Allison Liff

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

Oct 20

1 min

Global law firm Freshfields is advising CVC on the acquisition of Equine Network, the largest for-profit equestrian-based sports league in the U.S., from Growth Catalyst Partners. This investment will be the first new league investment into CVC’s Global Sport Group. Learn more about this transaction here. The Freshfields team is led by U.S. partners Claire James and Michael Palermo and includes associates D. Andrew Rondeau, Josephine Bryan and Ruth Levy. The team is also supported by partners Charlie Hayes and Maria Ledeneva and senior associates Ted Haxby and Alex Collins in London. Partner Lori Goodman, senior associate Jeffrey Anand and associate Emily Shaw are advising on executive compensation and employee benefits matters; partners Bruce McCulloch and Marin Boney, special counsel Charles Ramsey and associate Andrés Betancor are advising on antitrust matters; counsel Jeremiah Nelson and associates Kate Koudouna and Tosin Owoka are advising on real estate matters; partner Allison Liff, counsel Sean McClay and associates Edina Cobaj and Alex Kennedy are advising on leveraged finance matters; partner Mena Kaplan, senior associate Daniel Spencer and associates Rhea Khakhria and Josh Rudd are advising on intellectual property matters; partner Brock Dahl and associate Jackson Myers are advising on data privacy matters; partner John Rousakis is advising on environmental matters; and partner Joe Soltis and associate Shahab Pournaghshband are advising on tax matters.

Jan 30

1 min

Global law firm Freshfields is representing the private equity consortium buyer, led by Mubadala Capital and TWG Global, on the $6.2 billion, leveraged take-private of NYSE-listed Clear Channel Outdoor announced this morning. Details can be found here. The Freshfields team is led by partners Ethan Klingsberg and Oliver Board, counsel Zizi Petkova and associates Amy Zhan and Charlie Carroll. Partner Andrea Basham and senior associate Arash Ardalan advised on mezzanine financing and consortium arrangements; partners Allison Liff, Michael Levitt and Haden Henderson, counsel Kelsey Avery, senior associate Elio Gaarthuis and associates Cates Saleeby, Nick Singer and Dax Zhang leveraged finance/capital markets matters; partner Nicole Foster, senior associate Jeff Anand and associate Emily Shaw advised on executive compensation & employee benefits matters; partner Joe Soltis and associate Ryan Sweeney advised on tax matters; partner Brock Dahl, senior associate Christine Chong and associate Ian Allen advised data privacy/security matters; partner Mena Kaplan, senior associate Danny Spencer and associate Rhea Khakria advised on IP/commercial matters; partners Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum and Marin Boney, senior associate Sam Fulliton and associate Sandra Makeen advised on antitrust matters; counsel Jeremiah Nelson and associates Matt Parsons and Kate Koudouna advised on real estate matters and partner John Rousakis advised on environmental matters.

Feb 9

1 min

Twenty-two Freshfields partners have been selected to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America guide for 2026. Since 2005, this flagship guide has recognized seasoned lawyers for their exceptional skill in practice and their exhibition of strong leadership on cases, deals and other significant contributions throughout the most important legal matters of the previous year. This is the largest number of Freshfields partners ever featured in this guide. The partners recognized are: Andrea Merediz Basham, M&A, New York Eric B. Bruce, White Collar Investigations, Washington DC Ian N. Bushner, Private Capital, New York Timothy J. Clark, Private Funds & Secondaries, New York Mary Eaton, Securities & Shareholder Litigation, New York John Fisher, M&A, Silicon Valley Elliot Friedman, International Arbitration, New York Matthew Goulding, Private Capital, Boston Jenny Hochenberg, M&A, New York Paul Humphreys, M&A, New York Gayle Klein, Commercial Litigation, New York Ethan Klingsberg, M&A, New York Meredith Kotler, Securities & Shareholder Litigation, New York Allison Liff, Leveraged Finance, New York Eric Mahr, Antitrust Litigation, Washington DC Noiana Marigo , International Arbitration, New York Jennifer Mellott, Antitrust, Washington DC Sanjay Murti, M&A, New York Melissa Raciti-Knapp, Project Finance, New York Neal J. Reenan, Private Capital, New York Sarah K. Solum, Capital Markets, Silicon Valley Damien Zoubek, M&A, New York

Jan 9

1 min

Twenty-two Freshfields partners have been selected to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America guide for 2026. Since 2005, this flagship guide has recognized seasoned lawyers for their exceptional skill in practice and their exhibition of strong leadership on cases, deals and other significant contributions throughout the most important legal matters of the previous year. This is the largest number of Freshfields partners ever featured in this guide. The partners recognized are: Andrea Merediz Basham, M&A, New York Eric B. Bruce, White Collar Investigations, Washington DC Ian N. Bushner, Private Capital, New York Timothy J. Clark, Private Funds & Secondaries, New York Mary Eaton, Securities & Shareholder Litigation, New York John Fisher, M&A, Silicon Valley Elliot Friedman, International Arbitration, New York Matthew Goulding, Private Capital, Boston Jenny Hochenberg, M&A, New York Paul Humphreys, M&A, New York Gayle Klein, Commercial Litigation, New York Ethan Klingsberg, M&A, New York Meredith Kotler, Securities & Shareholder Litigation, New York Allison Liff, Leveraged Finance, New York Eric Mahr, Antitrust Litigation, Washington DC Noiana Marigo , International Arbitration, New York Jennifer Mellott, Antitrust, Washington DC Sanjay Murti, M&A, New York Melissa Raciti-Knapp, Project Finance, New York Neal J. Reenan, Private Capital, New York Sarah K. Solum, Capital Markets, Silicon Valley Damien Zoubek, M&A, New York

Jan 9

1 min