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  4. Freshfields Earns Elite and Band 1 Rankings in Chambers USA 2025
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Freshfields Earns Elite and Band 1 Rankings in Chambers USA 2025

Freshfields has earned recognition across practices in the Chambers USA 2025 guide: 

  • Nationwide – Antitrust
  • Nationwide – Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded
  • Nationwide – Corporate Governance
  • Nationwide – Corporate/M&A: Elite
  • Nationwide – Financial Services Regulatory: Bank Compliance
  • Nationwide – International Arbitration: Elite
  • Nationwide – International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  • Nationwide – International Trade: Exports and Sanctions: Elite
  • Nationwide – Life Sciences
  • Nationwide – Litigation: Securities
  • Nationwide – Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded
  • California – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
  • California – Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
  • California – Litigation: Securities
  • District of Columbia – Antitrust
  • District of Columbia – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
  • New York – Banking & Finance
  • New York – Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
  • New York – Corporate/M&A: Elite
  • New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • New York – Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
  • New York – Litigation: Securities
  • New York – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations: Elite
  • New York – Tax

Additional highlights include Elite-level Band 1 ranking for the Nationwide – International Arbitration practice and Band 1 ranking for the New York – Bankruptcy/Restructuring and Elite-level for rankings the New York: Corporate/M&A and New York Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations practices, and Nationwide – Corporate/M&A and Nationwide – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions practices. 

Freshfields lawyers received 64 individual rankings:

  • Nigel Blackaby KC, International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide
  • Elizabeth Bieber (Up & Coming), Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense – New York
  • Ian Bushner (Up & Coming), Private Equity: Buyouts – New York
  • Stephanie Brown Cripps, International Trade: Exports and Sanctions – Nationwide
  • Eric Bruce, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – District of Columbia
  • Calise Cheng, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity – California; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States – Nationwide
  • Timothy Clark, Private Equity: Fund Formation – Nationwide
  • Colin Costello (Up & Coming), International Trade: CFIUS Experts – Nationwide
  • Mary Eaton, Litigation: Securities – New York
  • Julie Elmer, Antitrust: Litigation Specialists – District of Columbia
  • Boris Feldman (Star Individual), Litigation: Securities – California
  • John Fisher, Corporate/M&A – California
  • Nicole Foster, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – New York
  • Elliot Friedman, International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide
  • Doru Gavril, Litigation: Securities – California
  • Beth George, Privacy & Data Security: Privacy – Nationwide
  • Adam Golden, Life Science: Corporate/Commercial – Nationwide
  • Lori Goodman, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – New York
  • Alison Hashmall, Financial Service Regulatory: Bank Compliance – Nationwide
  • Timothy Harkness, Litigation: General Commercial – New York
  • Jenny Hochenberg, Corporate/M&A – New York
  • Timothy Howard, Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity – Nationwide
  • Valerie Ford Jacob (Senior Statesperson), Cap Mkts: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States – Nationwide
  • Menachem Kaplan, Technology – New York
  • Gayle Klein, Litigation: General Commercial – New York
  • Ethan Klingsberg, Corporate/M&A – New York
  • Meredith Kotler, Litigation: Securities – New York
  • Christine Laciak, International Trade: CFIUS Experts – Nationwide
  • Kyle Lakin (Up & Coming), Banking & Finance – New York
  • Heather Lamberg, Antitrust: Cartel – Nationwide
  • Mary Lehner, Antitrust – District of Columbia
  • Allison Liff, Banking & Finance – New York
  • Mark Liscio, Bankruptcy/Restructuring – New York
  • David Livshiz, Litigation: General Commercial – New York
  • Jennifer Loeb (Up & Coming), Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – District of Columbia
  • Alessandra Love, Corporate/M&A – California
  • Christine Lyon, Privacy & Data Security: Privacy – Nationwide
  • Eric Mahr, Antitrust: Litigation Specialists – District of Columbia
  • Pamela Marcogliese, Corporate Governance – Nationwide
  • Aaron Marcu (Senior Statesperson), Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – New York
  • Noiana Marigo, International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide
  • Steven Matays, Tax – New York
  • Paige von Mehren (Associate to Watch), International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide
  • Jennifer Mellott, Antitrust – District of Columbia
  • Aimen Mir, International Trade: CFIUS Experts – Nationwide
  • Madlyn Primoff, Bankruptcy Litigation – New York; Bankruptcy/Restructuring – New York
  • Melissa Raciti-Knapp, Projects – Nationwide
  • Neal Reenan, Private Equity: Buyouts – New York
  • Meghan Rissmiller, Antitrust – District of Columbia
  • Caroline Richard, International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide
  • Lee Rovinescu, International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide
  • Jordan Salzman (Up & Coming), Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – New York
  • Justina Sessions, Antitrust – California
  • David Sewell, Financial Services Regulatory: Bank Compliance – Nationwide
  • Adam Siegel, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – New York
  • Sarah Solum, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity – California; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States – Nationwide
  • Claude Stansbury, Tax – District of Columbia
  • Christine Wilson (Eminent Practitioner), Antitrust – District of Columbia
  • Nabeel Yousef, International Trade: Exports and Sanctions – Nationwide
  • Kimberly Zelnick, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – New York
  • Damien Zoubek, Corporate/M&A – New York
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