Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Bredin Prat M&A and corporate partner Olivier Rogivue to join its Paris team.

Rogivue has been a partner at Bredin Prat – Slaughter and May's best friend firm – for the last six years. He trained with Slaughters, spending 11 years working across the firm's London and Paris offices before joining its French ally.

He is an English and French-qualified lawyer with experience of advising large industrial clients in France and in relation to international transactions.