Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is bolstering its US litigation offering with the addition of former Sullivan & Cromwell partner Michael Lacovara, The Am Law Daily has learned.

Lacovara, who co-founded S&C’s Palo Alto office in 2000 and represented Microsoft in the federal government’s landmark antitrust case against the software giant, is due to join the UK-based firm’s New York office on Monday.