Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Headquarters | 1 New York Plaza New York City |
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No. of offices | 4 |
No. of attorneys | 514[1] |
Major practice areas | General practice |
Key people | David Greenwald, chair[2] |
Revenue | US$ $684 Million (2019)[3] |
Date founded | 1890s |
Company type | Limited liability partnership |
Website | www.friedfrank.com [14] |
Headquarters | 1 New York Plaza New York City |
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No. of offices | 4 |
No. of attorneys | 514[1] |
Major practice areas | General practice |
Key people | David Greenwald, chair[2] |
Revenue | US$ $684 Million (2019)[3] |
Date founded | 1890s |
Company type | Limited liability partnership |
Website | www.friedfrank.com [14] |
History
Former logo
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson traces its origins back nearly a century to the predecessor firms Riegelman & Bach, Riegelman Hess & Strasser and Strasser Spiegelberg Fried and Frank. These firms were founded by German Jewish attorneys.[5] In 1971, the firm took its current form with name partners Walter Fried, Hans Frank, Sam Harris, Sargent Shriver and Leslie Jacobson.
Fried Frank has four offices. Domestically, it opened a Washington, D.C. office in 1949. Fried Frank also opened a Los Angeles office in 1986, but closed it in 2005. In 1970, Fried Frank opened a London office. A Paris satellite office followed in 1993 and has since closed. It opened in Frankfurt in 2004. In December 2006, the firm opened its Hong Kong office, recruiting the greater China managing partner of Simmons & Simmons, Huen Wong and other key partners. The firm officially launched an office in Shanghai in October 2007. In January 2015, Fried Frank announced it was closing its offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai, effectively pulling the plug on its Asia practice[6].
In March 2009, Fried Frank announced it was laying off 41 associates and 58 staff members.[9]
The firm posted its best-ever financial year in 2016. In its fifth consecutive year of growth in several key financial metrics, the firm saw gross revenue rise 7.9 percent in 2019, to $684.8 million, up from $634.9 million the year before. Revenue per lawyer rose 3.1 percent, to $1.33 million, while its profits per partner jumped 11.1 percent, to $3.26 million, double what it was five years earlier.[10]
Practice
The New York office has practices in public M&A and private equity; domestic and international capital markets and complex financings; asset management; corporate governance; securities regulation, compliance and enforcement; corporate reorganization, bankruptcy and debt restructuring; antitrust; intellectual property and technology; securities and shareholder litigation; white-collar crime; commercial litigation; real estate; benefits and compensation; tax; and trusts and estates.
The Washington office focuses on securities litigation and investigations, but also handles corporate law, tax, intellectual property and technology, commercial litigation, government contracts, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, and white-collar crime.
Fried Frank's real estate practice operates in New York City.