Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum

Thirteen Freshfields partners have been named to Lawdragon’s inaugural 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers guide. The guide recognizes elite competition and antitrust specialists across transactions, regulatory matters, litigation and investigations. The partners recognized are: Julie Elmer, Washington DC Andrew Ewalt, Washington DC Heather Lamberg, Washington DC Mary Lehner, Washington DC Eric Mahr, Washington DC Bruce McCulloch, Washington DC Jenn Mellott, Washington DC Meghan Rissmiller, Washington DC Jan Rybnicek, Washington DC Justina Sessions, Silicon Valley Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum, Washington DC Christine Wilson, Washington DC Kevin Yingling, Washington DC

Jan 24

1 min

Twenty-seven Freshfields partners have been selected to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Litigators in America guide. The guide recognizes the top litigators in the U.S. across antitrust, intellectual property, white collar and investigations, securities and corporate governance litigation, and a vast array of class actions, product liability and other complex civil litigation. The partners recognized are: Marin Boney, Washington DC Eric B. Bruce, Washington DC Daniel Cendan, New York Agnès Dunogué, New York Mary Eaton, New York Julie Elmer, Washington DC Andrew Ewalt, Washington DC Boris Feldman, Silicon Valley Doru Gavril, Silicon Valley Andrew Gladstein, New York Timothy Harkness, New York Timothy Howard, New York Gayle Klein, New York Meredith Kotler, New York Heather Lamberg, Washington DC Mary Lehner, Washington DC David Livshiz, New York Jennifer Loeb, Washington DC Eric Mahr, Washington DC Rob McCallum, New York Bruce McCulloch, Washington DC Jennifer Mellott, Washington DC Meghan Rissmiller, Washington DC Justina 'Tina' Sessions, San Francisco Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum, Washington DC Christine Wilson, Washington DC Kimberly Zelnick, New York

Sep 8

1 min

All sixteen partners on Freshfields’ U.S. antitrust team have been selected to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers guide for 2026. The guide recognizes elite competition and antitrust specialists across transactions, regulatory matters, litigation and investigations. The renowned, Chambers-ranked U.S. antitrust practice is a go-to advisor for top companies globally. The team is comprised of former government officials, leading antitrust litigators and merger control specialists. For their client work, they have received top accolades including “Merger Control Matter of the Year – Americas” for representing Bunge in its merger with Viterra and “Behavioral Matter of the Year – Americas” at the GCR Awards 2025. Globally, the Freshfields antitrust practice has been ranked among the Global Elite for the last 18 years. The partners recognized are: Marin Boney, Washington DC Julie Elmer, Washington DC Andrew Ewalt, Washington DC Manish Kumar, San Francisco Heather Lamberg, Washington DC Mary Lehner, Washington DC Eric Mahr, Washington DC Bruce McCulloch, Washington DC Jennifer Mellott, Washington DC Meghan Rissmiller, Washington DC Alan Ryan, Silicon Valley Jan Rybnicek, Washington DC Justina Sessions, San Francisco Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum, Washington DC Christine Wilson, Washington DC Kevin Yingling, Washington DC

Jan 20

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

Freshfields advises Zuora, Inc. on its planned acquisition of Togai Inc., a provider of pricing, metering and rating software. After closing, Togai’s software offering will become a part of Zuora’s existing product suite alongside Zuora Billing, Zuora Revenue, Zuora Payments, Zephr and Zuora Platform. Learn more about this transaction here. The cross-practice Freshfields team was led by M&A partner John Fisher and associates Alex Mieszkalski, Gabe Carolan and Zachary Leonard and included partner Mena Kaplan and associate Marissa Yu on intellectual property matters; partner Joe Soltis and associate Jessica Berman on tax matters; partner Brandon Gantus and associate Kristen Stidham on executive compensation and benefits matters; partners Chris Lyon and Brock Dahl and associate Christine Chong on data privacy matters; partners Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum and counsel Matthew McDonald on antitrust matters; and counsel Jeremiah Nelson on real estate matters.

Apr 30

1 min