Law.com reports on Freshfields tech move to Berlin…
Freshfields plans to create a new legal support and technology development hub in Berlin, in a move that could lead to the creation of 100 new jobs.
The planned hub will be based in Freshfields’ existing Berlin office and, according to the firm, will not result in any job losses.
About 40 of the new positions will be fintech or legal tech jobs, while approximately 60 will be legal support positions, the firm said. The hub is expected to serve the whole of continental Europe.
Freshfields currently has six partners and some 130 staff in Berlin.
The new Berlin hub comes after the Magic Circle firm opened a back office and legal support center in Manchester in 2015, which now houses approximately 700 staff.
