Law firms ‘The biggest gun in town’: MasterCard picks Freshfields to defend landmark £14bn class action Legal Business · 25 August 2016 · 3 min read Freshfields Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 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.This article is for Legal Business subscribers. Please log in or subscribe to read on. Related ContentMore in this categoryQuinn Emanuel hires LA litigator as Weil winds downLaw firmsEliza Winter4 Nov 2026DLA Piper matches Milbank pay scale for US associates, introduces special bonusesLaw firmsEliza Winter4 Nov 2026Freshfields lands Anthropic IPO role alongside raft of US firmsLaw firmsEliza Winter26 Oct 2026Revolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London movesLaw firmsAnna Huntley9 Jan 2025‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetryLaw firmsAnna Huntley7 Jan 2025Five partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partnerLaw firmsTom Cox7 Jan 2025Former Freshfields senior partner among recipients in New Year Honours ListLaw firmsTom Cox2 Jan 2025Kramer Levin’s Paris office joins Morgan Lewis amid HSF merger dealLaw firmsTom Cox20 Dec 2024Cleary and White & Case switch on for Canal+ £2.5bn IPO in LondonLaw firmsElisha Juttla19 Dec 2024