Law Firm Profile
Fried Frank By Teresa Cajot Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson LLP is an AmLaw 60 law firm with offices in New York; Washington, DC; London; Paris; Frankfurt; Hong Kong; and Shanghai. The firm’s clients include a number of the largest companies, financial institutions, and investment firms in the world.
Although the firm’s roots can be traced to the turn of the century, the modern Fried Frank was established in 1971. The firm’s name partners include Walter Fried, Hans Frank, Sam Harris, Sargant Shriver, and Leslie Jacobsen. The firm’s New York office largely focuses on public mergers and acquisitions and private equity, domestic and international capital markets and complex financings, asset management, corporate governance, securities enforcement and regulation, corporate reorganization, bankruptcy and debt restructuring, antitrust, intellectual property and technology, securities and shareholder litigation, white collar crime, and internal investigations. The firm’s Washington, DC location, which was established in 1949, serves clients in the areas of corporate transactions, antitrust tax, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, commercial litigation, securities regulation and enforcement, intellectual property and technology, government contracts, and white collar crime and internal investigations.
the opening of the Paris office in 1993 and the Frankfurt office in 2004. Other international offices followed in 2006 and 2007 with the establishment of its Hong Kong and Shanghai offices. All of the firm’s international offices specialize in the following practice areas: capital markets, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate practices. In addition to serving multinational corporate leaders, Fried Frank’s clients also include not-for-profit organizations; local, state, and government entities; foreign governments; associations that serve major professions, and individuals. The firm strongly believes in the necessity of a healthy work/ life balance and supports programs that foster such a balance. Fried Frank’s 468 attorneys are provided with guidance, training, and feedback to allow for professional growth while personal needs are recognized through flexible assignment and work schedule options. Through the flexible assignment arrangement, new associates also have the opportunity to test out various practice areas before selecting an area of focus.
Fried Frank was one of the first US law firms to open an office in Europe. The opening of its London office was followed by
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