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Freshfields Receives Top Tier Rankings in Legal 500 US 2024
Freshfields has received cross-practice recognition in the 2024 Legal 500 United States rankings. Highlights include Tier 1 rankings for:
- Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration, for which the firm has been continuously ranked Tier 1 for the past 15 years
- M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Corporate Governance
Additional practice recognitions include:
- Antitrust – Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
- Antitrust – Merger Control
- Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense – Advice to Corporates
- Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes
- Dispute Resolution – International Litigation
- Dispute Resolution – M&A Litigation: Defense
- Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense
- Finance – Capital Markets: Debt Offerings – Advice to Issuers
- Finance – Capital Markets: Debt Offerings – Advice to Underwriters
- Finance – Capital Markets: Equity Offerings – Advice to Issuers
- Finance – Capital Markets: Equity Offerings – Advice to Managers
- Finance – Commercial Lending – Advice to Borrowers
- Healthcare – Life Sciences
- International Trade – CFIUS
- International Trade – Customs, Exports Controls and Economic Sanctions
- Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, Retirement Plans: Transactional
- M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Shareholder Activism – Advice to Boards
- Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Media, Technology and Telecoms – Technology Transactions
- Tax – International Tax
- Tax – US Taxes: Non-Contentious
27 Freshfields lawyers received individual rankings, in addition to recognition for dozens of other US lawyers across the firm’s corporate, dispute resolution and regulatory practices:
- Elizabeth Bieber (Next Generation Partner), Corporate Governance; Shareholder Activism: Advice to Boards
- Nigel Blackaby KC (Hall of Fame), International Arbitration
- Stephanie Brown Cripps (Next Generation Partner), Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
- Dennis Caracristi (Rising Star), Financial Products
- Mary Eaton (Leading Lawyer), M&A Litigation: Defense; Securities Litigation: Defense
- Sebastian Fain (Next Generation Partner), M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
- Boris Feldman (Hall of Fame), Securities Litigation: Defense
- Elliot Friedman (Leading Lawyer), International Arbitration
- Valerie Ford Jacob (Hall of Fame), Capital Markets: Debt Offerings; Capital Markets: Equity Offerings
- Jenny Hochenberg (Next Generation Partner), M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
- Vinita Kailasanath (Next Generation Partner), Life Sciences
- Ethan Klingsberg (Leading Lawyer), M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
- Meredith Kotler (Hall of Fame), M&A Litigation: Defense; (Leading Lawyer), Securities Litigation: Defense
- Christine Lyon (Leading Lawyer), Cyber Law
- Pamela Marcogliese (Hall of Fame), Corporate Governance; (Next Generation Partner), Capital Markets: Debt Offerings
- Aaron Marcu (Leading Lawyer), Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
- Noiana Marigo (Leading Lawyer), International Arbitration
- Paige von Mehren (Rising Star), International Litigation
- Caroline Richard (Leading Lawyer), International Arbitration
- Lee Rovinescu (Next Generation Partner), International Arbitration
- Jordan Salzman (Rising Star), Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
- Sarah Solum (Leading Lawyer), Capital Markets: Equity Offerings
- Claude Stansbury (Leading Lawyer), International Tax
- Nabeel Yousef (Next Generation Partner), Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
- Kimberly Zelnick (Next Generation Partner), International Litigation
- Damien Zoubek (Leading Lawyer), M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
- Taryn Zucker (Rising Star), Capital Markets: Equity Offerings
About Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a global law firm with a long-standing track record of successfully supporting the world's leading national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments on groundbreaking and business-critical mandates. Our 2,800-plus lawyers and other legal professionals deliver results worldwide through our own offices and alongside leading local firms. Our commitment, local and multinational expertise, and business know-how means our clients rely on us when it matters most.
Freshfields holds eight global Band 1 rankings from Chambers across antitrust, corporate/M&A, litigation, international arbitration, employee benefits, tax, public international law, and crisis management. For more information visit our home page.