{"id":101163,"date":"2026-02-24T15:01:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/895139744"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:01:59","slug":"covington-adds-tech-ma-duo-from-freshfields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/covington-adds-tech-ma-duo-from-freshfields\/","title":{"rendered":"Covington adds tech M&A duo from Freshfields"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Covington The pair join in Palo Alto and New York, respectively, bolstering the firm\u2019s US and cross-border M&… <\/span> <\/p>\n

The pair join in Palo Alto and New York, respectively, bolstering the firm\u2019s US and cross-border M&A offerings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

International law firm Covington & Burling<\/a> has hired John Fisher and Tomas Rua as partners in its mergers and acquisitions<\/a> (M&A) practice group, with Fisher also appointed to the helm of the firm\u2019s technology industry group.<\/p>\n

Fisher, who arrives to the firm\u2019s Palo Alto office, draws the curtain on a busy five-year tenure at global law firm Freshfields<\/a>, during which he co-founded the firm\u2019s Silicon Valley office and served as co-head of its US technology and life sciences M&A practice. New York-based Rua also exits Freshfields after a six-year stint, having joined the firm as a senior associate in 2020 with a promotion to partner in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cCovington\u2019s unique expertise at the intersection of law, policy, and regulation allows the firm to provide holistic advice to technology clients, allowing them to navigate their most complicated deals and pursue strategic growth opportunities,\u201d said Fisher in a statement. \u201cWe look forward to collaborating with colleagues across many disciplines to expand both our and the firm\u2019s deep relationships among technology companies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rua added: \u201cWe believe our practice is a natural fit with the firm\u2019s broader technology capabilities, and we are excited to help accelerate the firm\u2019s continued growth in the technology M&A space.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair specialise in counselling technology companies on various complex US and cross-border M&A transactions, bringing expertise in public and private company acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic minority investments, asset transactions and carve-outs. Their practice, which extends to advising clients and company boards on fiduciary duty and corporate governance issues, is focused on deals involving digital platforms, emerging technologies, artificial intelligence<\/a> and data-driven business models.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe partnered with John and Tomas as co-counsel on some of the most complicated and highly regulated tech M&A deals last year,\u201d remarked Covington\u2019s corporate chair and M&A co-chair Catherine Dargan. \u201cIn addition to being a great cultural fit for us, they will contribute additional strength to our M&A practice as we continue to support clients navigating an increasingly sophisticated tech deal landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n

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… firm\u00e2\u0080\u0099s deep relationships among technology<\/span> companies.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Rua added: \u00e2\u0080\u009c … pair specialise in counselling technology<\/span> companies on various complex US … complicated and highly regulated tech<\/span> M&A deals … an increasingly sophisticated tech<\/span> deal landscape.\u00e2\u0080\u009d \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}