-dollar deals announced this week as the autumn deal…

What ails Freshfields? Time is running out for ‘The Last Champions’

Madeleine Farman

The headline of the last lengthy piece Legal Business carried on Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer said it all: The Last Champions.…

‘Knowhow and track record’: Magic Circle dominates new panel as seven firms dropped in government legal services revamp

Marco Cillario

Magic Circle firms constitute four of the nine advisers appointed to the government’s new finance and complex legal services panel…

Freshfields freezes associate pay bands after 2016 largesse but battle for top juniors to intensify

Madeleine Farman

Amid a simmering market for junior City lawyers, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has opted to hold the line on associate salaries following a…

Slaughter and May leads as Freshfields and Paul Weiss take key roles on £900m Michael Kors buyout of Jimmy Choo

Georgiana Tudor

Slaughter and May, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom are all advising on Michael Kors’ £900m…

Freshfields co-managing partner Pugh steps down a year and a half into role

Madeleine Farman

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer‘s joint managing partner Chris Pugh (pictured) is stepping down less than half way into his term, the…

‘Firing on all cylinders’: Freshfields appoints Paul Weiss lawyer to head US IP team

Georgiana Tudor

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringerhas appointed Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrisonlawyer Menachem Kaplan (pictured) as its first partner to head up the…

Court rejects landmark application for £14bn class action against MasterCard in Freshfields win

Miriam Kenner

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has today (21 July) ruled against certifying one of the first US-style £14bn opt-out consumer…

‘A new challenge’: Freshfields antitrust veteran Jon Lawrence to leave for Brick Court

Tom Baker

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer competition litigation head Jon Lawrence is to leave the firm to pursue a career as a barrister at…

Freshfields, Slaughters and Morgan Lewis act as Bertelsmann buys further stake in $3.55bn Penguin Random House

Legal Business

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Slaughter and May, Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Davis Polk & Wardwell all returned to act as…

‘Broadly satisfied’: Freshfields posts flat revenue after year dominated by efficiency drives

Legal Business

A year after recording the standout financial performance of the Magic Circle, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has posted flat turnover for…

Skadden, White & Case, Freshfields, Simpson lead elite firms on Europe’s largest software buyout

Legal Business

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and White & Case advised HgCapital as it led a consortium of investors purchasing €4.64bn…

‘Remarkable deal’ for tech: King & Spalding, SullCrom line up Delivery Hero’s €1bn IPO

Legal Business

King & Spalding and Sullivan & Cromwell are leading one online food-delivery service Delivery Hero’s planned initial public offering (IPO) €1bn target, with Freshfields…

Freshfields to deploy second-tier lockstep for more partners as profit drive continues

Madeleine Farman

As Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer continues its profitability drive, almost a quarter of the global partnership is expected to be on…

‘Much busier than expected’: White & Case and Freshfields advise Alfa Financial Software on IPO

Madeleine Farman

White & Case’s City growth strategy is seeing results with the US firm and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer winning places advising…

Dealwatch

Legal Business

SKADDEN PULLS MOODY’S IN €3BN DEAL Allen & Overy (A&O) and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom led as Moody’s…

Freshfields to deploy second-tier lockstep for more partners as profit drive continues

Legal Business

As Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer continues its profitability drive, almost a quarter of the global partnership is expected to be on…