Elite London firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to be put on a high profile human rights group’s ‘dirty list’ of firms connected to business interests in Burma – one of the first times a major legal adviser has been targeted for aiding controversial projects or regimes.

The UK-based Burma Campaign, which is backed by a number of high level British patrons, told Legal Week Global that Freshfields would be added to the list along with its client, Malaysian state oil company Petronas.