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Ex-Freshfields partner faces tribunal over ‘inappropriate’ conduct

Kirkland and Freshfields score roles on Hargreaves Lansdown takeover tussle

By Edin Imsirovic

2024-05-29T16:08:00Z

2 min read

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Linklaters and Freshfields fire £150,000 salvos in salary battle

By Edin Imsirovic

2024-05-17T17:13:00Z

7 min read

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Freshfields ups junior lawyer pay to £150,000

By James Booth and Edin Imsirovic

2024-05-03T10:29:00Z

2 min read

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Freshfields promotes 23 to partner: Here are the names

2024-04-17T10:25:29Z

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City law firms have scaled back their promotion rounds this year in a tougher market

Freshfields taps Latham for New York private equity M&A duo

2024-03-04T11:00:54Z

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Legal Services On the move

Freshfields is pushing hard to expand its US business

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Freshfields poaches funds partner from Akin

2024-01-17T20:00:07Z

1 min read

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Freshfields has boosted its 100 Bishopsgate office in the City with a new partner hire

Freshfields hires ESG partner from Travers Smith in London

By James Booth

2023-10-05T11:43:19Z

2 min read

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Freshfields is pushing to grow its ESG offering

Bank of England coughs up for Freshfields’ advice over aborted energy markets scheme

By Justin Cash

2023-09-04T10:20:06Z

2 min read

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Magic Circle titan continues to cement its links to Threadneedle Street

Freshfields’ break with Magic Circle means ditching financial results, boss says

By James Booth

2023-08-09T04:01:17Z

3 min read

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'Only the Magic Circle participates in the publication of some limited financial information in July'

Magic Circle under strain to transform: ‘The coolest club… has lost its sheen’

By James Booth

2023-08-07T04:01:27Z

6 min read

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Slaughter and May Legal Services Shearman & Sterling Allen & Overy Clifford Chance

The term 'Magic Circle' has more currency in the UK than overseas, with one ex-A&O partner calling the name 'a joke' in New York

Freshfields' senior partner Georgia Dawson said US expansion was at the heart of the firm's strategy

Freshfields partner profit nears £2.1m as Magic Circle struggles with slowing deal market

Freshfields’ capital markets supremo joins Latham in London

Freshfields bulks up in London with Shearman hire

Shearman & Sterling partner exits for Freshfields in London

Freshfields said 18% of its new UK and US partners have identified as part of an under-represented racial or ethnic group

Freshfields appoints 30 new partners worldwide

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BlackRock creates active stewardship team to assist with private markets push

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Kirkland loses regulatory partner to Paul Weiss

BNP Paribas dealmaker McNaught departs in UK advisory shake-up

Meet Europe’s top 10 M&A and finance lawyers

By James Booth

2023-02-08T11:15:04Z

4 min read

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Clockwise from top left: Carlo Pavesi - Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici; Veronica Stiller - Roschier; Edward Fife - Slaughter and May; Jessamy Gallagher - Paul Hastings

Flat demand and fierce competition: Law firm leaders’ predictions for 2023

By James Booth

2023-01-04T11:22:42Z

4 min read

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Top legal talents share their predictions for the year ahead. Clockwise from top left: Nick Roome, KPMG; Claire Wills, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Frank Lopez, Paul Hastings; Farmida Bi, Norton Rose Fulbright

Kirkland partner pay, Magic Circle mergers: FN’s seven most-read legal stories of 2022

By James Booth

2022-12-21T00:01:37Z

3 min read

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The ongoing global deal boom meant lawyers were busy and profits and bonuses were plentiful during 2022

Magic Circle should consider EY-style spin-offs, ex-Slaughter and May senior partner says

By James Booth

2022-11-03T13:27:39Z

3 min read

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The Big Four firm is mulling separating into two firms. Should the UK's legal elite follow suit?

The Magic Circle isn’t dead yet – but it is facing some serious challenges

By James Booth

2022-11-02T09:00:24Z

6 min read

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Linklaters Legal Services Allen & Overy Clifford Chance

'To suggest it’s the end of the Magic Circle or they can’t play at the top table is absolute nonsense in my view'

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Ex-Freshfields partner faces tribunal over ‘inappropriate’ conduct

Kirkland and Freshfields score roles on Hargreaves Lansdown takeover tussle

Linklaters and Freshfields fire £150,000 salvos in salary battle

Freshfields ups junior lawyer pay to £150,000

Freshfields promotes 23 to partner: Here are the names

Freshfields taps Latham for New York private equity M&A duo

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Freshfields poaches funds partner from Akin

Freshfields hires ESG partner from Travers Smith in London

Bank of England coughs up for Freshfields’ advice over aborted energy markets scheme

Freshfields’ break with Magic Circle means ditching financial results, boss says

Magic Circle under strain to transform: ‘The coolest club… has lost its sheen’

Freshfields partner profit nears £2.1m as Magic Circle struggles with slowing deal market

Freshfields’ capital markets supremo joins Latham in London

Shearman & Sterling partner exits for Freshfields in London

Freshfields appoints 30 new partners worldwide

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