Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made significant strides in strengthening its private capital practice with the recruitment of private equity M&A partners Neal Reenan and Ian Bushner. Both partners have been brought in from Latham & Watkins and are expected to play integral leadership roles at Freshfields.
Neal Reenan, who will now be joining Charles Hayes and Arend von Riegen as global co-heads of private capital, together with Ian Bushner, the firm’s new head of U.S. private capital, all previously worked as partners at Latham. Their move to Latham occurred in early 2020 from Kirkland & Ellis.
The two have represented some of the world’s largest private equity sponsors, with the decision to move to Freshfields being influenced by the firm’s advancements in the corporate ancillary practice sector. This significant development within the legal sector epithomizes the level of competitiveness and strategical talent acquisition among law firms.
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