Management structure

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a partnership. The firm’s principal policy body is the partnership council. It includes our two senior partners and 15 elected members, assisted by the partnership secretary.

The council delegates authority for day-to-day decision making to the central management team, comprising the two senior partners and the chief executive, assisted by the managing partner.

The senior partners are elected by the partners for a five-year term (renewable for one further five-year term). The chief executive and managing partner are appointed by the senior partners with the approval of the partnership council. Locally, each of our offices has its own office managing partner who is responsible for the management of the business and the reputation of the firm in each location.

As a partnership we do not have a traditional head office. Our largest office is in London.

As we are a private business, tax is principally the responsibility of the partners to pay individually, rather than the business.

For more information about our firm see www.freshfields.com.