Fresh
off
adopting
a
“one-size-fits-all”
office
policy
for
partners
and
associates
alike,
Freshfields
has
made
another
announcement
to
welcome
New
York
attorneys
to
its
new
space
at
3
World
Trade
Center:
with
the
new
turf
will
come
a
new
hybrid
work
policy.
Come
May
1,
fee
earners
at
Freshfields,
including
partners,
associates,
and
legal
assistants,
among
others,
will
be
expected
to
spend
four
days
working
at
the
office
each
week.
As
noted
by
the
American
Lawyer,
the
firm
has
not
yet
announced
the
specifics
for
what
in-office
schedules
will
look
like
for
other
staff
and
business
services
team
members.
Freshfields
—
which
took
home
$2,276,264,000
gross
revenue
in
2022,
putting
it
at
No.
17
on
the
2023
Global
100
—
now
joins
the
following
firms
that
have
announced
four-day
in-office
work
policies:
Davis
Polk;
Ropes
&
Gray;
Simpson
Thacher;
Skadden
Arps;
Vinson
&
Elkins;
and
Weil
Gotshal.
How
is
your
firm
mandating
(or
not)
in-office
attendance?
As
soon
as
you
find
out
about
office
attendance
plans
at
your
firm,
please email
us (subject
line:
“[Firm
Name]
Office
Reopening”)
or
text
us
at
(646)
820-8477.
We
always
keep
our
sources
on
stories
anonymous.
There’s
no
need
to
send
a
memo
(if
one
exists)
using
your
firm
email
account;
your
personal
email
account
is
fine.
If
a
memo
has
been
circulated,
please
be
sure
to
include
it
as
proof;
we
like
to
post
complete
memos
as
a
service
to
our
readers.
You
can
take
a
photo
of
the
memo
and
attach
as
a
picture
if
you
are
worried
about
metadata
in
a
PDF
or
Word
file.
Thanks.
Freshfields
the
Latest
to
Move
to
4
Days
in
US
Offices
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