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Freshfields plans Manchester hub on radical scale as City leader repositions for changing law market

Freshfields plans Manchester hub on radical scale as City leader repositions for changing law market
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Legal Business
11 March 2015
Restructuring

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s decision to jump on the near-shoring wagon with its first low-cost services hub in Manchester is on a scale larger than its peers, with up to 800 support service jobs being transferred – a move which is unsettling some at its Fleet Street headquarters.

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