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