Four more names have been added to the growing list of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partners who are known to have retired from the partnership, three of whom have quit the firm altogether.

Hamburg corporate partner Dieter Zwicker retired from the magic circle firm in March. He joined Freshfields in 1991 and practised general corporate and commercial law, as well as advising on foreign investments in US property.

High-profile London partner Barry O'Brien is taking up a consultancy role in the magic circle firm in order to avoid his pension entitlement being detrimentally affected by a new scheme introduced on 1 May.