Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired a long-standing partner from Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York as the firm continues to ramp up its U.S. growth strategy.

Mary Eaton joins Freshfields as its co-head of securities and shareholders litigation, after over 18 years at Willkie Farr. Her hire follows the launch of Freshfields’ new Silicon Valley office earlier in July, led by a plethora of big names at U.S. firms.