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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

General Information

Identification Code: 443913019286-78
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: LLP
Registration Category: Law firms
Registration Date: 10/22/2015
Last Update: 5/21/2024
EP Accredited Number: 7

Mission & Interests

Goals: We are a global law firm with a long-standing track record of successfully supporting the world’s leading national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments on groundbreaking and business-critical matters. The firm’s 2,800-plus lawyers deliver results worldwide through their own offices and alongside leading local firms. The firm’s commitment, local and multinational expertise, and business acumen means their clients rely on the firm when it matters most. Having a shared purpose and set of values gives us a common sense of identity. It sets a collective direction as we navigate the future for our clients and our people and ensures we continue to be a sustainable and responsible business. Further information on our purpose and values can be found here: https://www.freshfields.com/en-gb/about-us/purpose-and-values/
Interests Represented: Advances interests of their clients
Interests:
  • Banking and financial services
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Competition
  • Consumers
  • Culture and media
  • Digital economy and society
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Foreign affairs and security policy
  • Institutional affairs
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
  • Sport
  • Taxation
  • Trade
  • Transport
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Capital Markets Union; Initiatives on post-trade including EMIR 3.0, Retail financial services strategy and review of the Benchmarks Regulation; CRD6; Solvency II; Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD); CRA Regulation and Policy; European Central Bank Policy; Sustainable Finance regulation, including regular developments on EU Taxonomy Regulation and the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR); ESG ratings; Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD); Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD); EU Forced Labour regulation; Review of the Payment Services Directive (PSD3); Open finance proposal (FIDA); Anti-Money Laundering package; Digital Finance Strategy; Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA); Regulation on Digital Operational Resilience for the financial services sector (DORA) and Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2); Consumer Credit Directive (CCD); Instant Payments; Digital Euro; Digital Strategy; General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); GDPR Procedural Regulation; Regulation on ePrivacy concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications (ePrivacy Regulation); European Data Strategy including the Data Act, Data Governance Act, Cyber Resilience Act; In-vehicle data sharing; Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act; AI Liability Directive; Political Advertising; European Media Freedom Act; Standard Essential Patents; Product Liability; General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR); Digital platform regulation including the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA); EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS), Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), Renewable Energy Directive (REDIII) Regulation on CO2 emissions for cars and vans; Electricity market design; Regulation on carbon removal certification framework; Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains; Hydrogen and Gas Package; Net Zero Industry Act; Critical Raw Materials Act; 2040 climate targets; Industrial Carbon Management; Sustainable Batteries Regulation; F-gases Regulation; Circular Economy policies including Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, Right to Repair Directive, Ecodesign Regulation, Green Claims Directive, Waste Framework Directive, Empowering Consumers in the Green Transition; Policy on chemicals (REACH and classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substance); Competition policy; Market Definition; Horizontal Block Exemption Regulation (HBER); Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER); Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Screening; Foreign Subsidies Regulation; Taxation policies, including EU Directive on minimum taxation rate and the EU work on Pillar 1, the EU proposal on the use of shell entities (Unshell), DEBRA, financial transactions tax (FTT0, the regular update of the list of non-cooperative third country jurisdictions for tax purposes, BEFIT, SAFE, and a new EU common system for the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of tax abuse in the area of withholding taxes; DAC 8; EU – U.S./ UK trade relations, including in relation to financial services and data flows.
Communication Activities: We work with our lawyers globally to share insights on the most complex legal challenges, be it in relation to digitalisation, sustainability and competition/trade. In doing so, we produce blogposts, podcasts and briefings relating to the EU policies mentioned above. Our thinking can be found here: https://www.freshfields.com/en-gb/our-thinking/
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Sub-Group on Artifical Intelligence (AI), connected products and other new challenges in product safety#E00935/6#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100875 #MEMBER #C#Finance#Industry#Professionals
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: 100 Bishopsgate
Post Code: EC2P 2SR
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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EU Office

Address: Bastion Tower, Place du Champ de Mars 5
Post Code: 1050 Ixelles
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 15
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 7
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 22
Members F T E: 5
Info Members: While Freshfields has 22 people engaged in activities falling under the register, 7 spend under 50 percent of their working time on such activities and 15 spend significantly below 10 percent. The FTE should therefore be less than 5.5. However, 10 percent is the minimum that can be chosen for each person involved from the organisation expressed in percentage of working time.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Organisation Members: American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union; British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium; European Capital Markets Institute; QED, Society of European Affairs Professionals (SEAP); FIA; Cámara; multiple national bar associations.