Thirty-three Freshfields partners have been named to Lawdragon’s 500 Dealmakers in America guide. 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 lawyers recognized are: Andrea Merediz Basham – Corporate/M&A Elizabeth Bieber – Shareholder Engagement and Activism Defense Oliver Board – Corporate/M&A Ian Bushner – Private Capital Timothy Clark - Private Funds & Secondaries Chris DeCresce – Capital Markets Sebastian Fain – Corporate/M&A John Fisher – Corporate/M&A Adam Golden – M&A (Life Sciences) Alison Hashmall – Financial Services Regulatory Jenny Hochenberg – Corporate/M&A Paul Humphreys – Corporate/M&A Valerie Ford Jacob – Capital Markets 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 Pamela Marcogliese – Capital Markets and Corporate Governance Steven Matays – Tax Melissa Raciti-Knapp – Project Finance Jerome Ranawake – Finance Brian Rance - Finance Neal Reenan – Private Capital Damian Ridealgh – Private Credit and Capital Solutions Kristen Riemenschneider – M&A (Life Sciences) David Sewell – Financial Services Regulatory Sarah Solum – Capital Markets Paul Tiger – Corporate/M&A Zheng 'Jonathan' Zhou – Corporate/M&A Damien Zoubek - Corporate/M&A