Freshfields

Revered for its ‘exceptional skill set and wealth of practical experience; Freshfields’s growing M&A practice serves a wide range of global household name clients. The team is jointly led by ’stand out’ Ethan Klingsberg, who advises on activist stockholder issues, and Damien Zoubek, regarded as ‘a force in the M&A world’, and praised for his experience in distressed M&A and shareholder activism defense. Clients deem Jenny Hochenberg as ’the best of the best’ for her work in transformative M&A deals, often representing automotive and aviation sector corporations, while Sebastian Fain handles domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity acquisitions. Paul Humphreys focuses on public and private M&A and general corporate governance, and Sanjay Murti concentrates on high-profile sales and acquisitions of publicly traded companies. In the Silicon Valley, John Fisher assists local and international tech and life sciences industry clients in their entry into the market. Unless otherwise mentioned, all named lawyers are based in New York.