Canada bound: Freshfields prepares to launch second legal services hub in Vancouver Legal Business6 April 2016TMT A year after launching a nearshoring office in Manchester, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken its plans to hive off low-level legal work to legal services centres has accelerated with plans in place to open a hub in Vancouver, Canada.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryExternal investment trend continues as offshore leader seals private equity deal‘Anything that begins with admin is at risk’ – the pressures fuelling firms’ business services cutsThe law firms impressing clients with their commerciality – and what GCs want‘We’ve never seen anything like this in modern times’ – Adobe’s Karen Robinson on AI risk, regulation and opportunitiesGC Pulse 2025: just under half of GCs still at the starting line for legal techRole scorers: the law firms on the biggest deals of a record £3bn Premier League transfer windowRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London moves‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetryFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner