Leza Bieber is a corporate partner at Freshfields US LLP, where she is the US head of activism defense and shareholder engagement, focusing on activism and takeover defense preparedness and corporate governance.

Ms. Bieber advises boards of directors and executive management teams on activism, governance and crisis management, including stakeholder engagement and board and disclosure issues.  Ms. Bieber is a recognized thought leader on governance and activism matters. For the last five years, Ms. Bieber co-hosted Freshfields’ annual post-proxy season event with leading institutional investors to demystify investor views and expectations with hundreds of public company clients. She also regularly chairs a panel at Corporate Board Member’s Boardroom Summit on shareholder activism and engagement trends. She is the co-editor of Freshfields’ annual proxy season recap, co-host of our webcast series on governance and disclosure updates and co-host of our governance podcast series. Leza is ranked as “Up and Coming” by Chambers and a “Rising Star” for shareholder activism and corporate governance and is a key member of the Tier 1 corporate governance group, both as ranked by Legal 500.  Ms. Bieber received a J.D and a B.A in economics and psychology from New York University.