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Freshfields Earns Elite and Band 1 Rankings in Chambers USA 2026
Jun 4 2026
Freshfields has earned recognition across practices in the Chambers USA 2026 guide:
- Nationwide – Antitrust
- Nationwide – Antitrust: Cartel
- Nationwide - Artificial Intelligence
- Nationwide – Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded
- Nationwide – Corporate Governance
- Nationwide – Corporate/M&A: The Elite
- Nationwide – Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
- Nationwide – International Arbitration: The Elite
- Nationwide – International Trade: CFIUS Experts
- Nationwide – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: The Elite
- Nationwide – Life Sciences
- Nationwide – Litigation: Securities
- Nationwide – Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded
- Nationwide – Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Nationwide – Tax: Corporate & Finance
- 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: The 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: The 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 New York – Litigation: General Commercial 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 California: San Francisco – Corporate/ M&A and Nationwide – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions practices.
64 Freshfields lawyers received individual rankings:
- Nariné Atamian (Associate to Watch), Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) – Nationwide
- Nigel Blackaby KC, International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide
- Elizabeth Bieber (Up & Coming), Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense – New York
- Ian N. Bushner (Up & Coming), Private Equity: Buyouts – New York
- Stephanie Brown Cripps, International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions – Nationwide
- Eric B. Bruce, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – District of Columbia
- Nathan Castellano (Up & Coming), Government Contracts – Nationwide
- Calise Cheng, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity – California; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States – Nationwide
- Timothy Clark, Private Equity: Fund Formation – Nationwide
- Andrew Dockham, Government Relations: Congressional Investigations – Nationwide
- Agnès Dunogué, Litigation: Securities – New York
- Mary Eaton, Litigation: Securities – New York
- Julie Elmer, Antitrust: Litigation Specialists – District of Columbia
- Boris Feldman (Star Individual), Litigation: Securities – 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; Artificial Intelligence – Nationwide
- Andrew Gladstein (Up & Coming), Litigation: General Commercial – New York
- Lori Goodman, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – New York
- Anna Gressel, Artificial Intelligence – Nationwide
- Alison Hashmall, Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) – Nationwide
- Timothy Harkness, Litigation: General Commercial – New York
- Jenny Hochenberg, Corporate/M&A – New York
- Melissa Hodgman, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – District of Columbia
- Timothy Howard, Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity – 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, Banking & Finance – New York
- Heather Lamberg, Antitrust: Cartel – Nationwide
- Mary Lehner, Antitrust – District of Columbia
- 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: San Francisco
- Eric Mahr, Antitrust: Litigation Specialists – District of Columbia; Antitrust: Cartel – Nationwide
- 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
- Neal J. Reenan, Private Equity: Buyouts – New York
- Meghan Rissmiller, Antitrust – District of Columbia
- Caroline Richard, International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide
- John Rousakis, Environment: Mainly Transactional – New York
- Lee Rovinescu, International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide
- Jan Rybnicek (Up & Coming), Antitrust – District of Columbia
- Jordan Salzman (Up & Coming), Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – New York
- Justina Sessions, Antitrust – California
- David Sewell, Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) – Nationwide
- Sarah Solum, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity – California; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States – Nationwide
- Claude Stansbury, Tax – District of Columbia
- Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum, Antitrust – District of Columbia
- Thomas Walsh, International Arbitration: Counsel – Nationwide
- Christine Wilson (Eminent Practitioner), Antitrust – District of Columbia
- Nabeel Yousef, International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions – Nationwide
- Kimberly Zelnick, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – New York
- Damien Zoubek, Corporate/M&A – New York