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Freshfields Partners Selected to 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America Guide
Oct 20 2026
A total of 30 Freshfields partners have been selected to Lawdragon's 500 Leading Dealmakers in America guide for 2027. 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:
- Elizabeth K. Bieber – Shareholder Engagement, Activist Defense
- Oliver J. Board – M&A, Securities, Corporate Governance
- Nicole Cadman – Capital Markets, Emerging Companies
- Calise Cheng – Corporate, Securities, IPO
- Timothy J. Clark – Private Capital, Fund Formation, M&A
- Erik Gerding – M&A, Securities Regulation
- Matthew Goulding – Private Equity, Transactions, M&A
- Keith Hallam – M&A
- Alison M. Hashmall – Financial Services, Regulatory, Fintech
- Jenny Hochenberg – M&A, Corporate Governance
- Paul Humphreys – M&A, Private Equity, Cross-Border
- Claire E. James – Private Equity, M&A
- Menachem Kaplan – Technology Transactions, IP
- Ethan Klingsberg – Corporate, M&A, SEC
- Denny Kwon – M&A, Technology, Life Sciences
- Kyle Lakin – Capital Markets, Debt Finance, Infrastructure
- Michael Levitt – M&A, Capital Markets, Private Equity
- Steven Y. Li – M&A
- Aly Love – M&A, Tech, Life Sciences, Finance
- Pamela L. Marcogliese – Capital Markets, Corporate Governance
- Sanjay Murti – M&A
- Bethany A. Pfalzgraf – M&A
- Jerome Ranawake – Structured Finance, Derivatives, Financial Services
- Brian Rance – Capital Markets, Financial Services, Fintech
- Kristen Olvera Riemenschneider – Life Sciences Transactions, IP, M&A
- David Sewell – Financial Services, Regulatory, Fintech
- Sarah K. Solum – Capital Markets, M&A, Corporate Governance
- Phillip Stoup – Capital Markets, Securities
- Zheng 'Jonathan' Zhou – M&A, Financial Services, Cross-Border
- Damien Zoubek – Corporate, M&A
