Efficiency drive: Freshfields shakes up London secretarial staff roles Legal Business9 January 2017TMT Personal assistants at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London have been offered voluntary redundancy or the chance to apply for a more client-focused role in a move that affects around 180 staff.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 categoryTrading Places: Ropes hires Freshfields levfin co-head as top Kirkland litigator retiresFreshfields and Covington advise as Merck acquires US biotech company Terns for $6.7bnPinsents and Freshfields in the mix as Danone eats up Huel for €1bnWexler looks to barristers and investigations as legal tech startup prepares for Series A funding‘Technology pervades everything’: Addleshaw Goddard on why it has made tech a key sector as it eyes £1bnOne of the best-paid roles in law: Apple appoints new general counselRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London movesFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetry