Fourth raid on Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Dusseldorf Raids in top law firms are extremely rare. At Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer it’s different. This week, prosecutors again visited the Parktower next to the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the German headquarters of Freshfields. It was the fourth raid on the top lawyers. The investigators confiscated documents and copied data carriers during the search, which lasted several days, and caused a lot of unrest among the lawyers.

A Freshfields spokesman said: “In connection with ongoing investigations into share transactions over the dividend date, the Cologne Public Prosecutor’s Office has asked us to hand over documents to our Frankfurt office. The search was concluded and the law firm itself was not involved in the proceedings. The law firm cooperates with the public prosecutor’s office “in compliance with their confidentiality obligations and relevant court decisions.”