
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and DLA Piper have announced high-profile Brexit hires as British Prime Minister Theresa May triggered article 50 today (29 March).
Freshfields has appointed Jonathan Hill, the UK’s former European commissioner for financial stability, financial services and capital markets union as a senior adviser, while DLA has appointed Paul Hardy, former EU legal adviser to the House of Lords, who will join the firm in April as a legal director and lead Brexit specialist.