Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (often simply referred to as Freshfields) is a law firm based in the Fleet Street area of the City of London, England. The firm has 515 partners and principal consultants, and 2,463 lawyers, in 28 offices throughout Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.

The London branch was established as long ago as 1743, and today is easily the largest in the firm with 181 partners. Dubai is the newest location, having opened in 2005 with one partner and three other lawyers. Sizeable offices also exist in Frankfurt (59 partners), Paris (39), Düsseldorf (32), Cologne (22), and Hamburg (20).

Freshfields London branch comprises 500,000 sq. ft of office space at 65 Fleet Street (Whitefriars), 26-28 Tudor Street (Northcliffe House), 22 Tudor Street, 10 Bouverie Street and 11/12 Bouverie Street. Some of these premises have a previous association with printing and the newspaper industry. 65 Fleet Street used to be the headquarters of The Sun newspaper and Associated Newspapers used to own Northcliffe House. No. 10 Bouverie Street was once home to Punch Magazine. When Reuters moved out of Fleet Street in 2005, however, the area's long and famous (or indeed infamous) connection with newspapers ended. The area itself is a popular location for law firms, being just a short distance from The Inner Temple and the Royal Courts of Justice.

Freshfields Bruckaus Deringer is famous for being the blue-blood firm and they are also known for being stingy bastards.