Max Sanders

Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (“Freshfields”) is advising The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited (“Yokohama”) on its acquisition of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s (“Goodyear”) off-the-road (OTR) tire business for $905 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. The OTR business being acquired by Yokohama is engaged predominantly in the manufacture and sale of tires for mining and construction machinery. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of required regulatory approvals. Read more about this transaction here. The Freshfields team is led by partners Paul Tiger and Sebastian Fain in New York and Takeshi Nakao and Noah Carr in Tokyo. They are supported by a large cross-border, multidisciplinary team including counsel Enrique Dancausa, senior associates Max Sanders, Marissa Yu and Hugh Goodwin.

Jul 22

1 min

Freshfields is representing América Móvil in the sale of Claro Panama to Cable & Wireless Panama, an affiliate of Liberty Latin America.  The transaction was announced on September 15 and is expected to close during the first quarter of calendar year 2022. More details about the transaction can be found here and here. The Freshfields team was led by partners Ethan Klingsberg and Andrea Merediz Basham and associates Max Sanders, Victor Ma and Borja Coz on corporate/M&A; partner Claude Stansbury and associate Brendan Counihan on tax; partner Menachem Kaplan and counsel Brock Dahl on IP and data matters; partner Maj Vaseghi and associate Jeffery Anand on employee benefits and executive compensation; partner Kyle Lakin on finance; and counsel Stephanie Brown Cripps on compliance matters. ENDS

Sep 15

1 min

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII on its ~$470 million investment in Aleph Holding. The transaction values Aleph Holding, global partner to the world’s biggest digital media players, at ~$2bn. Details of the transaction can be found here. The Freshfields team is led by London private equity partner Vincent Bergin and Silicon Valley partner Joseph Halloum, senior associates Andy Robinson and Ahmad Khokher and associates Sherina Teckchand and Hana Alam in London and Max Sanders in New York. London partners Charlie Hayes and David Brooks and New York partner Valerie Jacob and counsel Brian Lewis also advised. Aleph Holding is advised by Cleary Gottlieb. ENDS

Jul 12

1 min

Freshfields is advising Moderna on its ten-year agreement with the State of Victoria to establish a state-of-the-art, domestic mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility at Monash University, where it will produce up to 100 million mRNA respiratory vaccine doses annually. Construction is expected to commence before the end of 2022, with a target date of the end of 2024 for the facility to become operational, subject to planning and regulatory approvals. The facility, when constructed, is expected to provide people in Australia with access to a domestically manufactured portfolio of mRNA vaccines against respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, seasonal influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other potential respiratory viruses, pending licensure. The Freshfields team was led by life sciences transactions Partner Kristen Riemenschneider, Senior Associate Jeff Jay and Associates Tanny Kang and Max Sanders. ENDS

Aug 25

1 min

Freshfields advises Agilent Technologies, a global leader in analytical and clinical laboratory technologies, on its agreement to sell Resolution Bioscience, a company that develops and commercializes next-generation sequencing-based precision oncology solutions, to Exact Sciences Corporation. Agilent acquired Resolution Bioscience in 2021 in a transaction on which Freshfields also advised. Further details of the transaction are available here. The Freshfields deal team included Global Transactions partner Jonathan Zhou and senior associate Max Sanders, Intellectual Property partner Mena Kaplan, senior associate Marissa Yu and associate Jennifer Lei, Life Sciences partner Vinita Kailasanath, People and Rewards partner Sarah Ghulamhussain, and paralegals Cavika Prashad and Michael Tozzi.

Sep 13

1 min