News About Freshfields
Freshfields hires partners from Cooley and Goodwin in Silicon Valley
UK firm has made six West Coast partner hires this year
Mastercard agrees settlement in landmark interchange fee collective action
Agreement set to be challenged by litigation funder is subject to approval by Competition Appeal Tribunal
Ex-Freshfields partner suspended by tribunal over allegations of ‘inappropriate’ behaviour
London-based litigator Nicholas Williams left Magic Circle firm in 2019 following an internal investigation
As firms celebrate UK Pro Bono Work, lawyers increase their volunteering efforts
Week of events taking place up and down country to celebrate The Power of Pro Bono
Freshfields hires private credit trio from Weil in London
Paul Stewart joins as global co-head of private credit and capital solutions alongside two new partners
AI governance among top data law trends shaping business strategies, study shows
New Freshfields report outlines key data law changes that companies must adapt to
Freshfields debt finance partner defects to Kirkland in US
HT Flanagan to work out of Dallas and New York at Kirkland, which boasts world’s largest debt finance practice
Kirkland, Freshfields, Bredin Prat called in for €16bn sale of Sanofi’s consumer health arm
Sale to US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice comes as investors anticipate more and larger European PE buyouts
DIAC heralds modernisation programme as cases and diversity grow
Annual report records 4.4% increase in cases in 2023 as dust settles on sweeping reform programme
Top legal marketing and BD figures to explore trust building at London summit
Law Firm Marketing Summit will take place at RSA House on 15 October
Women KCs celebrate 75th anniversary of first appointments
Lady Chief Justice hosts event to mark progress since first two women took silk in 1949
Freshfields to scrap ‘Bruckhaus Deringer’ in rebrand
Refreshed brand to be rolled out from October
Kirkland, Freshfields guide $1bn acquisition of stake in BP Pipelines TAP
Freshfields advises BP as Kirkland counsells Apollo-managed funds on acquisition
Celltrion avoids injunction at UPC in row over asthma drug
Novartis and Genentech had accused Korean rival of “imminent infringement” through marketing of biosimilar
Freshfields announces social mobility recruitment target for trainee intake
Global giant wants at least 20% of UK trainees to come from lower socio-economic backgrounds
Freshfields recruits senior capital markets partner in New York from Paul Hastings
Christopher DeCresce was previously vice chair of Paul Hastings’ securities and capital markets practice
Eversheds adds ex-Quinn Emanuel partner, Freshfields partner to London disputes bench
Former Quinn Emanuel UK competition co-head joins transatlantic firm alongside Freshfields’ Japan head of disputes
Mathys & Squire granted access to documents in UPC transparency test case
The way the request was processed still raises ‘significant concerns’, says the firm
Kirkland, Freshfields score leading roles on £5.4bn Hargreaves Lansdown sale
Latham and Linklaters also among raft of firms called in for investment platform's takeover by private equity consortium
Competition Appeal Tribunal green lights landmark £2bn truck cartel opt-in collective claim
Addleshaws, Slaughters, HSF, Travers Smith and Macfarlanes among firms advising on marathon legal battle