Freshfields has received cross-practice recognition in the 2024 Legal 500 United States rankings. Highlights include Tier 1 rankings for: Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration, for which the firm has been continuously ranked Tier 1 for the past 15 years M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Corporate Governance Additional practice recognitions include: Antitrust – Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense Antitrust – Merger Control Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense – Advice to Corporates Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes Dispute Resolution – International Litigation Dispute Resolution – M&A Litigation: Defense Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense Finance – Capital Markets: Debt Offerings – Advice to Issuers Finance – Capital Markets: Debt Offerings – Advice to Underwriters Finance – Capital Markets: Equity Offerings – Advice to Issuers Finance – Capital Markets: Equity Offerings – Advice to Managers Finance – Commercial Lending – Advice to Borrowers Healthcare – Life Sciences International Trade – CFIUS International Trade – Customs, Exports Controls and Economic Sanctions Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, Retirement Plans: Transactional M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+) M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Shareholder Activism – Advice to Boards Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection) Media, Technology and Telecoms – Technology Transactions Tax – International Tax Tax – US Taxes: Non-Contentious 27 Freshfields lawyers received individual rankings, in addition to recognition for dozens of other US lawyers across the firm’s corporate, dispute resolution and regulatory practices: Elizabeth Bieber (Next Generation Partner), Corporate Governance; Shareholder Activism: Advice to Boards Nigel Blackaby KC (Hall of Fame), International Arbitration Stephanie Brown Cripps (Next Generation Partner), Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Dennis Caracristi (Rising Star), Financial Products Mary Eaton (Leading Lawyer), M&A Litigation: Defense; Securities Litigation: Defense Sebastian Fain (Next Generation Partner), M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+) Boris Feldman (Hall of Fame), Securities Litigation: Defense Elliot Friedman (Leading Lawyer), International Arbitration Valerie Ford Jacob (Hall of Fame), Capital Markets: Debt Offerings; Capital Markets: Equity Offerings Jenny Hochenberg (Next Generation Partner), M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+) Vinita Kailasanath (Next Generation Partner), Life Sciences Ethan Klingsberg (Leading Lawyer), M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+) Meredith Kotler (Hall of Fame), M&A Litigation: Defense; (Leading Lawyer), Securities Litigation: Defense Christine Lyon (Leading Lawyer), Cyber Law Pamela Marcogliese (Hall of Fame), Corporate Governance; (Next Generation Partner), Capital Markets: Debt Offerings Aaron Marcu (Leading Lawyer), Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates Noiana Marigo (Leading Lawyer), International Arbitration Paige von Mehren (Rising Star), International Litigation Caroline Richard (Leading Lawyer), International Arbitration Lee Rovinescu (Next Generation Partner), International Arbitration Jordan Salzman (Rising Star), Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional Sarah Solum (Leading Lawyer), Capital Markets: Equity Offerings Claude Stansbury (Leading Lawyer), International Tax Nabeel Yousef (Next Generation Partner), Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Kimberly Zelnick (Next Generation Partner), International Litigation Damien Zoubek (Leading Lawyer), M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+) Taryn Zucker (Rising Star), Capital Markets: Equity Offerings