Our sector experience
Baker McKenzie acted as lead counsel for Acorda Therapeutics, formerly a public company listed on NASDAQ, in its USD 185 million sale of substantially all its assets to Merz Therapeutics.
The sale was implemented under the protection of Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code that involved the restructuring of USD 207 million in secured public bond debt pursuant to a Restructuring Support Agreement pursuant to a Chapter 11 Plan and a going-concern section 363 sale of INBRIJA, AMPYRA, and FAMPYRA.
Acorda Therapeutics
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Macquarie Asset Management
and PSP Investments
USD 16 billion
Advised on the sale of AirTrunk to a Blackstone-led consortium, the largest data center transaction globally in 2024.
Gulf Data Hub
Advised landmark sale of a significant stake to KKR, marking KKR’s first data center investment in the Middle East and supporting over USD 5 billion in planned expansion.
Gaw Capital
Advised on its strategic partnership with GDS to develop a 40MW data center in Tokyo, advancing its position in Asia’s digital infrastructure market.
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Our sector experience
FEATURED DEAL
Baker McKenzie advised on the carve-out and landmark listing of NTT DC REIT on the Singapore Stock Exchange, a platform comprising six stabilized data center assets across the US, Austria, and Singapore.
The transaction raised approximately USD 773 million from new investors—including GIC as a cornerstone—and secured USD 585 million in financing led by Bank of America N.A. and Mizuho Bank Ltd.
The listing marks the largest REIT IPO on SGX in over a decade and provides investors with access to a rapidly growing asset class.
Our global, cross-practice team acted on the carve-out, acquisition, financing, and international offering, drawing on deep expertise across corporate, capital markets, finance, tax, real estate, and technology. The transaction showcases our ability to deliver seamless, multi-jurisdictional advice on complex data center deals.
NTT
USD 773 million
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Global provider of connecting technologies
Led on the international employment aspects of its first and largest reduction in force advising on the approach across 35+ jurisdictions.
Embracer Group USD 247 million
Represented the client in its divestiture of certain assets from Saber Interactive for USD 247 million.
Global technology giant
Obtained a favorable court decision in a challenge against the French Tax Authority’s allegations in a case worth over EUR 1 billion.
Our sector experience
Case study
We advised S&P Global on its USD 44 billion merger with IHS Markit across more than 40 jurisdictions.
We were appointed lead counsel for post-acquisition integration work and various employment, compensation and benefits matters related to the integration.
Our assistance on the complex deal included aspects of the pre-merger structuring, intra-group funding steps and immediate post-merger cash repatriation steps, designing and implementing post-merger legal entity integration and rationalization.
This was one of the most complex deals done in 2022, taking over a year to complete.
S&P Global
USD 44 billion
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