Freshfields LLP — United States

About

- Senior Partner: Georgia Dawson - Managing Partners: Alan Mason and Rick van Aerssen - US Managing Partner: Damien Zoubek - Number of partners: 500+ - Number of lawyers: 2,800+ - US Offices: New York, Washington DC, Boston, Silicon Valley / San Francisco ### Firm Overview Freshfields 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. ### Industries of Focus Freshfields boasts specialized industry lawyers to help our clients capitalize on sector-specific trends and developments around the world. While the firm covers a broad range of sectors, Freshfields is particularly strong in Life Sciences, Technology, Private Capital, FinTech and Industrials. ### Main Areas of Practice - Antitrust Freshfields has a proven track record in managing the most challenging cases in the most difficult jurisdictions, securing the right results where it matters most. The firm is among the leading firms advising on large-scale Second Request merger reviews, agency civil investigative demands, antitrust litigation and enforcement. - Capital Markets & Securities Freshfields’ capital markets team advises public and private companies and underwriters on a full range of debt and equity offerings, including IPOs. We advise pre-IPO companies holistically, from IPO preparation (including financings), post-IPO offerings, life as a public company and day-to-day needs. - Corporate/M&A Freshfields handle the largest and most complex domestic and cross-border transactions. Our teams advise companies, their boards and special committees on a broad range of matters, including public and private M&A, carve-outs, spin-offs, split-offs, joint ventures and strategic alliances. - Corporate Advisory & Governance Freshfields advises public and private companies, senior management and boards of directors on a broad range of corporate governance, compliance and disclosure matters. Our integrated offering covers day-to-day matters as well as time-sensitive, event-driven challenges. - CFIUS Freshfields has a history of successfully managing the US regulatory scrutiny of acquisitions by foreign buyers, helping their clients across a variety of industries and foreign entities to acquire US businesses that may implicate national security issues. - Data Privacy & Security Freshfields brings together veterans in data privacy, employee data, financial services regulation, investigations, litigation and antitrust, enabling the firm to work with clients on their cybersecurity/data strategy, including by assessing and mitigating cyber risk, incident response plans, and internal controls. - Complex Commercial Litigation Freshfields’ commercial litigation practice represents clients in high-stakes US cases, including complex multijurisdictional and cross-border matters in which few firms can match Freshfields’ sophistication with regards to jurisdictional defenses. - Global Investigations Freshfields conducts large scale, cross-border internal investigations and litigation in response to allegations of improper conduct. The firm regularly represents clients before the DOJ and SEC in government investigations conducted under the FCPA. - International Arbitration Freshfields is widely recognized as the world’s leading arbitration practice across all key jurisdictions and sectors due to the firm’s ability to conduct arbitrations whatever the governing law of the dispute, the language of the arbitration, the applicable arbitration rules, or the subject matter of the dispute. - Private Capital Freshfields covers the full range of domestic and cross-border private capital investments, including private equity M&A, leveraged finance, private funds and secondaries, and private credit and capital solutions, bringing new and creative solutions to complex legal challenges. We cover all investment strategies and industries, providing “best in class” advice. - Restructuring & Capital Solutions Freshfields regularly acts for stakeholders involved in corporate restructurings or experiencing financial stress. The firm steers corporate boards of directors through troubled waters, and advises investment funds, asset managers, banks, bondholders and other lenders on debt and corporate restructurings. - Securities & Shareholder Litigation Freshfields’ securities and shareholder litigators have secured victories for many of the world’s leading corporations, financial institutions, and executives, obtaining dismissals of securities class actions and shareholder suits in federal and state courts across the US and helping shape securities laws. - White-Collar Defense Freshfields manages corporate crime risk and responds to allegations, investigations and criminal prosecution on behalf of leading companies and financial institutions. The firm is involved in some of the highest profile financial conduct and anti-bribery and corruption investigations globally. - Other Areas of Practice Strategic risk and crisis management, executive compensation and benefits, tax, financial regulatory, intellectual property transactions, sanctions and trade, leveraged and acquisition finance, project finance, structured products and derivatives, and real estate.

Office locations

Practice areas

Lawyers in this office

Aaron Marcu

A partner in Freshfields’ litigation group, Aaron focuses on white collar defense and regulatory enforcement investigations, and related civil litigation. He also conducts internal corporate investigations and advises boards of directors, audit committees and special committees on sensitive matters involving possible misconduct by corporate personnel. · White Collar Defense

Adam Siegel

Partner and Co-Head of Global Investigations · Internal Investigations

Agnès Dunogué

Partner · Securities Litigation

Aimen Mir

Partner · Antitrust

Alexander Wilbraham

Counsel · International Arbitration

Andy Ewalt

Partner · Antitrust

Boris Feldman

Partner and Head of U.S. Technology · Securities Litigation

Brock Dahl

Partner · Cybersecurity

Bruce McCulloch

Partner · Antitrust

Caroline Richard

Partner · International Arbitration

CL

Christine Laciak

Special Counsel · Antitrust

Christine Lyon

Partner · Data Privacy

Claude Stansbury

Partner · Tax

Colin Costello

CFIUS Advisor · Antitrust

Damien Zoubek

US Managing Partner and Co-Head of US Corporate and M&A · Mergers and Acquisitions

David Livshiz

David Livshiz represents clients in complex commercial disputes, criminal and civil fraud actions, and bankruptcy litigation. He also works with companies and individuals in criminal and civil investigations conducted by the US Department of Justice, the Attorneys’ Office, the Securities and Exchange Commission and various other regulatory agencies. · Complex Commercial Disputes

David Mitchell

Senior Associate · Tax

Doru Gavril

Partner · Shareholder Litigation

Elizabeth Bieber

Partner · Corporate and M&A

EF

Elliot Friedman

Partner · International Arbitration

Eric Bruce

Partner and US Head of disputes, litigation and arbitration, and global investigations · White Collar Criminal Defense

Eric Mahr

Partner and global co-head of antitrust litigation · Antitrust Litigation

Ethan Klingsberg

Partner · Corporate

Heather Brookfield

Partner · Executive Compensation

Jan Rybnicek

Counsel · Antitrust

Jenny Hochenberg

Mergers and Acquisitions

Joseph Soltis

Partner · Tax

JE

Julie Elmer

Partner and US Head of Antitrust · Antitrust

Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum

Partner · Antitrust

Kimberly Zelnick

Partner and Global Head of Financial Institutions Disputes Group · White Collar Criminal Defense

LR

Lee Rovinescu

Partner · International Arbitration

Lori Goodman

Partner · Executive Compensation

Madlyn Primoff

Partner · Restructuring and Insolvency

Mark Liscio

Partner · Restructuring and Insolvency

Mary Eaton

Partner and Co-Head of Securities and Shareholder Litigation · Securities and Shareholder Litigation

Mary Lehner

Partner · Antitrust

Meghan Rissmiller

Partner · Antitrust

Meredith Kotler

Partner and Co-Head of Securities and Shareholder Litigation · Securities Litigation

Michael Levitt

Partner · Mergers and Acquisitions

NY

Nabeel Yousef

Partner · Disputes

NM

Natalia Marina Zibibbo

Counsel · International Arbitration

Nicole Foster

Partner · Executive Compensation

NB

Nigel Blackaby

Partner, global co-head of the international arbitration group and co-head of our Latin America group · International Arbitration

Noiana Marigo

Partner, Head of Arbitration in the Americas and Co-Head of Latin America Practice · International Arbitration

Pamela Marcogliese

Partner · Capital Markets

Richard Snyder

Counsel · Antitrust Litigation

SP

Sam Prevatt

Counsel · International Arbitration

Sarah Ghulamhussain

Partner · Executive Compensation

Sarah Solum

Partner · Capital Markets

Scott Talmadge

Partner · Restructuring and Insolvency

Stephanie Brown Cripps

Partner · US Economic Sanctions

Taryn Zucker

Partner · Capital Markets

TW

Thomas W. Walsh

Partner · International Arbitration

Tim Harkness

Partner · Complex Commercial Litigation

Valerie Ford Jacob

Senior Counsel · Capital Markets