Editing Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

{{News release|date=January 2009}}

{{Infobox Law Firm
| name           = Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
| logo           = [[File:Fried-frank-logo.JPG|frameless|Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson]]
| headquarters    = [[1 New York Plaza]]<br>[[New York City]]
| num_offices     = 5
| num_attorneys   = 468<ref name = "nlj">{{cite news | url = http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202435276422&_Worst_Year__for_Lawyer_Headcount_in__Decades__Says_NLJ__Survey | title = 2009 Worst Year for Lawyer Headcount in 3 Decades, Says NLJ 250 Survey |last = Jones |first = Leigh| work = The National Law Journal|format= Published at law.com|date = November 9, 2009| accessdate = November 11, 2009}}</ref>
| practice_areas  = General practice
| key_people      = David Greenwald, chair<ref name = "WSJ Law Blog">{{cite news | url = https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2013/07/24/fried-frank-picks-goldman-sachs-lawyer-to-lead-firm/ | title = Fried Frank Picks Goldman Sachs Lawyer To Lead Firm |last = Smith |first = Jennifer| work = The Wall Street Journal Law Blog | date = July 24, 2013}}</ref>
| revenue         = {{gain}} [[United States dollar|US$]] 504.5 Million (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202751870681/The-Am-Law-100-A-Big-Year-for-Fried-Frank-as-New-Strategy-Pays-Off|accessdate=2016-03-10}}</ref>
| date_founded    = 1890s
| company_type    = [[Limited liability partnership]]
| homepage        = www.friedfrank.com 
}}
'''Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP''' is an [[international]] [[law firm]] with offices in [[New York City]], [[Washington, DC]], [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Frankfurt]]. The firm was founded in New York City and currently employs 468 [[Lawyer|attorneys]] worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friedfrank.com/index.cfm?pageID=4|title=Fried Frank > Attorneys|publisher=}}</ref> 

== History ==
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.<ref>Anthony Lin, 'Can the 'Jewish Law Firm' Success Story Be Duplicated?,' ''New York Law Journal'', May 16, 2006. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/careercenter/lawArticleCareerCenter.jsp?id=1147696528718.</ref> 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 seven offices. Domestically, it opened a Washington, D.C. office in 1949. Fried Frank also opened a Los Angeles office in 1985, but closed it in 2005. In 1970, Fried Frank opened a [[London]] office becoming one of the first U.S. law firms to establish a European presence. A Paris office followed in 1993. It opened in [[Frankfurt]] in 2004. The three European offices tend to focus on international corporate transactions. The firm officially launched an office in [[Shanghai]] in October 2007.

Efforts to merge with an established UK law firm have been unsuccessful. In 2002, Fried Frank engaged in extenstive talks with UK giant [[Ashurst (law firm)|Ashurst]] Morris Crisp,<ref name = "merger1tromans">{{cite news | url = http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/news/1182976/ashursts-fried-frank-transatlantic-merger-bid | title = Ashursts and Fried Frank in transatlantic merger bid  |last = Tromans  |first = Richard | work = Legal Week|format= Published online|date = May 16, 2002| accessdate = November 11, 2009}}</ref> but talks fell apart. Fried Frank in 2004 hired Ashurst's former managing partner, Justin Spendlove.<ref name = "merger1collins">{{cite news | url = 
http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/news/1169566/spendlove-quits-ashurst-fried-frank | title = 
Spendlove quits Ashurst for Fried Frank  |last = Collins   |first = Antony | work = Legal Week|format= Published online|date = March 19, 2004| accessdate = November 11, 2009}}</ref>

In December 2006, the firm opened its [[Hong Kong]] office, raiding the Hong Kong and [[Shanghai]] offices of the [[London]] based international firm [[Simmons & Simmons]], and recruiting their greater China managing partner, [[Huen Wong]] and other key partners. But in January 2015, Fried Frank announced it was closing its offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai, effectively pulling the plug on its Asia practice.

In March 2009, Fried Frank announced it was laying off 41 associates and 58 staff members.<ref name = "amlaw">{{cite news | url = 
http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2009/03/fried-frank-is-laying-off-99-people-including-41-associates-according-to-a-memo-sent-out-this-morning.html | title = 
Fried, Frank Lays Off 41 Associates, 58 Staffers  |last = Lowe |first = Zach| work = The Am Law Daily|format= Published by The American Lawyer|date = March 30, 2009| accessdate = November 11, 2009}}</ref> By September 2009, its attorney head count had shrunk 26.4 percent, the largest percentage decrease of any of the 250 largest law firms in the country.<ref name = "nlj" />

== Practice ==

From January 1, 2002 through the second quarter of 2006, the firm represented clients in over 410 public merger and acquisition and private equity transactions with a combined value of over $1 trillion. 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 is predominant in New York City, and the firm handles many of the largest transactions involving commercial office space.

==Representative clients==
{{colbegin|3}}
* [[AEA Investors]]
* [[American Express]]
* [[Banc of America Securities]]
* [[Merrill Lynch]]
* [[Bell South]]
* [[BlackRock]]
* [[Delta & Pine Land]]
* [[Deutsche Bank]]
* [[Goldman Sachs]]
* [[Humana]]
* [[Invensys]]
* [[JP Morgan Chase]]
* [[Merck & Co.]]
* [[MGM]]
* [[Morgan Stanley]]
* [[Northrop Grumman]]
* [[New Mountain Capital]]
* [[ONEOK]]
* [[Permira]]
* [[Procter & Gamble]]
* [[Televisa]]
* [[Tishman Speyer Properties]]
* [[Tracinda]]
* [[UBS]]
* [[Urenco]]
{{colend}}

==Pro bono==
Fried Frank has been listed as one of the top twenty firms in the United States for pro bono by The American Lawyer.
The firm has worked on behalf of such organizations as the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the [[Children’s Defense Fund]], the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, the [[Legal Aid Society]], Legal Counsel for the Elderly, the [[Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund]], the [[NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund]], the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], [[the MINDS Foundation]] and the Veterans Pro Bono Consortium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friedfrank.com/index.cfm?pageID=55|title=Fried Frank > Pro Bono Publico|publisher=}}</ref>
Fried Frank was listed by [[Law360]] as the Pro Bono Firm of 2013, which recognized its experience in immigration law and public health law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law360.com/articles/469840/pro-bono-firm-of-2013-fried-frank|title=Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Fried Frank - Law360|publisher=law360.com}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
*[[Michael R. Bromwich]]
*[[Douglas J. Feith]]
*[[Martin D. Ginsburg]]
*[[Jason Greenblatt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/meet-trumps-israel-adviser/|title=Meet Trump’s Israel adviser|publisher=timesofisrael.com}}</ref>
*[[Max Kampelman]]
*[[Harvey Pitt]]
*[[Jed Rakoff]]
*[[Sargent Shriver]]
*[[William Howard Taft IV]]
*[[Marc Zell]]
*[[Vanessa Ruiz]]

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://www.friedfrank.com/ Official website]

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 '''Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP''' is an [[international]] [[law firm]] with offices in [[New York City]], [[Washington, DC]], [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Frankfurt]]. The firm was founded in New York City and currently employs 468 [[Lawyer|attorneys]] worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friedfrank.com/index.cfm?pageID=4|title=Fried Frank > Attorneys|publisher=}}</ref>