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

12 Sep 2023

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

26 Jul 2023

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

20 Jul 2023

Latham scoops high-profile London capital markets champion from Freshfields

Mark Austin, author of UK government's Secondary Capital Raising Review, joins US giant

8 Jun 2023

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

7 Jun 2023

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

5 Jun 2023

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

13 Apr 2023

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

2 Mar 2023

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

8 Dec 2022

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

7 Nov 2022

Freshfields hires leading environmental consultant to head client sustainability offering

Jake Reynolds joins from Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership

11 Oct 2022

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

4 Oct 2022

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

29 Sep 2022

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

22 Sep 2022

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

25 Aug 2022

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

17 Aug 2022

Freshfields, Slaughters advise on ABG’s recommended takeover offer for Ted Baker

Proposed deal from US Reebok owner values UK fashion retailer at £211m

16 Aug 2022

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

15 Aug 2022

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

11 Aug 2022

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'

9 Aug 2022