Freshfields Pushes US Expansion, Despite Downturn in Deals Work

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is moving forward with its US expansion strategy, despite headwinds in one of the law firm’s key businesses: mergers and acquisitions.

The UK-founded firm expects to double the size of its US corporate practice in the next five years, said Paul Tiger, its head of US Transactions. Freshfields has made an aggressive push stateside in recent years, including by recruiting well-known dealmakers away from elite US competitors.

“We’re still trying to gain more scale, because we think there’s a big opportunity in the US market,” Tiger said in an interview. “We’re going to continue to make strategic ...