Dr. Viviane Fröhling

Viviane is a Counsel and Head of Knowledge Private M&A Continental Europe who focuses on private M&A. 

Her role involves capturing insights and analysing legal developments and market practice in the area of mergers and acquisitions and company law, developing knowledge products and legal training for the firm's clients and lawyers and providing advice on private M&A matters.

As a member of the firm's knowledge team, she connects people and knowledge to enable the firm's partners and associates to provide market-leading client services, support them in developing their legal skills and strengthen client relationships. In her role, Viviane works closely with partners, associates and colleagues form the knowledge and business development teams across the firm to ensure that clients benefit from the firm's leading expertise in the area of global transactions.

Viviane also has many years of experience in working with legal knowledge bases and is regularly involved in projects aimed at improving the firm's systems for knowledge capturing and making legal knowledge available.  

Before joining the firm's knowledge team, she was an associate in Freshfields' corporate / M&A practice, advising on international M&A transactions and company law matters. She also spent a few months working in the firm's Paris and (former) Barcelona offices.

Viviane speaks German, English and French and has basic knowledge of Spanish.