Elizabeth Bieber > Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Elizabeth Bieber
Work Department
Corporate advisory | Corporate and M&A
Position
Partner
Career
Elizabeth a partner and head of shareholder engagement and activism defense in New York. Leza focuses on activism and takeover defense preparedness and corporate governance matters. She also advises on debt and equity capital markets transactions, including IPOs, SPACs and de-SPACs.
Leza advises boards of directors and management on governance and crisis management, including stakeholder engagement; board and disclosure issues, including director independence, board and committee structure, securities law compliance, board leadership structures, board composition, listing standards, shareholder proposals, annual meetings; sustainability trends and ESG issues; proxy season trends; and succession planning, among other governance matters.
Leza is a recognized thought leader on governance and activism matters and was appointed to the editorial board of Corporate Governance Advisor. She has appeared on CNBC to discuss activism trends and Thomson Reuters Practical Law to discuss climate change requirements. For the past three years, Leza co-hosted Freshfields’ annual post-proxy season event with leading institutional investors to demystify investor views and expectations on sustainability disclosure and reporting requirements with hundreds of public company clients. She also regularly chairs a panel at Corporate Board Member’s Boardroom Summit on shareholder activism and engagement trends. She is the co-editor of Freshfields’ annual Board Memo, co-host of our webcast series on governance and disclosure updates and co-host of our governance podcast series. Leza is the only lawyer in the United States ranked as a “Rising Star” for corporate governance and is a key member of the Tier 1 corporate governance group, both as ranked by Legal 500.
Education
Leza holds a J.D. and a B.A. from New York University.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
(Rising stars)Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP‘s team is described as offering ‘excellent client service’ and as ‘very responsive and clear’. The large and steadily expanding corporate advisory and governance practice group is praised for its ‘grasp of corporate governance matters and trends’. Pamela Marcogliese
, who ‘gives very client-focused, practical advice’, leads the team out of Silicon Valley and New York alongside capital markets expert Sarah Solum and corporate partner Ethan Klingsberg. Another key team member is counsel Elizabeth Bieber, who provides ‘has an excellent grasp of corporate governance matters’ and regularly advises key clients such as Buzzfeed on corporate governance, capital markets and securities law matters on an ongoing basis. The versatile team spans the country and includes experts on disclosure, securities litigation, shareholder activism defense, executive compensation, capital markets and securities, among other areas. Unless otherwise mentioned, all named practitioners are based in New York.
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
Based in New York, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is notable in its full-service offering, running the gamut of shareholder activism defense and preparation, including negotiations, navigating wolf-packs, settlement agreements and proxy fights with activists. Clients turn to the group for complex shareholder activism matters, a recent example of which was advising Euronav on its pending merger with Frontline Ltd, a reflection of the group’s abilities to handle complex activism matters in the context of contested M&A situations and cross border transactions. Ethan Klingsberg, who also co-leads the firm’s M&A department, leads the team alongside Elizabeth Bieber, who stands out for her ‘expert, relevant, timely, nuanced, and actionable’ advice. Another influential team member is Damien Zoubek who is also co-head of the firm’s M&A practice and specializes in matters arising from complex and contested transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate governance United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
- Rising stars United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Shareholder activism 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