Freshfields hedges bets with NY and London Olympic bids
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, one of the firms advising London 2012 pro bono on the capital’s bid for the Olympics, has also donated over $50,000 (£27,000) in support of a rival bid by New York. Freshfields, Clifford Chance, Ashurst and Berwin Leighton Paisner are all working pro bono on London’s bid, but only the first three are named as “major partners”. […]