Freshfields NY bags Fried Frank former senior partner

The law firm has hired Valerie Ford Jacob in a revamp of its US corporate group.
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Freshfields NY bags Fried Frank former senior partner

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Ms Jacob, who co-chaired Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson from 2003 to 2014 will join the firm with two other partners from the capital markets team. The firm has also recently hired Mitchell Presser, who was previously a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and former Skadden partner James Douglas.

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