Judicial clerks

When it matters most.

Freshfields is the perfect place to build on your clerkship experience. Our US litigation team includes 15 partners, 2 counsel and more than 50 associates representing global clients in arbitration, complex commercial litigation, white collar defense and antitrust litigation matters, many with international scope. The group includes sixteen former clerks from the Second, Ninth and D.C. Circuits, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the International Court of Justice.

Our US litigation group offers a unique opportunity for lawyers in their first few years of practice. With more than 2,500 lawyers in 27 offices worldwide, Freshfields handles cutting-edge legal issues in every major jurisdiction. This gives Freshfields' US practice a global depth that few, if any, US firms can match; our US associates routinely work on cross-border matters with colleagues throughout our international network. In a globalizing market, this international exposure provides Freshfields associates with an incomparable learning opportunity and access to the most interesting and complicated legal challenges facing companies and individuals today.

We have a thriving domestic litigation practice as well. Our litigation team represents public companies, financial institutions, foreign governments and corporate executives and directors in grand jury and regulatory enforcement investigations, arbitrations and complex commercial, securities and white collar litigation. Our lawyers work in small teams, which both enables our associates to take significant responsibility on their matters and provides them with the opportunity to work closely with more experienced attorneys. Our associates also have opportunities to experience temporary secondments in Freshfields offices in other parts of the world, or with one of our major clients, where they can work for a few months on the client side.

By the numbers:

• $80 billion: Value of Freshfields' currently active US-based arbitrations, complex civil litigations, and white collar defense matters
• $30 billion: At stake in one of Freshfields' currently active investment treaty arbitrations, among the largest ever filed
• 64: Number of countries where we have conducted investigations
• 30: Number of clients around the world presently seeking advice from Freshfields' US offices on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

What the directories say:

• "Simply the best in the areas of international arbitration and litigation." - Legal 500 U.S.
• "[R]ecommended for its impressive capabilities in white-collar criminal and regulatory enforcement and internal investigation matters, as well as civil litigation cases." - Chambers USA
• "Band 1" for international arbitration. - Chambers USA, Chambers Latin America, Legal 500 US
• "[P]rovides 'excellent, responsive and business-oriented advice' across a waterfront of issues, from securities fraud matters to criminal antitrust violations." - Legal 500 US
• "Highly recommended" for U.S. litigation. - Benchmark Litigation

Please follow these links for more information about our U.S. commercial and securities litigation, white collar defense and arbitration practices.

If you are interested in joining our rapidly growing team, please contact our US Legal Recruitment Coordinator Ashley Concini who would be delighted to discuss your post-clerkship plans with you.

Meet the team