News About Freshfields
AI could shape future of arbitration, Freshfields claims in report
Geopolitical shifts, Russian disputes and ESG also flagged as key trends in 2025 arbitration report
Freshfields’ revenue surged to £2.1bn in 2024 buoyed by strong US growth
Details of Magic Circle UK firm’s 2023/4 financial results have only just emerged, via its LLP accounts filing
Cleary, Freshfields secure major wins for Amazon and Apple as CAT strikes down class action
First outright rejection of certification effectively tightens UK’s class action regime putting spotlight on independence of class representatives
Skadden debuts in Middle East with senior Freshfields hire
New York firm taps corporate heavyweight Michael Hilton to lead Abu Dhabi launch
Hausfeld expands antitrust team with senior London hire from Freshfields
Daniel Hunt joins as a partner, adding collective actions and mainstream antitrust expertise
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