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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Cloud-based CSM software provider
Advised on its UK & EEA Consumer Terms in light of the EU CPC’s request for information (RFI) regarding generative AI products and consumer protection in the EU.
Leading global professional and technology services company
Advised implementation of a multi year global risk management program across key areas, including government compliance.
Digital business services company
Advised the company employing 400,000+ people across 80 jurisdictions, in relation to the implementation of an International Framework Agreement.
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Baker McKenzie assisted Atos in its negotiations with Alten for the sale by Atos of its Worldgrid business, for an enterprise value of EUR 270 million. Atos is a global leader in digital transformation, high-performance computing and information technology infrastructure. The deal was handled in-house by Anne-Sophie Poirier, head of Legal M&A at Atos. In addition to Baker McKenzie advising on the corporate aspects, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier advised Atos on the competition and foreign investment aspects.
Atos EUR 270 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.
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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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