of offices eleven no . of lawyers 360 163 partners & 200 other lawyers major practice areas general practice revenue 100 million date founded 1989 london company type limited liability partnership website www.fieldfisher.com fieldfisher llp is a multinational law firm headquartered in london united kingdom . the firm has practices in sectors including real estate energy financial services government & public services hotels & leisure life sciences media telecoms and technology . fieldfisher has over 150 partners 210 other lawyers and nearly 300 support staff across offices in brussels d sseldorf hamburg paris london manchester milan munich rome silicon valley and shanghai . contents 1 history 2 practice areas 3 external links 4 references history edit the history of the firm can be traced back almost two centuries and the structure has changed significantly in that time . the main mergers which created the firm in its current form happened within living memory and many of the partners and staff who originally started with one of the legacy firms which went on to form field fisher waterhouse are still working for the firm . in 1835 edwin field established the law firm field roscoe & co. in 1865 theodore waterhouse founded waterhouse & co. in 1897 charles fisher started his articles with thomas peacock which later became tf peacock fisher . in 1930 field roscoe merged with treherne higgins . in 1969 tf peacock fisher and field roscoe merged to form field fisher & co. in 1972 martineau and reid mergeed with field fisher & co to become field fisher martineau . field fisher waterhouse was created in 1989 following the merger of waterhouse & co and field fisher martineau . both firms moved from their original offices and came together to the vine street premises in june 1990 . waterhouse & co was originally located near st paul s cathedral and in 1971 there were just nine partners . at this time all law firms were fairly small as up until 1968 law firms were not permitted to have more than twenty partners . shell was a key client of waterhouse & co at the time and the firm worked on all shell s real estate deals in particular its move to the shell building in the 1950s . it was the firm s relationship with shell which led to the development of the japanese desk following a recommendation by shell to mitsubishi bank . field fisher martineau was located at lincoln s inn house in holborn close to red lion square a very convenient location for the law courts . in 1990 the firm moved to minories in aldgate . the last major addition to the firm took place in 1998 when allison & humphreys a & h merged with field fisher waterhouse . a & h was a media and communications specialist and therefore complemented field fisher waterhouse s it and internet expertise . the bbc was one of the key clients that a & h lawyers brought with them to the firm . in june 2006 field fisher waterhouse converted to llp status . in 2007 the firm took its first steps into europe . in april 2007 offices were set up in brussels and hamburg and the shortly after in november 2007 an office in paris was established . the firm has since gone from strength to strength hiring over 40 laterals in the last three years . its most recent additions were the opening of the two new german offices in munich and d sseldorf . in september 2012 an office in silicon valley palo alto california was set up . in 2013 field fisher ryser was launched in shanghai . on the 1st of april 2014 field fisher waterhouse merged with manchester firm heatons . in may 2014 the firm was renamed fieldfisher . the last major internal appointments were in march 2013 when matthew lohn was appointed as the senior partner and michael chissick was appointed to take up the post of managing partner . practice areas edit the firm s main areas of practice are corporate ip technology and regulatory law . the firm also has expertise in areas such as banking and finance financial services real estate dispute resolution personal injury and medical negligence . there is a strong international dimension to the firm s work with international work representing 20 % of total revenue . beyond europe the firm has clients in the us china japan and india . external links edit official website careers website personal injury & medial negligence website references edit v t e legal services in the united kingdom law of the united kingdom economy of the united kingdom law firms largest firms in the uk europe worldwide current addleshaw goddard allen & overy anderson strathern ashurst asons blm berwin leighton paisner bird & bird blake morgan bristows brodies browne jacobson burges salmon burness paull clifford chance clyde & co cms cameron mckenna co operative dac beachcroft dentons1 dickson minto dla piper2 dwf eversheds farrer & co fieldfisher freshfields bruckhaus deringer gowling wlg3 herbert smith freehills hill dickinson hogan lovells2 holman fenwick willan ince & co irwin mitchell king & wood 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