- Managing Partner: Matthew Lohn
- Number of partners: 154
- Assistant solicitors: 219
- Other fee-earners: 74
THE FIRM Field Fisher Waterhouse is a European law firm providing commercial solutions across a range of industry sectors. It has a particular focus on companies that are highly regulated and those with intellectual property and technology-driven business models.
The firm has over 150 partners, 220 other lawyers and nearly 300 support staff across offices in Brussels, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Paris, London, Manchester and Munich. International clients choose to work with the firm because it provides exceptional lawyers with industry expertise and strong commercial knowledge of clients’ businesses, enabling the firm to work with them to maximise their market opportunities.
Field Fisher Waterhouse is acknowledged as a leading expert in sectors such as technology and communications, hotels and leisure, and media, as well as for public sector work. Clients include listed and unlisted companies, multinationals, financial institutions, professional partnerships, trade associations and government departments. They value the firm’s flexible approach to teamwork and the fact that it shapes its structures and way of working to meet their specific needs.
PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK The firm’s main areas of practice are corporate, IP, technology and regulatory law. The firm also has leading expertise in areas such as banking and finance, financial services, real estate, dispute resolution, personal injury and medical negligence.
INTERNATIONAL There is a strong international dimension to the firm’s work,with international work representing 40% of total revenue. Beyond Europe, the firm has many long-established clients in the US, China, Japan and increasingly, India.
RECRUITMENT Field Fisher Waterhouse seeks to recruit high calibre individuals to support its continuing growth. The firm’s retention rates are excellent and many of the firm’s partners trained with the firm. All current vacancies are listed on Field Fisher Waterhouse’s website and online applications are welcomed.
Further information about the firm is available from the firm’s website at www.ffw.com