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Sebastian Fain
Position
Partner
Career
Sebastian focuses on M&A, activism defense and corporate governance. His experience is centered on domestic and cross-border M&A, including public company mergers and de-SPAC transactions, private equity acquisitions, joint ventures, complex business carve-outs and divestitures, hostile takeovers and defense, carve-out IPOs, spin-offs and split-offs. He also has experience representing clients in complex commercial agreements and in capital markets transactions, such as IPOs, secondary offerings, block trades, high-yield bond offerings and exchange offers.
In addition, Sebastian extensively counsels management and boards of directors on governance, activism and disclosure matters.
Education
- JD, Harvard Law School
- AB in Biology, Harvard University
- Admitted to practice in the State of New York
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
(Next Generation Partners)Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, which has recently made waves in the US M&A market, continues to ‘invest in top-notch legal talent‘, including core corporate and transaction specialists from elite firms in this space. The New York-based team is now prepared to handle numerous high-end, bet-the-company M&A on behalf of household-name clients from the worlds of tech, energy, manufacturing, life sciences and private equity, among other sectors. Standing out for its ability to navigate sensitive issues in the context of hostile M&A, takeover defense and shareholder activism, the group is led by the powerhouse duo Damien Zoubek, ‘a very powerful negotiator and asset in any M&A transaction‘, and Ethan Klingsberg, a leading figure in cross-border and domestic deals. Other key individuals include Paul Tiger, whose experience also covers private equity investments, and Sebastian Fain, who takes the lead on several contested and negotiated transactions, as well as joint ventures involving a range of industries. The highly-rated Jenny Hochenberg joined from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in May 2022. All members are based in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A: large deals ($1bn+) United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Tax > Financial products
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Tax > Financial products
Firm Rankings
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation