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Freshfields Signs with Tishman Speyer for First San Francisco Office
London-based law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP has leased approximately 18,000 square feet at One Bush St. for its first San Francisco office, reported the San Francisco Business Times. The lease occupies the entire 17th floor of the Tishman Speyer-owned One Bush.
The lease expands the Bay Area presence of Freshfields, perhaps best known for its M&A and antitrust work. It opened a 40,000-square-foot Silicon Valley office at 855 Main St. in Redwood City in 2021.
A source told the Business Times that Freshfields may have been drawn to San Francisco by the city’s growing reputation as the artificial intelligence capital of the world. Observers have said the AI sector’s growth could prompt a tangential boom in industries remaking themselves to serve AI, including the legal sector, the Business Times reported.
It’s not known whether Freshfields used brokers in leasing the space. Leasing at the 297,000-square-foot One Bush is handled by Tishman Speyer’s Allen Palmer and Patrick Devinger.
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