News About Freshfields
Raft of top-tier firms advise on Smurfit Kappa’s $11bn acquisition of WestRock
Advisers include Matheson, Freshfields, Wachtell, Clifford Chance, Cravath and Paul Weiss
Freshfields to cease releasing financial data directly to media
Policy announced on day firm posts strong set of results with revenue and PEP both up
Freshfields adds Goodwin partner in New York to lead global funds team
Tim Clark latest in string of lateral private capital partner hires by UK Magic Circle firm
Latham scoops high-profile London capital markets champion from Freshfields
Mark Austin, author of UK government's Secondary Capital Raising Review, joins US giant
Shearman finance partner joins Freshfields in London
Structured products and derivatives specialist one of three finance partner laterals unveiled by UK firm in London and New York
Freshfields hires restructuring partner and team from Paul Hastings in Paris
Guilhem Bremond and team of four add to recent restructuring hires in Hong Kong and London
Freshfields beats gender target for third year in a row in latest partner promotion round
Magic circle firm elevates 30 to partner – three more than in 2022 – with women accounting for 53% of promotions
MoFo and Freshfields advise on Fujitsu’s €432m takeover of Germany's GK Software
Deal features undertaking by GK Software's founders to sell their shareholdings
Unprecedented £600k ad campaign kicks off to promote £17bn UK consumer claim against Mastercard
Campaign in press and on social media follows Mastercard’s Court of Appeal defeat last week
UK Magic Circle need ‘another yard of pace’ to compete with US rivals, ex-senior partner warns
Former Slaughter and May leader joins debate over future of London’s elite law firms
Freshfields hires leading environmental consultant to head client sustainability offering
Jake Reynolds joins from Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Twelve top law firms sign up to Fifth Day business ops volunteering scheme
First batch of corporate members collectively account for 10,000 potential volunteers
Host of top law firms advise on blockbuster Porsche IPO
Freshfields, Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Gleiss Lutz, White & Case and Sullivan & Cromwell included in line up
Davis Polk, Slaughters and Freshfields called in for secondary listing of Tencent Music in Hong Kong
Chinese firms Han Kun Law Offices and CM Law firm also act on the matter along with offshore specialists Maples Group
Freshfields signs deal to move to 3 World Trade Centre
UK Magic Circle firm 'thrilled' at prospect of moving from Midtown to larger premises in New York's fifth-tallest skyscraper
Jones Day, Sullivan & Cromwell advise Bayer on 'landmark' arbitration ruling against BASF
ICC arbitration centred on M&A dispute involving assets Bayer had sold to BASF
Freshfields, Slaughters advise on ABG’s recommended takeover offer for Ted Baker
Proposed deal from US Reebok owner values UK fashion retailer at £211m
Freshfields ups office days for UK lawyers
Magic Circle firm tells lawyers to be in the office at least three days per week having previously allowed 50% remote working
Freshfields bolsters London leveraged finance and restructuring teams with double partner hire
Carol Van der Vorst and Lisa Stevens join from Ropes & Gray and Kirkland & Ellis respectively
Linklaters trails key UK rivals in growth stakes as revenue rises 6.5% to £1.78bn
PEP grows 5.4% as firm achieves 'right combination of global coverage and high-quality cross practice expertise'