Bio

Todd Freed focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and private equity, primarily in the financial services industry. Mr. Freed is head of the firm’s Financial Institutions Group and leads the firm’s preeminent insurance M&A practice, which has been named Insurance Practice Group of the Year by Law360, in addition to serving as one of the senior members of the firm’s private equity practice, which was recently named Private Equity Practice Group of the Year by Law360. Mr. Freed is a trusted adviser and go-to dealmaker with significant experience representing public and private acquirers and target companies, private equity firms, and investment banks in a variety of U.S. and international mergers and acquisitions, capital-raising transactions, SPACs, joint ventures, restructurings and other corporate matters. Mr. Freed is a leading practitioner in M&A, contested transactions, activist situations, and corporate governance and regulatory matters. In addition, he advises clients with respect to takeover preparedness, SEC reporting obligations and cybersecurity matters. In recognition of his work, Mr. Freed has been repeatedly selected for inclusion in Band 1 of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business; honored for his extensive experience in the insurance industry, including in The Best Lawyers in America and Who’s Who Legal: Insurance & Reinsurance; named a leading lawyer in the mergers and acquisitions category of IFLR1000; and recognized as one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America and 500 Leading Dealmakers in America. In addition, he has been named an Insurance MVP by Law360 and has been consistently chosen as a Client Service All-Star by The BTI Consulting Group, signifying how clients highly value and trust Mr. Freed’s hands-on and creative dealmaking approaches.