Freshfields is advising Universal Music Group (“UMG”) in its majority investment in independent Afrobeats record label Mavin Global. The investment will increase UMG’s presence in Afrobeats and gain the company greater exposure to the African market. Learn more about this transaction here. The Freshfields cross-border deal team includes partners Sebastian Fain and Kate Cooper and associates Quinn Angus, Emma O’Keefe and Arjan Lally on corporate matters; partner Giles Pratt, senior associate Ben Cohen and associates Aaran Kotecha, Jaymie Younger and Tariq Chastanent-Hird on intellectual property matters; partner Alice Greenwell and associates Gino Murugesan and Anika Prasad on employment matters; partner May Smith, senior associate Sam Withnall and associate Patrick Deady on tax matters; partner Tom McGrath and senior associate Bola Ajayi on antitrust matters and partner Stephanie Brown Cripps, counsel Simon Murray and associates Jen King and Sophie Winter on compliance matters.