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Freshfields Bolsters U.S. Litigation Practice

Friday, March 12, 2010

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Freshfields Bolsters U.S. Litigation Practice

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has bolstered its U.S. litigation practice with the addition of three new partners. Marshall H. Fishman and Walter B. Stuart will join the firm’s New York office and Timothy J. Coleman will be stationed in Washington D.C. Coleman joins Freshfields from Dewey & LeBoeuf, where he was a partner in [...]

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Freshfields Unfreezes Associate Lockstep; Unveils 2010 Rates

Friday, February 26, 2010

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Freshfields Unfreezes Associate Lockstep; Unveils 2010 Rates

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is the first top U.K. law firm to announce associate salary rates for 2010, with the firm lifting the freeze on associate lockstep put in place last year. The firm told staff yesterday that the freeze would be lifted at the start of the new financial year. Beginning in May associates will [...]

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Gibson Dunn Nabs London Partner from Freshfields

Thursday, February 25, 2010

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Gibson Dunn Nabs London Partner from Freshfields

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has added Jeff Roberts as a partner in its London office. Roberts, who joins the firm from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, practices corporate law with a focus on international public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity and equity capital markets. Roberts practiced at Freshfields since 1988 and was a partner at the [...]

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Freshfields Loses Top Partners

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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Freshfields Loses Top Partners

Freshfields has lost two top partners, both of whom joined the firm from White & Case less than two years ago. Maurice Allen is one of the UK’s top banking lawyers, having worked at Clifford Chance and Weil Gotshal. He and Mike Goetz joined Freshfields in March 2008. The firm describes the split as amicable — but [...]

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Freshfields Reports Revenues Up 9%

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

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Freshfields Reports Revenues Up 9%

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has reported a 9% rise in revenue for the last fiscal year. Revenue was £1.29 billion pounds ($2.39 billion), up from £1.18 billion pounds ($2.36 billion) in the previous year. Profit-per-partner was £1.44 million pounds ($2.68 million), up just under 1%. London’s Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is an international law firm with offices in Europe, [...]

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Press Slams Freshfields for Trainee Layoffs [Update 2]

Friday, June 19, 2009

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Press Slams Freshfields for Trainee Layoffs [Update 2]

In May, London’s Freshfields announced that only 14 of its class of 48 trainees set to start this Fall would be retained. Now mainstream press sources are faulting Freshfields for the way it handled the firings. Trainees were telephoned by partners human resources with the news; and if the trainee was unavailable by phone, the [...]

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K&L Gates Poaches German Team from Freshfields

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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K&L Gates Poaches German Team from Freshfields

K&L Gates has snagged a four-lawyer team from the Berlin office of Freshfields. Partner Ludwig Hausmann joins the Berlin office of K&L Gates, along with principal associate Annette Mutschler-Siebert, who joins as counsel. They bring along two associates. K&L Gates’ German offices, in Berlin and Frankfurt, now have 45 lawyers. K&L Gates LLP employs over 1900 attorneys worldwide, [...]

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The Week in Law Firm Layoffs

Saturday, May 30, 2009

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The Week in Law Firm Layoffs

This week in law firm layoffs: LG: 12 lawyers Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: 14 lawyers Weil, Gotshal & Manges: 79 staff Snell & Wilmer: 40 staff Covington & Burling: undisclosed lawyers Ropes & Gray: 40 lawyers Total: 66 lawyers, 119 staff Previously: Week of May 17th: 40 lawyers, 118 staff Week of May 10th: 274 lawyers, 499 staff Week of May 3rd: 274 lawyers, 160 staff Week of [...]

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Freshfields Will Not Hire 30% of Incoming Trainees

Friday, May 29, 2009

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Freshfields Will Not Hire 30% of Incoming Trainees

London’s Freshfields will only hire 70% of its September 2009 trainees. Fourteen of the class of 48 trainees set to start this Fall in London will not be retained. Those affected have been notified by phone. The firm deferred start dates in February, and froze associate pay at 2008 levels. London’s Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is an international [...]

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Gleiss Lutz Opens New Office with Baker & McKenzie Partner

Thursday, May 14, 2009

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Gleiss Lutz Opens New Office with Baker & McKenzie Partner

Germany’s Gleiss Lutz will launch a new Dusseldorf office in August, headed by corporate partner Thomas Menke, last of Baker & McKenzie. Menke handles international mergers & acquisitions and real estate transactions. He will work with an unnamed associate, formerly of Freshfields’ Dusseldorf office. Gleiss Lutz is a German law firm founded in Stuttgart in 1949 by Alfred [...]

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