福瑞曼

Eric J. Friedman畢業於賓夕法尼亞大學，自2009年起擔任世達國際律師事務所的執行合伙人，以為客戶提供最優質的法律服務做為公司使命，吸引和培養高級法律人才，秉承專業服務承諾，引領世達國際律師事務所向公益化，包容化，多元化的方向持續發展。

基本介紹

• 中文名：福瑞曼
• 外文名：Eric J.Friedman
• 職業：國際律師
• 畢業院校：J.D.,University of Pennsylvania Law School

英文介紹

Eric Friedman

Executive Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates

Eric J. Friedman has served as Skadden’s Executive Partner since 2009, furthering the firm’s mission to provide the highest quality legal service to clients, attract and develop top legal talent, and maintain our deeply rooted commitments to pro bono and diversity and inclusion.

Under his leadership, Skadden was named the most innovative law firm in North America in 2015 by the Financial Times. This was the third time the firm has topped the Financial Times’ U.S./North America “Innovative Lawyers” report, and we have been among the top two firms in all six years the report has been published. We also have been recognized for innovation by the Financial Times for our work in Europe and Asia.

In 2015, Skadden became the first law firm to handle more than $1 trillion in global announced M&A deals in a single year, ranking first by value globally and in the U.S. according to Bloomberg, mergermarket and Thomson Reuters. Additionally, in 2016 Corporate Board Member magazine named us "America’s Best Corporate Law Firm" for the 16th consecutive year, and we were the top firm for "client service excellence" according to the BTI Consulting Group’s "BTI Client Service A-Team Survey of Law Firm Client Service Performance." The National Law Journal acknowledged Mr. Friedman’s accomplishments since becoming Skadden’s Executive Partner by naming him as one of its three "Most Influential" law firm leaders in 2011.

Mr. Friedman also has built upon the firm’s longstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. In 2011, the firm received the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s first-ever Law Firm of the Year Award, for our commitment to public service and diversity; and in 2012, Mr. Friedman received a “Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award” from the New York City Bar Association in recognition of his commitment to diversity at Skadden.

Mr. Friedman is a dedicated board member of a number of organizations, including the Legal Aid Society, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. He also chairs the board of trustees of the Skadden Fellowship Foundation. In addition to supporting the firm’s extensive pro bono efforts, Mr. Friedman is one of three law firm leaders serving on the executive committee for the Court Square Law Project, a unique partnership between law firms, the New York City Bar Association and the City University of New York Law School to deliver legal services to people of moderate means who do not qualify for pro bono representation.

Prior to becoming Executive Partner, he was involved in a number of significant M&A and corporate finance transactions, advising clients such as Citigroup Inc., Nasdaq, Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, the New York Mercantile Exchange and Mars, Incorporated, among others.

中文介紹

早期經歷

福瑞曼畢業於賓夕法尼亞大學，獲得法學博士學位。之前曾獲得密西根大學工商管理學士學位。

在成為執行合伙人之前，福瑞曼參與了眾多重要的併購和企業融資交易，主要客戶包括花旗集團，納斯達克公司，德意志銀行，紐約商業交易所和瑪氏公司等。

福瑞曼在多家機構組織擔任董事會成員，包括法律援助協會，藝術團體志願律師，賓夕法尼亞大學法學院和法律多樣性領導委員會。同時，他還在世達國際律師事務所獎學金基金會董事會任職。除了支持公司的公益工作，福瑞曼還在Court Square Law Project 擔任執行委員會，致力於藉助律所間獨特的夥伴關係，與紐約市律師協會和紐約城市大學法學院合作提供公益法律服務。

自2009年起，福瑞曼擔任世達國際律師事務所的執行合伙人。

職業成就

在福瑞曼的領導下，世達國際律師事務所於2015年被《金融時報》任命為北美國最具創新性的律師事務所。這是該公司第三次獲此殊榮，並且在過去六年中持續蟬聯此獎項前兩名，世達國際律師事務所在歐洲和亞洲業務的創新性發展已被《金融時報》首肯。

2015年，世達國際律師事務所成為首個在一年內完成全球併購交易額超過1萬億美元的國際律師事務所。據美國據彭博社，併購市場資訊有限公司和湯姆遜路透社的價值評估，世達國際律師事務所位列全球及美國業內首席。

此外，在2016年，世達國際律師事務所連續第十六年被《企業董事》雜誌社評為美國“美國最佳企業法律公司”。根據BTI諮詢集團“BTI客戶服務團隊調查法律公司客戶服務績效的頂級公司”，世達國際律師事務所被評為可提供“卓越客戶服務”的頂級律師事務所。《國家法律雜誌》對福瑞曼自上任世達國際律師事務所執行合伙人以來取得的成就及領導力表示高度認可，評選他為2011年最具影響力的律師事務所領導人之一。

福瑞曼致力於領導世達國際律師事務所在企業多元化和包容化的長期發展。2011年，為表彰世達國際律師事務所在致力於公共服務和多元化方向上的發展，世達國際律師事務所成為首個獲得來自全美有色人種促進協會法律辯護與教育基金組織年獎的國際律師事務所。

所獲榮譽

2012年，福瑞曼獲得由紐約市律師協會頒發的了“多樣性與包容性冠軍獎”。

福瑞曼被美國商會授予美國領先商業律師、美國最佳律師和全球百位公司治理方面最具影響力的人物之一等稱號。