Allen & Overy might have finalized its merger with Shearman & Sterling. But it isn’t the only bet on the coveted U.S. market by one of the U.K.’s major law firms that’s garnered attention.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s own aggressive U.S. expansion in the past few years has too been held out by market commentators as one of the most dynamic strategies of any new market entrant.