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