‘The biggest gun in town’: MasterCard picks Freshfields to defend landmark £14bn class action Legal Business25 August 2016 MasterCard, which is facing a £14bn lawsuit in the first major US-style class action in the English courts, has replaced its longstanding legal team at Jones Day with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as it looks to add firepower to its defence.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 jasmine.glass@legalbusiness.co.uk Related ContentMore in this category‘Buyers are out there’ – why M&A partners are feeling positive despite geopolitical thunderstormsFreshfields lands major US mandate advising Merck on $10bn Verona Pharma acquisition opposite LathamFreshfields’ Charles Hayes on emotional intelligence, Formula One deals, sheep and daring to press the buttonRevolving 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 partnerFormer Freshfields senior partner among recipients in New Year Honours ListKramer Levin’s Paris office joins Morgan Lewis amid HSF merger dealCleary and White & Case switch on for Canal+ £2.5bn IPO in London