Thirty-four Freshfields partners have been selected to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Dealmakers in America guide for 2026. The guide recognizes the M&A, corporate, securities, finance, private equity, tax, corporate governance and ESG leaders and other transactional lawyers handling the biggest deals.

The partners recognized are:

• Andrea Merediz Basham – Corporate/M&A
• Elizabeth K. Bieber – Shareholder Engagement and Activism Defense
• Oliver J. Board – Corporate/M&A
• Ian N. Bushner – Private Capital
• Calise Cheng – Capital Markets
• Timothy J. Clark – Private Funds & Secondaries
• Chris DeCresce – Capital Markets
• Sebastian L. Fain – Corporate/M&A
• John A. Fisher – Corporate/M&A
• Erik Gerding – Capital Markets
• Adam H. Golden – M&A (Life Sciences)
• Matthew Goulding – Private Capital
• Alison M. Hashmall – Financial Services Regulatory
• Jenny Hochenberg – Corporate/M&A
• Paul Humphreys – Corporate/M&A
• Vinita Kailasanath – M&A (Life Sciences)
• Menachem Kaplan – IP and Tech Transactions
• Ethan Klingsberg – Corporate/M&A
• Denny Kwon – Corporate/M&A
• Kyle Lakin – Finance
• Michael Levitt – Capital Markets
• Allison Liff – Leveraged Finance
• Aly Love – Corporate/M&A
• Pamela L. Marcogliese – Capital Markets and Corporate Governance
• Jerome Ranawake – Finance
• Brian Rance – Finance
• Neal J. Reenan – Private Capital
• Damian Ridealgh – Private Credit and Capital Solutions
• Kristen Olvera Riemenschneider – M&A (Life Sciences)
• David Sewell – Financial Services Regulatory
• Sarah K. Solum – Capital Markets
• Phillip Stoup – Capital Markets
• Zheng 'Jonathan' Zhou – Corporate/M&
• Damien Zoubek – Corporate/M&A