Tag: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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Oct 29 2015 9:51am

Freshfields is doubling its office space in Manchester

Magic circle giant gets serious about northshoring trainee-level work

Oct 23 2015 12:04pm

Freshfields posts 83% newly qualified lawyer retention rate

Anglo-German magic circle giant makes 43 offers -- and is snubbed by three new lawyers

Aug 17 2015 10:26am

Freshfields chucks £500 pay rise at trainees as top partners take home nearly £1.5m

Latest magic circle player to update pay gives newly-qualified solicitors a big fat nothing

Jun 9 2015 1:45pm

Freshfields: ‘no confidential material used’ by trainee who sold ‘inside tips’ to magic circle hopefuls

Magic circle giant Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has concluded its investigation into the trainee behind controversial...

Jun 11 2013 1:09pm

The Freshfields trainee selling insider training contract interview tips for £150 a pop

Exclusive: NailThatTrainingContract.co.uk appeared online a few days ago. It offers “inside tips from a current...

Jun 7 2013 12:06pm

Did Freshfields’ Olympics Sponsorship Come Out Of The Pro Bono Budget?

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s sponsorship of the Olympics cost it £10 million. The firm’s most recent...

Aug 15 2012 10:03am

Lawyers Are Like Meerkats And Naked Vole Rats, Claims Ex-Freshfields Managing Partner

Thought that corporate law was all about the survival of the fittest and the drive...

Jul 23 2012 9:29am

‘Employees Too Stressed To Eat Or Sleep’: Ex-Freshields Lawyer Goes Public On Life In The Magic Circle

The high wages paid by City law firms are a kind of “risk money” to...

Jul 5 2012 10:04am

How To Go From Corporate Law Into Human Rights Academia

Most people don’t stay at the law firms they join as trainees all that long....

Jun 8 2012 3:08pm

Greedy Associates: Freshfields Temp Scheme Could Freeze Junior Lawyer Pay For a Generation

There’s a growing consensus that junior corporate lawyers are overpaid, with a recent (paywalled) survey...

May 22 2012 1:25pm

Ambivalent Germans Fret Over Bribery Rules As Freshfields Launches London 2012 Tie-Up

Last night, with just 99 days to go to the London Olympics, Anglo-German law firm...

Apr 20 2012 11:46am

Superbrands Top 500: A Worrying Signal For The Human Race

If I were to tell you that I like pizza slightly more than Cornwall, but...

Mar 20 2012 10:06am

EXCLUSIVE: Freshfields Celebrates International Women’s Day With Cake-Baking Competition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which has one of the lowest percentages of female partners (12%) of...

Mar 9 2012 1:28pm

Freshfields Trainees in Pretend Homelessness Adventure

Magic circle giant Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has given its trainee solicitors a rare break from...

Feb 23 2012 2:18pm

I Know, Let’s Call it…LawVest!

No one seems entirely sure what LawVest, the new DLA Piper-backed alternative business structure (ABS),...

Feb 20 2012 1:46pm

City Pro Bono Falls: Airfare Savings?

As City pro bono hours drop, Alasdair Stewart of pro bono charity LawWorks is buoyed...

Feb 8 2012 10:47am

Pro Bono Plunges Across The Magic Circle

As the slashing of the legal aid budget nears, it has become common to hear...

Feb 7 2012 11:01am