Global law firm Freshfields has today announced a partnership with The Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London to give a select group of future trainees the opportunity to study for an LL.M  in Law & Technology. 

Freshfields has advised RTL Deutschland on entering into a binding agreement to acquire all shares in Sky Deutschland, thereby taking over Sky’s operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, including customer relationships in Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol. Seller is the US media group Comcast.

Three Freshfields partners have been selected to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers guide for 2025.

Global law firm Freshfields has advised Merck KGaA, a leading science and technology company, on the financing of the purchase price for the acquisition of U.S. biopharma company SpringWorks Therapeutics.

Global law firm Freshfields has advised IFBH Limited on the Hong Kong and US law aspects of its US$147.6 million listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Partner and Global Co-Head of Strategic Risk Management Beth George has been recognized as a Women Leader in Tech Law, Regulatory honoree at the California Legal Awards. 

Freshfields advised Super Micro Computer, Inc. (“Supermicro” or the “Company”) on its offering of $2.3 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”). 

Global law firm Freshfields has advised Danish private equity firm GRO Capital (GRO) on its acquisition of AIMMS, a Netherlands-based pioneer in supply chain and decision optimisation software. The deal marks GRO’s first investment in the Benelux region.