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  4. Private Capital Partner Ryan Blicher joins Freshfields in New York
Private Capital Partner Ryan Blicher joins Freshfields in New York

Freshfields announced today that Ryan Blicher has joined the firm as a private capital and M&A partner based in New York. Ryan’s experience spans a broad range of sectors, including global private equity firms and their portfolio companies on leveraged buy-outs, investments, and formative U.S. and cross-border M&A transactions.

Global Co-Head of Private Capital Neal J. Reenan stated: “Ryan is an incredibly impressive lawyer with a stellar track record of advising premier private equity sponsors through the most complex transactions. His wide range of experience coupled with his entrepreneurial spirit will be a great addition to our team.”

U.S. Managing Partner Sarah Solum added: “We are thrilled Ryan has chosen to join Freshfields to complement our strong and growing U.S. private capital team.”

Ryan noted: “Freshfields has a reputation for top lawyers representing top private capital sponsors. I look forward to working with Freshfields’ extraordinary team and being a part of the firm’s continued expansion of its market-leading private capital practice.”

Freshfields is a globally recognized market leader for private equity. Over the past two years, the firm has expanded its private capital offering with a number of strategic appointments in private equity, leveraged finance and private funds and secondaries across the U.S., Europe and Asia. In the U.S., those additions include New York-based Global Co-Head of Private Capital Neal J. Reenan, Head of U.S. Private Capital Ian N. Bushner, Head of New York Private Equity Claire James, Head of U.S. Leveraged Finance Allison Liff, Global Co-Head of Private Funds and Secondaries Timothy J. Clark, Head of U.S. Private Credit & Capital Solutions Damian Ridealgh, as well as partners Ivet Bell and Eva Mak.

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