A federal judge has awarded most of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s recent fee request but denied any further fee awards to the estate of Dewey & LeBoeuf. Both firms represented a receiver appointed to take control of properties and assets of an investment firm tied to a Ponzi scheme.

Denny Chin (See Profile), a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, awarded Freshfields about $1.2 million in its latest fee request on Dec. 23.