Field Fisher

History Origins to 2000 The origins of Fieldfisher can be traced back to the founding of the law firm Field Roscoe & Co. by Edwin Wilkins Field in 1835. 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, Field Roscoe and TF Peacock Fisher merged to form Field Fisher & Co. In 1972, Field Fisher & Co. merged with Martineau and Reid to become Field Fisher Martineau. Field Fisher Waterhouse was created in 1989 by the merger of Field Fisher Martineau and Waterhouse & Co.[5] In 1998 Field Fisher Waterhouse merged with Allison & Humphreys (A&H).[6] A&H was a media and communications specialist and complemented Field Fisher Waterhouse’s IT and internet expertise.[6] The BBC was one of the key clients that A&H lawyers brought to the firm.[6] 2000 to present Fieldfisher's head office at Swan Lane in London (building in the background) In June, 2006 Field Fisher Waterhouse converted to LLP status. In 2007, the firm took its first steps into Europe; in April offices were established in Brussels and Hamburg,[7][8] and in November an office in Paris was opened.[9] The firm subsequently opened additional German offices in Munich and Düsseldorf.[10] In September 2012, the firm opened an office in Palo Alto, California.[11] On 1 April 2014, Field Fisher Waterhouse merged with the Manchester-based law firm Heatons.[12][13] In May 2014 the firm was renamed Fieldfisher.[14] In July 2016 Fieldfisher merged with the Italian law firm Studio Associato Servizi Professionali Integrati (SASPI), which had offices in Milan, Rome, Venice and Turin.[15] SASPI changed its name to Fieldfisher upon completion of the merger.[15][3] In November 2016 Fieldfisher merged with the Birmingham-based commercial law firm Hill Hofstetter.[16][17] In the same month Fieldfisher merged with the Beijing-based law firm JS Partners.[18][19] In May 2017, Fieldfisher launched an Amsterdam office[20] and in 2018 it opened in Frankfurt, Luxembourg and Belfast. Fieldfisher merged with Spanish firm JAUSAS in September 2018, to add Madrid and Barcelona to its network of offices.[21] In May 2019 it was announced the firm had merged with Irish law firm McDowell Purcell, effective 1 May 2019.[22]