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• Freshfields promotes 17 to counsel rank

  May 07 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has bolstered its ranks of counsel with the hire of corporate specialist Ethan Jin from the Hong Kong office of Clifford Chance and the... more

• Freshfields boots Asia energy practice with hires from Allens and Milbank

  Apr 17 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its energy practice in Asia with the hire of two new partners: Gavin MacLaren from Allens Arthur Robinson and Mark... more

• US Law firms stealing limelight from UK rivals in Hong Kong

  Apr 13 2012 Over the past two years, numerous US law firms have entered the market in Hong Kong and recruited top talent from their UK rivals, and now they are starting to see... more

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership

  Mar 29 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted 20 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, the same number as were promoted last year. This year’s... more

• The Times publishes list of 100 most influential lawyers in Great Britain

  Mar 22 2012 The Times has published its annual list of the most influential lawyers in Great Britain. The Times Law 100 includes includes judges, charity executives, human... more

• Freshfields plans to relaunch in Singapore after five years' absence

  Feb 15 2012 Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is planning to relaunch its Singapore office, nearly five years after shutting down its former office in the region.... more

• British government cuts spend on external legal advisors by 36%

  Jan 29 2012 An account of the British government’s spending on legal services has shown a drop in the amount spent on external advisers, which was a third less than last year.... more

• UK firms show strong trainee retention, despite fragile economy

  Jan 27 2012 The figures on trainee retention in the UK are beginning to emerge, revealing relatively high retention despite widespread concerns about the fragility of the economy.... more

• Freshfields launches global financial investment practice group

  Jan 25 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched a global financial investors group to handle private equity, infrastructure funds, sovereign wealth funds and alternative... more

• US legal publication starts benchmarking female partner promotions

  Jan 15 2012 The AM Law Daily has taken a look at the number of women promoted to partner in leading US firms over the past four years, in order to set a benchmark against which... more

• A&O asks 12 partners to leave the firm

  Dec 02 2011 Allen & Overy has once again taken the shears to its partnership ranks, asking around 12 of its partners to leave the firm. And while the move is not on the same scale... more

• Pillsbury set to open new office in Abu Dhabi

  Oct 28 2011 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is set to open its first Middle Eastern office in Abu Dhabi, with plans to expand services offered to existing clients and take... more

• Should law firms stay on home turf?

  Oct 17 2011 Interesting article here about the effect of international expansion on law firm balance sheets. The article points out that of the five elite London firms belonging... more

• Leading UK and Irish firms launch work-experience diversity initiative

  Sep 14 2011 Twenty-three UK and Irish law firms have signed up to a new diversity initiative aimed at improving social diversity within the legal profession. The programme will... more

• A good year for top equity partners: the million pound club is growing

  Aug 15 2011 The top end of the pay scale in the legal profession is making a recovery, according to a survey conducted by The Lawyer to assess how many equity partners are seeing... more

• UK firms Allens and Linklaters zero in on Washington DC market

  Aug 10 2011 Two UK magic circle firms are focusing their attention upon Washington DC, with Allen & Overy announcing that it is set to launch a new office in the US capital, while... more

• London Underground brings £142m negligence claim against Freshfields

  Aug 01 2011 The London Underground Ltd (‘LUL’) has brought a £142 million suit against Freshfields Bruckhaus Derinder regarding advice that the firm provided on a deal in 2002.... more

• Freshfields suspends staff over irregularities in supplier arrangements

  Jul 19 2011 Freshfields has suspended a number of staff from the firm's IT department pending an investigation into a number of irregularities with supplier agreements. A... more

• Top London firms report strong growth

  Jul 13 2011 Top London firms have reported a good year, with revenues and profits on the up. Allen & Overy posted a 7 per cent increase in revenue to £1.12bn, and an 8.3% hike... more

• Korean legal services market set to open to foreign lawyers

  Jun 30 2011 The Korean-EU Free Trade Agreement has opened the way for European law firms the enter the Korean market from July. The agreement will see the Korean legal market... more

• Freshfields shifts partners and shuffles the management team

  Jun 16 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has reolocated a number of partners across its global network, prompting a number of promotions to the firm’s management team.... more

• Freshfields gives UK associates a pay rise

  May 24 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced pay rises for all associates, taking the firm to the very top of the Magic Circle in terms of compensation. Associates... more

• Freshfields hires partner from Linklaters in Hong King

  May 17 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its Hong Kong finance practice with the hire of banking partner Howard Lam from Linklaters. Rob Ashworth, the firm’s... more

• Simpson Thacher to practice Hong Kong law

  May 05 2011 Since New York-based Simpson Thacher & Bartlett launched an office in Hong Kong in 1993, the firm has practiced only US law. That is all about to change: the firm has... more

• Freshfields boosts China practice with promotion and relocations

  May 02 2011 International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its China practice, promoting Hong Kong-based partner Teresa Ko to lead the practice and transferring... more

• Top 20 London firms show poor record on female partnership

  Apr 26 2011 RollOnFriday has conducted a survey on the top 20 London firms, asking, how many women entered the partnership in the last three years – taking into account both... more

• Top 20 London firms show poor record on female partnership

  Apr 26 2011 RollOnFriday has conducted a survey on the top 20 London firms, asking, how many women entered the partnership in the last three years – taking into account both... more

• UK partner promotions are on the rise

  Apr 25 2011 Over half of the top 30 UK firms have announced their partner promotions for the year, and all but one firm have increased the number of promotions over last year’s... more

• Maternity leave survey: Weil Gotshal takes top spot

  Apr 15 2011 RollOnFriday has reported the results of its maternity leave survey, with Weil Gotshal & Manges taking the top spot for best policy – 26 weeks at full pay followed by... more

• Freshfields launches US IP practice

  Mar 26 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has relocated London counsel Lindsey Canning to New York to launch the firm’s first US intellectual property practice. Freshfields US... more

• Four firms lead e3.2 billion auto acquisition by Daimler and Rolls Royce

  Mar 23 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hengeler Mueller, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell have taken leading roles a e3.2 billion joint takeover offer of engine-maker... more

• Leading UK firms aim for more diversity in recruitment

  Mar 17 2011 A number of leading UK law firms have announced the intention to increase the number of universities they visit during recruitment rounds, in a bid to increase... more

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership globally

  Mar 10 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the promotion of 20 lawyers to the partnership in a new promotions round. Nine of the new partners will join the... more

• Clifford Chance has 'the biggest superbrand in the UK'

  Mar 06 2011 Clifford Chance has been declared the law firm with the biggest superbrand, according to The Centre for Brand Analysis. The firm came in at 184th in a list of 500... more

• Freshfields follows the leader with US spring bonuses

  Feb 16 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has awarded spring bonuses to its 82 US–based associates, following the lead set by Sullivan & Cromwell, Cravath, Swaine & Moore,... more

• Skadden retains top spot in deal-maker rankings

  Jan 07 2011 US law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has held onto it’s position as top dealmaker for the second year in a row. The value of worldwide deals rose by 23... more

• Norton Rose hires Freshfields' dispute resolution chief in Moscow

  Jan 07 2011 Norton Rose has hired Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Russian dispute resolution chief, Yaroslav Klimov, and appointed him as head of dispute resolution in Moscow.... more

• Diversity statistics in the magic circle: what do they hide?

  Dec 22 2010 Large law firms ever keen to establish that they are hiring an ethnically diverse range of lawyers, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is no exception: the firm has... more

• White & Case boosts London M&A practice with Freshfields hire

  Dec 20 2010 White & Case has boosted its London M&A practice with the hire of partner David Crook from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Europe M&A head Francois Leloup added:... more

• Freshfields recruits A&O partner to lead Middle East and North Africa practice

  Dec 17 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Allen & Overy partner Pervez Akhtar as corporate head for the Middle East and North Africa practice, based in Dubai.... more

• Four firms guide $3bn three-way Indo-UK coal deal

  Dec 16 2010 Hadiputrano, Hadinoto & Partners, Soemadipradja & Taher, Holman Fenwick Willan and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken leading roles on a three-way merger to... more

• New global tax head for Freshfields

  Nov 30 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed London-based partner Colin Hargreaves as head of its global tax group. Hargreaves will take the role in January 2011,... more

• Linklaters hires Freshfields partner in London

  Nov 30 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Chris Howard has been hired by British firm Linklaters, and will join the firm’s London partnership. Howard has worked for... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell boosts Hong Kong office with Linklaters hire

  Nov 22 2010 New York firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has boosted its brand new Hong Kong practice, opened earlier this month, with the hire of Paul Chow from Linklaters in Beijing.... more

• Leading London firms agree to pay above minimum wage

  Nov 22 2010 The Evening Standard has launched a new initiative called the London Living Wage Scheme, which encourages firms and companies to guarantee staff a minimum rate of pay... more

• Eversheds wins honor for innovation

  Oct 22 2010 Eversheds has been named the most innovative law firm in the Financial Times’s annual ranking of Europe’s law firms, taking the top spot from last year’s winner,... more

• Freshfields hires new COO from Hogan Lovells

  Oct 15 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Axel Koelsch as its new chief operating officer for Germany and Austria. Koelsch – who joins the firm from Hogan Lovells –... more

• Revenue leaders in 2009: Baker & McKenzie

  Oct 04 2010 American Lawyer has published its “Global 100”, ranking the largest law firms by revenue. And this year, Baker & McKenzie have taken out the number 1 spot. Baker &... more

• Freshfields appoints London lawyer to role of Senior Partner

  Oct 01 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has elected Will Lawes to the position of senior partner, elevating him to a new international leadership team that will also include... more

• Salary survey: non-equity partners

  Sep 27 2010 RollOnFriday has conducted an unofficial survey to determine how much salaried partners are getting paid. Their report finds that salaried partners at the biggest... more

• Linklaters zeros in on US high-yield practice

  Sep 13 2010 Linklaters has hired counsel Mark Hageman, of Cravath Swaine & Moore, in order to boost their capability in the high-yield market. High-yield specialists seem to... more

• Freshfields appoints Simpsons counsel to equity partnership

  Jul 27 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its high-yield practice with the hire of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett counsel Gil Strauss. Strauss has been taken on as an... more

• Freshfields trials mentoring scheme for female lawyers

  Jul 23 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is piloting a new mentoring scheme for senior female associates in an attempt to increase the number of female partners and address... more

• Freshfields introduces flexible working arrangements

  Jul 16 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced a new scheme allowing associates to greater flexibility in their working arrangements. Associates in the firm's London... more

• Bird & Bird takes out prize as fastest growing UK law firm

  Jul 15 2010 Bird & Bird is the fastest-growing UK top 50 law firm, according to the reported figures over the past five years. Revenues have rocketed upwards despite a tough... more

• Freshfields posts 11% drop in revenue

  Jul 08 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has posted an 11 per cent drop in revenue for the 2009-10 financial year, bringing in £1.14 billion. The average profit per equity... more

• Clifford Chance and Freshfields appoint new German leadership

  Jun 28 2010 Clifford Chance and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have both appointed new leaders for their German practices. Freshfields has elected Klaus-Stefan Hohenstatt as... more

• Freshfields and Arnold & Porter advise on $3.8 billion chemicals deal

  Jun 24 2010 The world's largest chemical company – the Germany company BASF – has agreed to acquire Cognis Holding GmbH, a German producer of food and cosmetics ingredients, in a... more

• Freshfields negotiates referral arrangements with other firms

  Jun 07 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is anticipating an upturn in work, and has entered into negotiations with firms Mills & Reeve and TLT Solicitors to establish a referral... more

• Herbert Smith introduces merit-pay for senior associates

  Jun 07 2010 Herbert Smith has made a review of salaries, and has announced significant changes to the remuneration of its fee earners from June next year. There are firm-wide... more

• Milbank hires partner from SJ Berwin to launch EU antitrust practice

  May 19 2010 Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has secured the services of Alexander Rinne, former German head of EU and competition at SJ Berwin. Rinne is set to launch Milbank’s new... more

• Freshfields keeps PEPs high through recession

  May 18 2010 Some interesting figures arise from The Lawyer’s Transatlantic Elite report, such as the fact that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has posted the industry’s highest... more

• Watson Farley & Williams hires four partners for London office

  May 07 2010 Watson Farley & Williams has made some high profile partner hires in its London office, bringing the firm’s total number of partners to 97. Emanuela Lecchi,... more

• Freshfields hires finance partner from Allen & Overy

  May 03 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has finance partner Alan Rae Smith from Allen & Overy, in its first London lateral hire since 2008. Rae Smith is set to join... more

• Four firms lead $2.5bn London initial public offering

  Apr 23 2010 Essar Energy, a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Essar Group, is set to float around 20 to 25 percent of its shares – worth $2.5 billion – in its London initial... more

• Freshfiields and Herbert Smith lead £1.59bn Deutsche Bahn - Arriva deal

  Apr 22 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Herbert Smith have scored key roles advising on the £1.59bn acquisition by Deutsche Bahn of European public transport services... more

• Race for Freshfields new senior partner begins

  Apr 08 2010 The joint senior partners at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Konstantin Mettenheimer and Guy Morton - have decided not to seek a third term heading the firm, which... more

• Freshfields adds 18 to the partnership

  Mar 30 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the results of this year’s promotions round, making up 18 new partners. The round saw four more promotions than last... more

• Freshfields and Hogan take lead roles on $1.8 billion Volvo deal

  Mar 30 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hogan & Hartson are guiding Ford's sale of the Volvo brand to the Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding for $1.8 billion. The... more

• Norton Rose hires Freshfields partner Oliver Sutter

  Mar 12 2010 Norton Rose has boosted the banking practice in its Frankfurt office by hiring Oliver Sutter, a partner from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Norton Rose have also... more

• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer hires three litigation partners for US practice

  Mar 11 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its US litigation capability with the hire of three new partners. Marshall Fishman (from Kramer Levin Naftalis &... more

• Carbon Footprint Report Card for UK Law Firms.

  Mar 09 2010 A new report compiled by the Legal Sector Alliance shows an overall reduction in carbon emissions of 4% among member firms since the first public report in December... more

• Freshfields Announces Alliance with Saudi Arabian Firm

  Mar 08 2010 International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has formalised its presence in Saudi Arabia with the announcement of an exclusive association with the Saudi firm... more

• Freshfields on Australia: the A&O way is not for us

  Feb 15 2010 Signs emerge of strategic divide in the magic circle over how to target the key markets in the Asia-Pacific region Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters... more

• Top-paid Freshfields partner made about $5.27m in 2009

  Feb 03 2010 Despite a dip in average profit per equity partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the firm's top-earning lawyer made about $5.27 million last year, a filing by the... more

• Freshfields and DLA lead on Sullivan and Gold's takeover of West Ham

  Jan 20 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, DLA Piper, and Jones Day have scored lead roles on the takeover of West Ham United FC. David Gold and David Sullivan, the former... more

• Firms warned against ditching associate lockstep

  Nov 16 2009 City managing partners are warning that ditching associate locksteps as the job market shows signs of recovery could be harmful. Many firms are gearing up to revamp... more

• Freshfields to go live with new associate pay model

  Nov 13 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer will implement its revamped associate career development model in London from spring 2010 with the system to be rolled out globally from... more

• Ashurst and Freshfields lead on £360m National Express rights issue

  Nov 12 2009 Ashurst is advising longstanding client National Express as it pushes ahead with plans for a £360m rights issue. London corporate partner Steven Fox is leading the... more

• Magic circle trio advise Lloyds and RBS on £54.5bn banking shake-up

  Nov 04 2009 Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have landed advisory roles on Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group's plan to sell off... more

• Leading City firms in talks to bring in teams of contract lawyers

  Oct 29 2009 Several leading City firms are considering using contract lawyers as part of a venture by a new business to create a vetted pool of temporary lawyers to support major... more

• Freshfields heads up firms on ING restructuring and €7.5bn rights issue

  Oct 28 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Sullivan & Cromwell and Stibbe have all landed roles on ING's restructuring, which includes a €7.5bn (£6.8bn) rights issue. Sullivan... more

• Freshfields and Slaughters set the Standard on Barclays deal

  Oct 28 2009 Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have snared lead roles on Barclays’ £226m acquisition of Standard Life Bank. Freshfield’s corporate partner... more

• Freshfields makes up six to counsel rank in latest promotions round

  Oct 24 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted six lawyers to counsel in the firm's latest round of appointments. The magic circle firm, which has two rounds of... more

• Ropes & Gray to launch in London with two Freshfields finance partners

  Oct 23 2009 Ropes & Gray plans to launch a new office in London early next year, headed by two former finance partners at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. This will be the... more

• Trio of top City firms advise on £1.5bn Gatwick sell-off

  Oct 22 2009 Allen & Overy (A&O), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have advised on the sale of Gatwick Airport, Britain’s second-busiest airport. Freshfields... more

• CC, Freshfields and Latham lead on billion-pound Barclays stake sale

  Oct 21 2009 Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Latham & Watkins have taken key roles on Qatar Holdings' sell-off of part of its stake in Barclays Bank.... more

• Freshfields, CC lead on CVC's $2bn buyout of AB InBev CEE breweries

  Oct 17 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised key private equity client CVC Capital Partners on the biggest buyout of the year so far. CVC has agreed a deal worth... more

• Partner promotions at top UK law firms fall by a third

  Sep 04 2009 Magic circle law firms -- Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Slaughter and May -- saw promotions fall by an average of 41... more

• New group: Foreign law firms in India

  Jul 18 2009 After a Bombay High Court ruling in 1995, foreign law firms were barred from practicing in India. Under the newly enacted Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008,... more

• Stephan Eilers to retake the Freshfields global tax helm

  Apr 26 2009 German partner Stephan Eilers will lead Freshfields' global tax practice, the firm recently announced. Mr. Eilers previously led the practice from 2002-2005 after... more

• Allen & Overy, Freshfields, Slaughters working on Dunfermline rescue

  Mar 31 2009 A number of the UK's best-known firms are involved in the deal to prevent the collapse of Scottish lender Dunfermline Building Society. The deal has taken place based... more

• Marzio Longo named new Freshfields manager in Italy

  Mar 31 2009 Freshfields has announced that its new managing partner for Italy will be Marzio Longo, current head of the firm's Italian real estate practice. The transition from... more

• Is relief around the corner? Ask Freshfields, Denton Wilde, et al.

  Mar 30 2009 "Green shoots" might be the new phrase of the moment, as a number of heads of major London firms including Freshfields and Denton Wilde predict that recovery from the... more

• Freshfields announces promotions to partner level

  Mar 24 2009 Freshfields has announced that 14 lawyers firmwide have been raised to partner level, a drop from the 2008 figure of 25. The largest number of promotions in any... more

• Freshfields hiring in Munich

  Mar 19 2009 Freshfields appears to be experiencing increasing demand in its Munich office, especially in corporate finance and restructuring. The firm will be both transferring... more

• Freshfields gets order silencing Guardian on Barclays

  Mar 19 2009 On behalf of Barclays bank, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer successfully sought a temporary UK court order precluding release by the Guardian newspaper of internal... more

• Denton, Freshfields, Slaughters line up for Icelandic bank roles

  Oct 08 2008 Denton Wilde Sapte, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have snared key roles as the UK arms of two Icelandic banks at the heart of the country’s... more