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