Skadden hires away Freshfields' insurance head in London
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have hired Robert Stirling as corporate partner in its London office. Stirling recently was head of the non-contentious…
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Linklaters co-US managing partner steps down early
Jeff Norton, co-US managing partner at Linklaters has relinquished his post nine months before the end of his term. Norton will focus on strengthening the firm's US banking and…
Management shuffles at Freshfields as senior partner election nears
As an election for senior partner in the new year steadily approaches, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has moved some management heads in its global corporate and…
Freshfield's relationship with Alibaba yields little in windfall IPO
In an article at The Lawyer, Natalie Stanton chronicles how a promising relationship between Alibaba and Freshfields did not yield significant payout in Alibaba's recent windfall IPO on the New York Stock…
Rutgers & Posch hires Freshfields capital markets partner
Dutch corporate boutique law firm Rutgers & Posch has boosted its capital markets practice with the hire of Robert ten Have from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Ten Have has been with Freshfields since 2005, when he…
Freshfields shuts down Barcelona office
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has shut down it Barcelona corporate practice, spinning out its IP/IT team into new boutique called Intangibles Legal. The new firm is led by Freshfields counsel Sergio Miralles, with…
Norton announces pay rises for trainees and NQs
Norton Rose Fulbright has announced a pay rise for newly qualified and trainee lawyers. Newly qualified lawyers will take home an extra £2000, with pay jumping from £63,000 to £65,000, backdated to May. The pay…
Freshfields reports 1% revenue growth
Magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has reported a 1 per cent increase in revenue in the 2013-14 financial year, bringing in a total of £1.232bn,…
Barclays streamlines panel of legal advisors
Banking group Barclays has streamlined its panel of legal advisors, cutting 30% of the list of firms and organising the remainder into a two-tiered system of ‘preferred’ and ‘approved firms. The ‘preferred’…
Freshfields breaks five year pay freeze
Freshfields has broken a five year pay freeze on trainee and associate salaries, following the lead of Slaughter and May and
HSF and Freshfields lead 1bn Thai resources deal
Herbert Smith Freehills and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken leading roles in a deal for the $1 billion…
Freshfields decides not to target Australian/Korean markets
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has said that it does not intend to follow other international law firms into the Australian or Korean markets, preferring instead…
Top earner at Freshfields took home £2.5m in 2012-13
The highest paid partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer took home £2.5m last year, which includes payments in relation to retirement. The top pay is down…
Freshfields bolsters corporate expertise in Paris
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its Paris practice with the hire of M&A and corporate partner Olivier Rogivue from
Freshfields to farewell global managing partner
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is losing it global managing partner - Ted Burke - to Boston private equity firm Arclight Capital Partners. Burke will step…