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Article: LAWYER IN NEW YORK: Freshfields targets quality litigators.
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- The Lawyer
- Article date:
- July 20, 2009
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Cracking the US litigation market has long been a challenge for the magic circle. Even the most ambitious and capable of UK firms have found competing with US heavyweights on their home turf troubling.
But Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer does not seem intimidated. Last week (13 July) TheLawyer.com reported that the magic circle firm had hired Bank of America general counsel David Onorato to bulk up its New York litigation practice.
The move comes six months after the firm hired a trio of high-flying litigation partners to kickstart the US disputes practice. Aaron Marcu and Adam Siegel joined from Covington & Burling, while Benito Romano came on ...