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Eversheds hires three partners for City pensions group
Eversheds has added three partners to its London pensions practice with the hire of two laterals from Squire Sanders and an of counsel from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The Squire Sanders partner duo, Emma King and Sarah Franklin, both join from...
10 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Freshfields to reopen in Singapore five years after 2007 exit
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is gearing up for a relaunch in Singapore, almost five years after the firm shut down its former office in the region. The magic circle firm is planning to open the new arm this autumn, with the move expected to be di...
10 Feb 2012 | 00:00 | 1 comment
A&O and Freshfields called up for €1.3bn Orange Austria buyout
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy (A&O) are advising on the €1.3bn (£1.1bn) acquisition of the Orange mobile phone network in Austria by Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa, reports The Asian Lawyer. Freshfields Vienna partners Bertram ...
09 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Freshfields values 2011 pro bono efforts at £8.8m in annual report
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has seen the amount of time devoted to pro bono and volunteering work by partners and employees fall by 11% over the last year, according to its 2010-11 corporate responsibility (CR) report. The firm dedicated 49,743 hou...
07 Feb 2012 | 00:01
Links and Freshfields take top roles on proposed $82bn mining merger
Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won lead roles on a proposed merger between commodities trader Glencore and mining giant Xstrata worth around $82bn (£50bn). Xstrata confirmed it had received an approach from Glencore for an all-...
02 Feb 2012 | 11:28
Quartet of firms lead on proposed sale of Swedish packaging company
Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Eversheds are advising on DS Smith’s proposed €1.6bn (£1.3bn) acquisition of a packaging division of Sweden’s Svenska Cellulosa (SCA). A&O City corporate partners D...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Freshfields leads on Aon HQ relocation
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken a lead role for global insurance broker Aon on the relocation of its head office from Chicago to London. Financial institutions partner James Smethurst and corporate head Julian Long led the Freshfields team...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Government legal spend drops 36% amid austerity cutbacks
Government legal spend through its central panel of external advisers fell by more than a third last year, with the findings coming as a long-awaited review of the roster kicked off in earnest earlier this month. Figures released by the Government ...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Magic circle duo post healthy retention rates for trainee intakes
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy (A&O) have announced trainee retention rates for their first intake of 2012, with both firms set to see 89% of their newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) staying on. Freshfields has offered 42 of its 46 Feb...
24 Jan 2012 | 11:51
Freshfields recruits first-ever COO for Stateside operations
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed its first-ever chief operating officer for its US arm, with the hire of Sullivan & Cromwell's former chief legal personnel and development officer. Andrea Locklear started at the magic circle firm this m...
23 Jan 2012 | 08:05
Freshfields and Links lead on PFI monoline swap-out
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have taken lead roles on the first private finance initiative (PFI) monoline insurance company replacement since the start of the global financial crisis. The deal has seen Ambac Assurance UK – the gu...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00
CC and Freshfields advise as 11 banks issue £2.36bn of structured debt to ports group
Clifford Chance (CC) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken roles on a £2.36bn issuance of new debt by Associated British Ports (ABP), the largest ports group in the UK. CC structured debt partner Steve Curtis led the firm’s team advising...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Freshfields, DLA and Travers head up PE buyout of legal outsourcer CPA
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, DLA Piper and Travers Smith have won lead roles on the sale of legal process outsourcer CPA Global to private equity firm Cinven, reports the Am Law Daily. London-based mezzanine lender Intermediate Capital Group (IC...
19 Jan 2012 | 10:49
Freshfields LLPs show £2.5m pay for top earner and audited revenue dip
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's highest-paid member took home £2.5m last year, a 7% decrease on the top figure of £2.7m paid out in 2010. The figure, contained within the firm's recently filed limited liability partnership accounts, is understoo...
18 Jan 2012 | 15:12 | 1 comment
Hogan and Freshfields act on Barclays sale of infra portfolio
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hogan Lovells have taken lead roles on the £143m sale of 26 private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) projects by two infrastructure funds managed by Barclays. Freshfields advised Barc...
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 
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