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Headquartered in London, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer operates as a law firm. The firm provides practices in the areas of antitrust, tax, and intellectual property law. The UK LLP firm has offices or associated entities in Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, China, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP has offices in New York City, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C.
In 1743, Samuel Dodd, a founder, is appointed attorney to the Bank of England. In 1788, Winter & Kaye, the antecedent of Freshfields, begins advising "father of the factory" Sir Richard Arkwright. In 1840, the precursor firm of Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Löber is founded in Hamburg and builds a solid "Hanseatic" shipping and trade practice and through that a public international law practice. In 1972, the company's Paris office is opened. Another thirteen offices across continental Europe follow in the next twenty-eight years. In 1977, the New York office is opened, followed by a Washington office in 1998.
In 1980, Freshfields Asia presence is established with a Singapore office, followed by Beijing, Shanghai, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Tokyo and Hong Kong. In 1998, Bruckhaus Westrick Stegemann merges with Vienna-based Heller Löber Bahn & Partner to form Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Löber. In 2000, Freshfields merges with German firm Deringer Tessin Herrmann & Sedemund and German–Austrian firm Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Löber to form Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. In 2005, the Dubai office is opened, followed by the Bahrain office and the Abu Dhabi office over the next three years. In 2015, The company opens The Global Centre in Manchester, UK. Among its services is the Legal Services Centre, an alternative for process-oriented legal services.
