Freshfields bending lockstep to bring in Kirkland star
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer will adjust its lockstep in order to lure high-yield partner Ward McKimm from Kirkland &…
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Potentials for Freshfields senior leadership emerge
After Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer had its partner conference last month in Paris, the potential candidates to stand for terms as the firm’s next managing…
LLM Guide: How Many Big Law Associates and Partners Have an LL.M.?
LLM Guide, a website that offers editorial content and program information related to LLM programs worldwide, has published an article that examines the value of an LLM in big law firms. The website conducted a…
Ashurst nabs Australia country lead from Freshfields
Ashurst has lured a longtime partner from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, hiring corporate partner James Wood in…
Berwin Leighton Paisner names new financial regulatory group head
Berwin Leighton Paisner announced the promotion of partner Nathan Willmott to be its new financial regulatory group head. Willmott has been a partner at BLP since…
Freshfields partner moves to Royal Bank of Canada
Commercial litigation partner David Onorato will depart Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to become general counsel for the Royal Bank of Canada. Onorato had been at…
Freshfields names new Moscow managing partner
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has named Igor Gerber the new managing partner in its Moscow office. Gerber takes over for Mikhail Loktionov, after Loktionov's two…
Frontrunners in race for Freshfields senior partner emerge
Frontrunners in the race for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s next senior partner have emerged as nominations draw near a close. Current senior partner Will…
Freshfields promotes 17 to partner worldwide
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted 17 of its lawyers around the globe to partner. The number is a slight increase from the past couple years, when the…
Linklaters head in Asia departs for Freshfields
David Ludwick, Linklaters' head of US securities practice that is based in Hong Kong, has left the firm to join rival Freshfields…
Freshfields litigator founds boutique firm in Russia
Maxim Kulkov, litigation counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has left the firm and taken a team of lawyers with him to found a dispute resolution boutique…
Freshfields to move its legal services to Manchester
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is looking to move its legal and support services to Manchester, a recent trend as rents have increased substantially around Fleet…
Freshfields hires employment partner in New York
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer continued a pattern established in the last year, hiring a partner away from another firm to join its New York office. Howard Klein…
Freshfields appoints financial co-head
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed its head of retail sector Claire Wills as co-head of its financial institutions group. Wills new role takes immediate…
Likely successors to Freshfields managing partner identified
Two frontrunners to succeed David Aitman, the current global managing partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, have emerged. Helmut Bergmann, antitrust partner…