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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Offices

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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NEW YORK, NY 10022
NEW YORK
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Jenny Hochenberg

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+1 646 863 1626 jenny.hochenberg@freshfields.com

Work Department

Corporate Advisory / Corporate and M&A

Career

Jenny focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and disclosure matters and shareholder activism defense. Her clients have included Afterpay, Atlas Air Worldwide, BP, Cable One, Canadian National Railway, Cincinnati Bell, City Brewing, CommScope, Crown Castle, Exyte, GW Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Light & Wonder, Moda Operandi, NCR, Pitney Bowes, Scientific Games, Time Warner, US Foods, Viatris and Yahoo.

Jenny is a thought leader and frequent speaker on emerging trends in M&A and corporate governance law. She is deeply involved with the American Bar Association, where she is currently Vice Chair of its Acquisition of Public Companies Subcommittee. In addition, Jenny is a contributing editor to the Legal 500’s 2022 M&A Country Comparative Guide, and in 2021, she was appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board (M&A) of Law360.

Jenny has been named as a Rising Star: Mergers and Acquisitions by Law360 in 2022, recognizing her as one of six outstanding M&A lawyers in the nation under the age of 40. She is recognized for her work in M&A by Who’s Who Legal: M&A and Governance and IFLR1000, and was named one of the “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” by Lawdragon. In 2021 and 2022, she was shortlisted for the “M&A Lawyer of the Year” award at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards and in 2022, was named to Crain’s New York Business’ list of “Notable Women in Law.”

Jenny is involved in several initiatives dedicated to the advancement of women in the legal profession, and she sits on the board of directors of DirectWomen, a national non‑profit organization which works to increase the representation of women lawyers on corporate boards.

Jenny was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is a member of the New York Stanford Law School Chapter Committee, which serves to strengthen the connections among alumni in New York and between alumni and the school.

Education

  • Stanford Law School, 2009
    • J.D., with distinction
  • Dartmouth College, 2006
    • A.B. in Economics, summa cum laude
    • Phi Beta Kappa

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)

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Jenny Hochenberg – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

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.

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