Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised Ball Corporation, while Latham & Watkins advised Platinum Equity in the transaction. Freshfields represented Sonoco Products Company. Ball Corporation...
Sonoco’s $1.35 Billion Acquisition of Ball Metalpack
Saint-Gobain’s $2.3 Billion All-Cash Acquisition of GCP Applied Technologies
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Miller Thomson acted as legal counsel to Saint-Gobain, while Latham & Watkins represented GCP in the transaction. Saint-Gobain and GCP Applied Technologies have...
Volkswagen Group’s Strategic Partnership With 24M Technologies, Inc.
Freshfields advised Volkswagen Group on the deal. Volkswagen Group invested in, and signed strategic partnership and related licensing arrangements with, 24M Technologies, Inc. (“24M”). 24M is...
Securitas AB’s $3.2 billion Acquisition of Stanley Black & Decker’s global electronic security and Healthcare Solutions
Freshfields and Vinge advised Stanley Black & Decker on the deal. PwC Société d’Avocats and K&L Gates LLP advised Securitas. Stanley Black & Decker sold its...
Sandvik’s US Acquisition of GWS Tool Group
Freshfields advised Swedish engineering multinational Sandvik AB on the deal. Sandvik AB acquired GWS Tool Group, a vertically integrated manufacturer of highly engineered custom, standard, and...
Ericsson’s $6.2 Billion Acquisition of Vonage
Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised Vonage Holdings Corp. on the deal. Freshfields represented Ericsson. Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has entered into an agreement to acquire Vonage Holdings...
Axel Springer’s Proposed Acquisition Of POLITICO
Freshfields and Milbank represented German publishing powerhouse Axel Springer SE on the deal while Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittma advised Perpetual Capital Partners. Axel Springer SE (“Axel...
Goldfinch Partners and Baupost Group’s $910 Million Acquisition Of Western Union Business Solutions
Freshfields represented Western Union on the deal, while Skadden and Khaitan & Co represented Baupost Group and Goldfinch Partners. Western Union, the global leader in cross-border,...
Sitel Group’s $2.2 Billion Take-Private of Sykes Enterprises
Freshfields represented Sitel Group on the deal. Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP acted as legal advisor to Sykes Enterprises. Sitel Group®, a leading global provider of...
Oracle Corporation’s $15 Billion Debt Securities Offering
Freshfields has advised Oracle Corporation on the deal, while Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters. The debt offering of $15 billion aggregate principal amount of senior debt securities,...
ICL Group Ltd.’s Acquisition Of The South American Plant Nutrition Business From Compass Minerals
Freshfields and Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto advised ICL Group Ltd. (NYSE: ICL) (TASE: ICL) on the deal. Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga...
Fastly, Inc.’s $825 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offer
Freshfields has acted as initial purchasers’ counsel for the offering by Fastly, Inc. The initial purchasers were led by Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and RBC...